My first, a boy, and I started off
BFing well... until I went in for surgery when he was 8 weeks old.
Not exact matches
Well done for
bfing as long as you did; amazing.
Bfing lying down was the
best thing I learnt ever
I do hate pumping (it is not enjoyable like
BFing) but my baby deserves the
best I have to offer.
The nurses & LCs were pretty
good about helping with getting
bfing started, they showed me a variety of ways to hold the baby, hand express some milk onto the nipple to get her started (she didn't want to suck, although positioning was perfect & she'd suck on a finger if it was put in her mouth) One nurse tried sugar water on my nipple, which I wasn't okay with, but it was the middle of the night, I was overwhelmed and frustrated, and baby blues had set in.
It is my understanding that you are much
better off as a
bfing WIC client than a formula feeding one.
Bad (actual) LC — in a flippant - ish voice to a sobbing me»
Well,
BFing isn't for everyone».
Well my own mom said, «I give you permission to stop
BFing.
Yet I know this isn't the case — that they are
better off
BFing than FF — but it is a really negative message that really affects me
Gosh, i've got lots to say about that
bfing experience as
well, now that you have reminded me.
I'm not against it, I just know
BFing is much
better for a baby.
The thing I hate is that many people act like
bfing past whatever age THEY think is
good means you are a slacker mom — like you are too lazy or too stupid to know how to wean.
I realize that
BFing isn't as popular as formula, but breast truly is
best.
Taking a more «natural» human pace, along with
BFing seems like a
good approach to keeping a happy toddler.
I'm not saying we should be driving ourselves crazy (I stopped
BFing at 10 mos, for example), but it sometimes seems too easy to just say, «I'm doing the
best I can.»
BFing is not the
best choice in my opinion.
The general attitude seems to be one of, «suck it up, princess», or a complete state of denial in which PPD isn't that bad, women who cease
BFing because of it just aren't committed enough, or the insistence that
BFing will be
best for mother's depression if she just keeps trying!
Crunchy VT Mommy: The
Good, The Bad, & The Crunchy: Cloth diapering, Attachment Parenting,
Bfing, Defense working, Wu - Tang loving, Simpsons Quoting mommy to two under two.
Yes, kombucha may not be
good when just starting out and pregnant oe
BFing, but for those on a long term healthy kick, it is fine.
There was lots of unintended couch co-sleeping going on the whole time since birth, since I often would fall asleep
BFing on the couch, being unable to lie down to sleep due to other health issues as
well as DD being a cesarean, and of course, the waterbed.
She has also a
better understanding of how successful
bfing workes than most of the male population — gyn / ob included.
I would never presume to tell a mom what is
best for her baby, but I think if you've tried
BFing and both of you are struggling, then maybe EPing is the way to go.
I love that
BFing is one of the
BEST things we can do for our sick children!
Spent my entire pregnancy hearing about how
BFing is
better and reading articles that say it's ok not to, if you did everything possible.