Choking is still a danger, so this more relaxed
attitude about feeding babies definitely doesn't extend to food size and consistency.
Not exact matches
By examining your own family of origins»
attitudes about weight and eating you can become aware of unconscious worry that may be provoked by
feeding your
baby.
In addition to one's own personal history
about food, present day
attitudes also affect the
feeding of your
baby.
I think women are becoming more comfortable in telling others that they are still nursing older
babies so hopefully there will be a shift in
attitudes but I have recently «lost» a few facebook followers after posting a status regarding full - term breastfeeding (I think they were most likely from a giveaway I did ages ago and not on the same page re: bf etc) Apart from that, I love telling Mums on the ward (I'm a bf peer supporter) I'm still
feeding as it opens their mind to that possibility and I think I look pretty normal so it mostly doesn't freak them out My son is far too busy to nurse out and
about and prefers juice so we've not nursed in public (apart from support group) since he was 18 mths and that was as I had a blocked duct!
As well as chapters on such things as: combining routines and
feeding on demand, gentle parenting even when it is giving you the shits, managing the needs of a sleep - hating
baby, etc., Nagle talks a lot
about the problems she perceives with our current cultural and social
attitudes towards breastfeeding and sleep.