I agree, it's a personal decision and mothers should not be criticized
by other mothers for those decisions.
They are surrounded
by other mothers who won't object if their babies peep or nurse, and they can make a quick exit if necessary.
Mothers who formula feed their babies are all - too - often
shunned by other mothers who feel like if you don't feed your baby from your body, you're a selfish quitter.
And their mom is thankful for both the good care they received early in life and for the breast milk selflessly
donated by other mothers — even though they didn't know Schmid and had no connection to Schmid.
It was one of the worst experiences of my life, mostly because of the guilt
tripping by other mothers and by wellmeaning professionals.
All babies were breastfed either by their mothers, even though in some cases these women were too poor to have a good enough diet to feed their babies, or
by other mothers when the mother had to return to work in the country.
Babies who were
breastfed by other mothers were considered to be something like step - children to these women, and they called these wet nurses «Mamma Filomena,» «Mamma Maria,» etc., whereas their moms were just called «Mamma.»
The reason why I wouldn't wanted to breastfeed would be issues with my anatomy (latching, supply lack of support from my husband, feeling
judged by other mothers, lack of societal support like no being able to BF anywhere the baby wanted to eat and so on.
I imagine we used to learn to mother while
surrounded by other mothers, and these days we need to create that, sometimes through digital means.»
And new moms must've been told countless times about the importance of burping your baby during and sometimes after each feed by their relatives, friends or
by other mothers.
who was giving away lollies as an incentive for a while there, and even though she's a great teacher, she really had no idea that lollies weren't such a fab idea until it was pointed out to
her by other mothers with some time on their hands...