How frustrating to hear critical
comments about breastfeeding when clearly you and your son are enjoying nursing!
Now, I've become something of a connoisseur of next - level comebacks to
comments about breastfeeding in public, if I do say so myself.
The criticism may not be about breastfeeding specifically (since people now often know that it's «best»); often people make negative
comments about breastfeeding - related parenting: feeding the baby frequently, on cue; keeping the baby close by at night and not using sleep training; opting not to be separated from the baby; and using a wrap or carrier to «wear» the baby.
It made me sad when I read those Radio 4
comments about breastfeeding harming the parents» relationship - it's been quite the opposite for us - I've seen how dedicated he is to me and to his child's health.
I am mother of a very active exclusivly breastfed boy who also shares our bed after soo much negative
comments about breastfeeding and co-sleeping mainly from family and members of the same culture / community I decided to search the net for ppl with similar parenting styles.
The Boston Globe August 4, 2010 - Christine Koh is quoted in the Names section regarding Gisele Bundchen's
comments about breastfeeding.
Holly, I'm interested in
your comment about breastfeeding not being «socially accepted.»
I used to feel that people were
commenting about me breastfeeding, but very rarely found this to be the case.
Of all the things in the world that I have time to protest, I'm pretty sure that the occasional mean
comment about breastfeeding is not going to rank.
Not exact matches
She also
commented that many of her friends stopped
breastfeeding, despite being broke, because they were made to feel awkward
about it.
Did you know that reading the
comments of all the women here was illuminating to me as I hadn't known
about tandem
breastfeeding before?
During my short tenure on the Internets, I've learned that a sure way to get a gazillion controversial
comments ** on an article is to write
about circumcision,
breastfeeding in public, or flying with kids.
Reminiscent of our
comments in previous editions, most of you found the best advice
about breastfeeding came from friends, La Leche League, childbirth educators, midwives, and books.
I'm beside myself with the
comment about choosing not to
breastfeed.
Time and time again, I've heard
comments such as these
about why
breastfeeding needs to stop when a baby turns into a one - year - old.
I love the leaky [email protected] @b, I gained a lot of knowledge
about breastfeeding from reading posts & facebook
comments.
Just a quick note on the
comment about avoiding
breastfeeding; It doesn't help.
Robin Kaplan: Here's a
comment from one of our Facebook friends, this is from Shelley, and what she wrote was, «I posted this on the Leaky Boob as well, but with all the negative stories we've been hearing lately
about nursing in public, I thought I'd share the wonderful
breastfeeding encouragement I had a couple of weekends ago, from my 85 - year - old great uncle.
They may also have encountered negative
comments about their chances of
breastfeeding, which lowers their confidence.
Robin Kaplan: Thanks to all of our listeners I hope you will visit our website, http://www.theboobgroup.com and add your stories
about breastfeeding your 2 - 3 month old in a
comment section in our episode's page.
I just wanted to make a quick
comment about what ending
breastfeeding does to the woman's body - since I have not seen any commentary on this so far.
I bet half of the «negative»
comments come from people who don't know much
about breastfeeding and didn't have many kids... or they just forgot that kids come in all sorts of sizes:)
I used to let the
comments from strangers
about breastfeeding bother me, but no more.
I got to be pretty good at brushing off the
comments and ignoring the unwanted advice, but the more I looked into it, the more stories I heard
about parents of
breastfed babies being hassled by family members, strangers or even their own doctors
about the lack of «adequate» weight gain, regardless of the size of the parents or the health of the child.
I would love to hear all
about your feeding experience in the
comments, feel free to share all your jigs and lows and let's hope that together we can show any new mums reading this what being a
breastfeeding mum is really like.
Please leave a
comment and tell us
about your «Journey Through
Breastfeeding.»
Actually hun I was told to
breastfeed my child who is 3 because her immune system is really weak and FYI cookies don't work for boo boos how
about u get a reality check and look at all the data that supports it so instead of making yourself look ignorant to something you may not understand do your research so you may be more informed before you make reality check
comments
Obama declined to
comment about the role of
breastfeeding in her obesity fighting initiative, despite the potential link between
breastfeeding and obesity reduction.
At this time though the
comments about this cover photo are a perfect example of why parents fail at
breastfeeding their children.
All I put with the article was a little
comment about how it will make
breastfeeding mothers really proud of the amazing job they're doing doing at possible low times.
She said: «My intention in making a
comment about the importance of
breastfeeding has nothing to do with the law.»
They feel guilty, a failure, a bad parent enough as it is without
comments about them having «excuses» to stop
breastfeeding.
Harassment of nursing mothers includes but is not limited to interference in
breastfeeding practices, intrusive
comments about methods of child rearing associated with nursing, and loathsome
comments about female breast anatomy and physiology.
I read your
comment about the child with allergies that you believe had something to do with their c - section birth and the fact that they were not
breastfed.
Instead of smiling and half - laughing at the
comments people make
about my choice to extended
breastfeed my daughter, I wish I could just scream, mind your own business!
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Common things like providing pacifiers, swaddling babies, making negative
comments about a lactating parent's ability to
breastfeed all undermine the lactating parent's confidence and ability to successfully
breastfeed.
When I read articles and stories
about breastfeeding, I frequently come across the
comment that
breastfeeding leads to a diminished role for the dad.
I just wrote a blurb
about this in the
comments for another blog
about breastfeeding and it is so pointed here.
In real life, I'm surrounded by people who are very supportive of
breastfeeding, so it interests me to read
comments and questions
about the appropriateness of
breastfeeding in public.
Elsewhere around the Internet (not so much on my blog), I often see
comments to this effect on articles
about the latest research on the benefits of
breastfeeding:
Covering everything from the biology of
breastfeeding to
breastfeeding as a feminist issue, this book also includes
comments from mothers, father, professionals and the
breastfed children themselves
about the concerns, reasons and wonderful memories of
breastfeeding long - term.
But in a subsequent entry on her blog, she said: «My intention in making a
comment about the importance of
breastfeeding has nothing to do with the law.
Simply leave a
comment on the blog or our facebook page and tell us, what is the best piece of advice you received
about breastfeeding!
I left a
comment on another post
about growing up with a mother who did support
breastfeeding and how I have only
breastfed my last one out of 7 children.
My previous
comment was
about the «
breastfeeding and pumping working mom of a 6 - month - old» schedule.
My son is 10 months old and I am already rude
comments about when I am going to stop
breastfeeding.
I recently made a post
about why I still
breastfeed my 2.5 year old, after yet another
comment from a friend, family member, stranger along the lines of «come on..
Often when I post
about a woman who has been harassed while
breastfeeding in public or a blog post advocating for the fair treatment of
breastfeeding women I see
comments such as these: