He should also play a part in underpinning a mom's decision since — according to a tweet from the committee — «most breast -
feeding moms say the support that matters most comes from fathers and grandmothers.»
Not exact matches
How can you be breast
fed when the catholic church does not like birth control — if
mom is popping them out every year for the first 6 kids
say it is tough to get a breast?
The kid's hungry, what's the
mom going to
say, «Excuze I've got to
feed her»?
Thank you for helping me
feed my little ones a healthy snack - the next time one of those
moms breaks out a chocolate bar and my kidabunks ask for one, I'll be sure to
say «taa daaaa» and present them with one of your chocolatey goodness bars.
LaFreniere
says the clean label products are something
moms can feel comfortable
feeding their children.
But as my daughter once
said to her friends «my
Mom loves to
feed people.
Let's
say you're a team
mom who needs some ideas for
feeding the team during tournaments.
Without going into excruciating detail, I heard a lot of people
say that calls for formula marketing to be restricted makes formula
feeding moms feel shamed because if formula marketing needs to be restricted, then that means that formula is bad, which means that formula
feeding moms are doing something wrong.
That being
said, I feel I need to stick up for the «formula -
feeding, sleep training, SUV stroller pushing
moms».
So statistically, it might not be that more BW
moms have difficulty than demand
feeding moms, just that they notice it more often / sooner (though I having seen anything that
says more BW
moms have difficulty at all).
«When a
mom complains of low milk production, she deserves competent medical care,» Spradlin
says, warning that poor milk supply is not random and most likely a symptom of an underlying health condition or sub-optimal
feeding.
I suppose this goes without
saying, but if you don't breastfeed, there is absolutely no reason why
mom should be the only one handling the
feeding.
Abby's
Mom said... Val - I have a question about bedtime
feedings.
If a
mom decides not to breast -
feed, there should be no guilt or fear that her baby is not getting the best nutrition,»
said Gail Wood, spokeswoman for Mead Johnson Nutritionals, maker of Enfamil Lipil.
«For the working
moms, busy
moms, when they are in the office and have nannies taking care of the baby, you can still know exactly what's going on with your baby's
feeding anytime, anywhere,»
said Gisela Xie, co-founder of BlueSmart Mia.
So to
say this is actually kind of shaming formula
feeding moms.
Some
moms also find they can pump less at work if they
feed baby more overnight or wake to pump at night, too,» Gourley
says.
However, if I have a
mom come in and
say to me, I have no interest in breast
feeding, I am never ever going to guilt her about it.
«I always encourage
moms to try and approach the first
feeding without too much expectation,» Creelman
says.
How would you feel if a breastfeeder
said «when I
fed my kids a bottle of formula in the hospital, I felt it was like committing a sex act on my child, but I support and celebrate other
moms who want to do it.»
Long gone are the days of nursing mothers being asked to cover up, of
moms feeding their babies in the bathroom, or of new mothers breastfeeding in the car because they're too worried about someone
saying something derogatory.
They were making comments about me
feeding him in a stall, and so it really hurt my feelings at that point, and I didn't understand,»
said new breast -
feeding mom Chelsie Root.
The amount of
moms that have
said, «I needed to hear this so that I could speak up,» it's amazing, because we shouldn't be shamed for how we choose to
feed our children as long as they're
fed,» she told PEOPLE Now.
When Twin Love Concierge was contacted by a Twin
Mom saying she had created a dual
feeding system for twins, we absolutely had to test it for you all.
«We placed the boys in side - by - side infant seats and spoon
fed them with one spoon and bowl first one mouth, then the other,»
says Jennie Howell, a middle school teacher and
mom of adult fraternal twin sons.
Next time you feel the need to
say something to a formula
feeding mom, stop and think, «Am I being kind?»
As Judith
says on Circle of
Moms, «My baby was only 3 1/2 months old and... I had been told there was no possibility of me falling pregnant whilst solely breast
feeding.
Also, when people tell a
mom to «just pump» simply because they're uncomfortable seeing breasts used for their biological purpose, what they're actually
saying is, «Double or triple the amount of time you spend
feeding your child because I'm ignorant and don't want to mind my own business.
I was breastfeed as a baby and not for extremely long I think for like four months but my
mom was always very pro breastfeeding but now when I see her, because like I
said I'm still
feeding my twins imp still breastfeeding my twins and so she kind of gives me that «Are you done yet» kind of look like really you got to whip those out and it's not that she is modest, she is not modest or anything like that.
It's so funny... Laurel has been
saying, «
Mom, don't be lazy about the bottle this time around because I want to
feed my baby sister!»
«
Mom,» I
said, picking up the jars and scoffing at them, «Purées are so yesterday and spoon -
feeding is totally outdated.
O'Connor
says that she learned from other nursing
moms with large - breast
feeding issues that «rolling up a cloth diaper like a tube and placing it under the breast gives it a bit of a lift.»
And to
say that you're not against formula
feeding moms, just formula companies, is disingenuous at best.
ive been told its not good to
feed him like that but my
mom says how would you like to have only liquids all the time and the food dosent seem to hurt his stools or any thing else for that matter he now eats alot of stage 2 foods and also four 8 oz bottles during the day im i really moving to fast with him?
Having
said that, when I shared your article with some other peaceful
moms, they
said they loved your article as well EXCEPT for the recommendation of «Healthy Sleep Habits» because it encourages parents not to
feed, rock, or parent their babies to sleep.
In the recent article «Controversy over public breast -
feeding in Illinois has
moms and health experts contemplating issue» (News, June 15), Tribune reporter Serena Maria Daniels
said, «the sight of a
mom breast -
feeding her hungry baby in a public space — even discreetly — is still unacceptable to some and at times is cause for controversy.»
Next time you see a formula -
feeding mom, what will you
say?
Remember: when you
say that
moms who formula
feed are awesome you are literally not
saying anything about
moms who breastfeed.
«Pumping, for a
mom, can be a very different skill set than learning to
feed her baby at her breast,» Wagner
says.
A not - so - big surprise: The hectic schedule takes its toll, with 38 percent of
moms saying that the constant
feedings are one of the hardest parts of having a newborn.
About 40
moms, many carrying hungry babies, staged a «nurse - in» in downtown DeKalb on Thursday at a shop where a young woman
said she was told to stop breast -
feeding.
«During daytime
feedings, I talk a lot to my baby, while the night
feedings are very quiet with as little light as possible,»
says one
mom.
When nursing
moms feel shame or embarrassment, she
says, they'll be less likely to breast -
feed in public.
Parenting communities were in a tizzy today after excerpts from a Harper's Bazaar UK story were released quoting Boston
mom Gisele Bundchen
saying that breast -
feeding should be mandatory.»
Cost: $ 70 to $ 150 per month for powdered formula (for a baby
fed formula exclusively) «I never realized how expensive it was [to formula -
feed] until I had to start supplementing and then transition completely to formula,»
says one
mom.
I truly hope that anybody expecting a baby gives breast
feeding a fair try before they decide its not for them because when you make the choice to be a
mom your already sacrificing your body so what difference will a few more months really matter to give your child the best possible start and who
says you can't pump all your milk and put it in a bottle so you can live a normal life and work a job.
I agree with what Maureen
said, the media likes to play
moms off of one another (working vs. SAH, breast
feeding vs bottle
feeding, etc.).
Because most employers don't routinely offer such accommodations to breast -
feeding moms, Lindsey
said it's up to women to ask for them.
Most of all,
moms who used this pillow
said this pillow was not good for
feeding babies in tandem because they could not use both hands easily.
So I
say you know,
mom,
feed babies, their belly is nice and full.