Not exact matches
I find myself becoming far less of a
lactivist the older my kids get (7 and almost 5 and long weaned) because they present me with far
more pressing issues as they get older.
I'm personally very thankful for the (non-judgmental)
lactivist community online and the information you put out there because in future, I hope to have
more success breastfeeding through what I've learned.
It's a troublesome feeling because we're all supposed to be good little
lactivists who never speak unless we're spoken to, and yet by doing so we allow misinformation to be spread like wildfire when we had a chance to correct it... then when we do it only results in
more defensiveness, often regardless of how you phrase it.
I'm not even touching the issue of women who have low milk supply even baby is fed at the breast early and often — I think that happens far
more often than
lactivists will admit, too.
It would be
more appropriate to call them «
lactivist - friendly» since the only thing they reliably do is make
lactivists feel good about themselves and their own choices.
It's funny because
lactivists try to sell breastfeeding as easier and
more convenient for women yet at the same time shame women who don't breastfeed as lazy and selfish.
Lactivists would be much
more successful if they closed their mouths and opened their eyes.
Since it is difficult to reconcile
lactivists» claims with the life experience of these women, it follows that many conclude that the
lactivist's claims are false and nothing
more than scare tactics.
Simply because a quiet complaint to the right person may make
more of a difference than exhaustedly telling off a
lactivist for taking advantage of a captive audience.
These «ladies» are actually life - sized photos of women feeding their children, an effort by
lactivists to make people
more comfortable with public nursing.
To read
more of Lauren's stories, visit her at The Peaceful
Lactivist.
I never understood the need for some
lactivists to be as public as possible with breastfeeding and why they get SO offended when asked to cover up or be
more discrete in any fashion.
Easier to work for your father's law firm, study to get a CPM, and put on
more hipster get - ups to get cute pictures of yourself doing
lactivist sit ins.
What's
more, I consider myself a
lactivist, or breastfeeding advocate.
They are discrete guidelines, which makes even
more absurd the
lactivist claim that we can't test the «steps» individually.