What's wrong with
a mother feeding her baby in church?
«While experts are not, in the end, able to control how
mothers feed their babies, they do set the standards by which women may be judged by others and, perhaps most importantly, judge themselves.»
Millions of
mothers feed their babies in millions of places each day without any issue.
Offer Support and Information, not Advice — There is a big difference between «you should feed your baby more often» and «breastfeeding is a process of supply and demand and usually the more
a mother feeds her baby, the more milk she will make».
It absolutely has to be more than how
a mother feeds her baby.
The letter M in the SMA logo is a stylised image of
a mother feeding her baby.
Questioning how
a mother feeds her baby at all is largely unnecessary.
oh my Icegirl, i would be so mad if
my mother fed my baby formula with rice!
It seems that, even in this year and at this point where it feels like we all know we're supposed to respect everyone's right to make different - but - equally - valid choices, if you're
a mother feeding her baby by any means at all, you're doing something wrong.
«Lots of
mothers feed their babies this way,» she said.
What we should be doing is nurturing their imagination and encouraging acceptance of how
mothers feed their babies.
She has personal experience of the practice (her children were born in the 1970s): «I wouldn't mind
another mother feeding my baby - if it was my sister or my best friend that would be fine.
Abby posted this happy picture online, wanting to share it with friends and other mothers, and doing so led her to realize that there are people capable of acting negatively to a picture of pure happiness,
a mother feeding her baby in the sunlight.
Breastfeeding became the way most
mothers fed their babies.
Breastfed babies take bottles for many reasons, including: to help working
mothers feed their babies; to let others experience the bonding that goes along with feeding time; and to give busy moms an option when they need a night out.
But the campaign for greater acceptance of nursing in public — and all those detractors who recoil when they see
a mother feeding a baby just as her body is programmed to do — pales next to the startling image of Grumet feeding a boy who clearly doesn't need breast milk to thrive.
Western
mothers feed their babies less frequently, but for longer.
Breastfed babies take bottles for many reasons, including: to help working
mothers feed their babies; to let others experience the bonding that goes along with feeding time; and to give busy moms an option when they need a night out.
Not exact matches
I am all for a
mother breastfeeding her
baby discreetly, but for those who assume that there's nothing wrong with whipping out a breast to
feed her child anywhere she wants, that I find just rude and patronizing to anyone around her.
All the newborn
babies are breast
feed by all the other
mothers in the village that have new
babies... This insures all the
babies have a combined immune system from all the
mothers....
There are those killed in fights over turf, innocents caught in cross fire, citizens terrified of city streets, escalating robberies, children
fed free crack to get them addicted and then enlisted as runners and dealers,
mothers so crazed for a fix that they abandon their
babies, prostitute themselves and their daughters, and addict their unborn.
If a poor
mother in a developing country chooses to bottle
feed rather than to breast
feed her infant, she thereby chooses greater chances of sickness and death for the
baby.
If a
mother is reasonably sure that
feeding the
baby will quiet the child, and the
feeding can be done without disturbing neighbors, then no issue.
Most breastfeeding
mothers I've ever seen can actually
feed their
baby without much of anyone even noticing.
Babies born by C - section do not get their first dose from their mother during birth, and formula - fed babies miss out on the live bacteria in breast
Babies born by C - section do not get their first dose from their
mother during birth, and formula -
fed babies miss out on the live bacteria in breast
babies miss out on the live bacteria in breast milk.
Frequent breastfeeding will provide nipple stimulation and help to increase a
mother's milk supply to meet the needs of her growing
baby, so it may be difficult to return to full breastfeeding if parents decide to partially formula
feed a breastfed
baby.»
The Vegan Society has a free fully - referenced PDF here, while Sandra Hood's
Feeding Your Vegan Infant with Confidence and Rose Elliot's
Mother,
Baby and Toddler are both excellent resources.
Our breastfed
babies spend so much MORE time physically in our arms than the time their bottle -
fed peers spent in the arms of their own
mothers (regardless of what is in the bottle).
I think
mothers who are very aware of their
babies and themselves are safer, no matter how they
feed.
She told me that though both her grandmother and
mother had had no problems breastfeeding and tried to support her, her ped told her the
baby was not gaining enough and to stop nursing and bottle
feed.
I found this very interesting I would say that if a
mother is choosing to breast -
feed for the health of her
baby it could show that she is more worried about her child's needs.
Did you know that, if laid on the
mother's chest, many
babies will naturally root towards the breast and begin to try and
feed?
She is probably thinking she is not a good
mother because she can not
feed her
baby; reassure her she is a great mom who is making every sacrifice possible for her
baby and you are very proud of her.
Over 100 formula
feeding mothers and their
babies protested in front of infant formula manufacturers» offices, claiming milk advertisements have deceived them into giving their
babies infant formula instead of breastmilk.
When I arrived, my friend's
mother whisked the
baby out of my arms and proceeded to
feed him watermelon while another friend helped me put up the tent and get settled.
I've tried and begged my
baby's
mother to leave an extra bottle of breastmilk so when she leaves me to watch our 8 - week - old daughter, I can still
feed the
baby.
Well, posting or showing images in magazines is not a problem for me because this gives a lot of awareness to all the
mothers out there how important breast
feeding is to their
babies.
The film shows how common interventions during birth including antibiotics, C - sections, and formula
feeding interfere with, or bypass completely, the crucial microbial transfer from
mother to
baby that seeds the microbiome and kickstarts the immune system.
Meaning, if a
mother is completely worn down because of issues
feeding the
baby, the lines become blurred as to whether nursing is truly the better option for her and her
baby.
Participation of
mothers who have excess breast milk must first ensure that their own
baby or
babies have been fully
fed before deciding to donate breast milk.
Some
mothers have been advised to
feed on only one breast per
feed (despite
baby showing ongoing signs of hunger) to «make sure
baby gets the hindmilk».
-LSB-...] and coordinate distribution of pasteurized donor human milk to
feed babies in need, particularly premature and sick infants, when their own
mother's milk is not available in sufficient -LSB-...]
Babies can go through growth spurts (you read about them here), leaving their
mothers feeling like they are doing nothing but
feeding.
In any case, what's best is that a
baby is
fed — period — with high - quality nutrition, whether manufactured by a company or by their
mother's body.
(And try not to get mad at your
mother - in - law for
feeding baby so much.
In developing countries, there may be cases where the individual situation of the
mother and
baby would make replacement
feeding the safer option, despite the public health recommendation to breastfeed.
If
mother and
baby are separated early on or
baby is not
feeding at the breast, this is the kind of pump recommended to establish a milk supply.
A
mother should try and
feed her
baby exclusively on breastmilk until the
baby is 6 months old, to give the
baby a headstart in physical and psychological health.
However, when the
baby feeds less at night, the
mother may start having her periods sooner, within 3 - 8 months.
Then
baby smells, mouths, and licks the
mother's nipple and finally attaches to the breasts and
feeds» (WABA, 2007).