I know how close I came to
not breastfeeding my children.
Did you know you could sue someone if they keep you or ask you to
not breastfeed your child in public?
I'm
not breastfeeding my child to be an activist.
If you have blisters on your breast from a herpes outbreak, or contact with poison ivy, oak, or sumac, you should
not breastfeed your child.
EMILY: I have not posted any breastfeeding selfies, I think it would be hard to comment on it without knowing the context of the selfie or any comment that is below it, but I think just a picture of a mother breastfeeding her child should not necessarily have a negative connotation or offend someone who did
not breastfeed their child.
Women who did
not breastfeed their children at all were four times more likely to neglect their children, even after adjusting for factors such as low socioeconomic status and education.
Sabi nga ng Aunt ko something is missing if you don't breastfeed your child.
It is quite upsetting when your doctor tells you that you should
not breastfeed your child anymore.
Maybe they also couldn't breastfeed their child, maybe they didn't have the resources or support needed to breastfeed, or maybe they just didn't want to.
Women who breastfeed have a lower risk of breast cancer than moms who do
not breastfeed their children.
Dr. Justin Marchegiani: Oh, especially if you — you can't breastfeed your child and you're feeding them soy protein isolate.
Not exact matches
Children who see a woman
breastfeeding aren't going to be harmed.
Beth — if the mother needs to feed a
child with
breastfeeding they are
not part of the service.
I
breastfeed until the
child is about 2, but
not in public.
it would
not bother me a bit if a woman
breastfed her
child next to me in a restaurant.
Breastfeed a
child is
not flaunting nudity, LoA, and it is a function that God intended when He created woman.
I firmly believe that if more boys witnessed their mothers / women in the community
breastfeeding their siblings /
children, they wouldn't have this issue when they grew up.
Meanwhile, seven pregnancies, 10 years of
breastfeeding and four
children later, Pope Francis's comment that we don't have to «be like rabbits» leaves me feeling wistful.
I will
not stop
breastfeeding my
child when she is hungry because you can
not control your adolescent libido.
But hey knowing how Wenger
breastfeeds his
children i am
not surprised that they do
nt get it what it is like to be under pressure and to actually perform to their best
These terms refer to the evolved
nest for young
children that matches up with their maturational schedules: soothing perinatal experiences, extensive infant - initiated
breastfeeding, constant touch, caregiver responsiveness, free play, multiple adult caregivers and extensive positive social support.
Breastfeeding mothers don't have any obligation to allow you to give them space, they are only trying to feed and nurture their
child so if you have a problem with it turn your head and look away.
I agree with Meagan, because I read someplace that women with higher IQ are
breastfeeding more than others so it might also be related with
not neglecting their
children and being more concerned for their welfare.
Julie from Julie's Health Club on the Chicago Tribune asks, «if it's OK for
children to mimic bottle feeding a baby, why shouldn't they be encouraged to
breastfeed a baby?
I agree it makes more sense for the mother to stay home initially to facilitate
breastfeeding, but there is no reason why FATHERS shouldn't be equally responsible for caring for small
children at home.
Had I
not already
breastfed two
children to 2y2m and 2y7m (without any formula whatsoever - my personal goal), I would have probably given up in despair.
So I just don't get the «too much pressure to
breastfeed» when all around me are images of bottles, ads for formula telling me a happy feeding makes a happy mom, bottlefeeding moms, moms and doctors and nurses telling new moms that formula is «just as good» and «
not to feel guilty», women getting «the look» for nursing in public, or feeling weird about doing it (I sure did)-- to me, any pressure out there is NOT to breastfeed, or do it as little as possible (not if it's not immediately easy or you don't love every minute, not past 6 mos, not in public, not around male relatives and friends, not around children, not if you ever want to go out alone sometime.
not to feel guilty», women getting «the look» for nursing in public, or feeling weird about doing it (I sure did)-- to me, any pressure out there is
NOT to breastfeed, or do it as little as possible (not if it's not immediately easy or you don't love every minute, not past 6 mos, not in public, not around male relatives and friends, not around children, not if you ever want to go out alone sometime.
NOT to
breastfeed, or do it as little as possible (
not if it's not immediately easy or you don't love every minute, not past 6 mos, not in public, not around male relatives and friends, not around children, not if you ever want to go out alone sometime.
not if it's
not immediately easy or you don't love every minute, not past 6 mos, not in public, not around male relatives and friends, not around children, not if you ever want to go out alone sometime.
not immediately easy or you don't love every minute,
not past 6 mos, not in public, not around male relatives and friends, not around children, not if you ever want to go out alone sometime.
not past 6 mos,
not in public, not around male relatives and friends, not around children, not if you ever want to go out alone sometime.
not in public,
not around male relatives and friends, not around children, not if you ever want to go out alone sometime.
not around male relatives and friends,
not around children, not if you ever want to go out alone sometime.
not around
children,
not if you ever want to go out alone sometime.
not if you ever want to go out alone sometime...)
I bet you have had to give in hundreds of times in completely different areas of life... My 2 - year - old
breastfed child is very well - behaved and I do
not give in whenever he wants anything... I let him have a cuddle and be
breastfed not because he wants it but because he needs it...
In Bangladesh, where infant formula isn't readily accessible, affordable or safe for most families, 98 percent of babies are
breastfed and the average age of weaning is 33 months (source: WHO Global Data Bank on Infant and Young
Child Feeding).
Further more, those I know who
breastfed their
children are significantly more healthy and don't get sick near as often as those who have formula fed their babies.
That was my thought as well - that it's
not so much that
breastfeeding prevents a mother from neglecting her
child, but that the type of mother who chooses to
breastfeed her
child is less likely to be the type of mother who would neglect her
child.
Often women with low supply are let down by the
breastfeeding community because they rely on the idea that if your
child does
not have enough milk it is because you are
not working hard enough.
That said, I am of the mind that
breastfeeding, caring for one's own
child and other matters of family and home are for the most part the responsibility of individual families and do
not really require all this «support» many call for.
For me, none of us
children were
breastfed, I didn't even think i would do it, it didn't seem like something i wanted to do, but I am so thankful of the experience.
Despite attending La Leche League meetings while pregnant and reading books about
breastfeeding I didn't know that lactation consultants did weighed feeds or that if my
child was diagnosed with failure to thrive it was time to see one.
If a well - meaning friend or relative wanted to buy my
child a doll and knew that we did
not formula - feed, I'd like to think she'd have the option of buying a
breastfeeding doll like Bebé Glotón.
unless you drink enough to kill yourself, drinking while
breastfeeding does
not affect the baby... it may affect your head the next morning but the
child will be fine...
What I don't respect is the potential assumption (from her, or from others) that me
breastfeeding my
child / ren is about exhibitionism, seduction (I wish!)
Of course, it's impossible to prepare for every possible scenario, but if a woman knows in advance that
breastfeeding jaundice is a normal occurrence and isn't always a cause for concern, then perhaps she can make better informed choices with regard to her
child's care.
So, you
breastfed all of them exclusively for 1 year (yes, many doctors argue that you should
not give any solids for the entire first year if life), only fed organic foods after you let them start feeding themselves at 1 year, never offered baby cereals, don't put anything in plastic, wore your baby every minute of every day, co-slept or didn't co-sleep, depending on who you asked, don't allow your
children to sleep on commercially produced mattresses, don't use any Johnson's products, etc. etc. etc.?
So, for example, just saying we should
breastfeed or read to you
child - whatever - is
not enough.
A family member who had
not been successful
breastfeeding her first
child came to me and asked for some advice about how to do better with her next one.
I just wanted to chime in here, too...
not to judge but to pass on information in case one day you did want to attempt to
breastfeed another
child.
I also know many stay - at - home moms who formula fed and left the workplace to stay with their
children - so the «cons» against
breastfeeding are «cons about having
children» but
not cons against
breastfeeding.
My opinion is that
breastfeeding does
not guarantee a healthier
child.
A different reason, usually happening earlier in your
breastfeeding adventure, is if your milk has
not regulated to your
child's needs and you are producing too much milk, causing painful engorgement or clogged ducts.
And to add to that, when a woman has tried her damndest to
breastfeed, and it just did
not work out, please be sure and tell her that she is NOT a bad mother and her child WILL be just fine and not damaged for li
not work out, please be sure and tell her that she is
NOT a bad mother and her child WILL be just fine and not damaged for li
NOT a bad mother and her
child WILL be just fine and
not damaged for li
not damaged for life.
What the studies can't capture is that personal choice and gratification in choosing to
breastfeed or be at home with your
children has a significant impact on the well - being of the family as well.
It is also
not my place (or anyone else's place) to tell a
breastfeeding mother to «do that somewhere else» when she is feeding her
child in public.
I once said to a friend that I don't care how others choose to feed their
children (
breastfeeding / formula, offering solids after 6 months / early introduction).