I knew I was doing great things for
my son by breastfeeding him, but I never knew just how many benefits I was giving him.
Not exact matches
My
son co-slept and
breastfed until age 3 and after that it was fairly easy to get him into his toddler bed
by moving it one foot a night from next to mine to his room.
I was almost «guilted» into
breastfeeding and using cloth diapers with my
son (
by my sister - in - law).
My reasons for doing a Whole30 are wanting to be more mindful of how I'm fueling my body (and
by extension, my
breastfeeding son's body!!)
by Elisabeth (Huntsville, AL) My
son is 7 weeks old and only
breastfed.
By Mom To 8 - month - old My 8 month old
son is
breastfed, but has been receiving solids as well for the past 2 months.
by: Anonymous My one month old
son is
breastfed & formula fed but he is always groaning as if he is in pain, he has» nt pass stool for a day so i gave him gripe water & it is still happening i then gave him laxitive drops he passes a little stool but he is still crying at times & muscle - ing up as if he is straining to do something & thats makes me very uncomfortable, what should i do?
My
son that I
breastfed the longest is
by far the smartest of all my children.
I was made to feel that my
son's lethargy and
breastfeeding problems were caused
by MY inability to get my
son to latch.
I agree that it is important to normalize
breastfeeding in public, but there will always be moms that are still not comfortable doing this or, in my case, have a
son who would be too distracted
by everything to be able to
breastfeed in a public place.
In fact,
by breastfeeding and discussing body parts and their functions, you are helping to normalize the female body and make your
sons more comfortable in their own skin too.
By not exposing your sons — whether by breastfeeding them or having them see babies breastfeeding — to the fact that breasts are made to feed babies, they are more likely to view breasts only as sexual objects later o
By not exposing your
sons — whether
by breastfeeding them or having them see babies breastfeeding — to the fact that breasts are made to feed babies, they are more likely to view breasts only as sexual objects later o
by breastfeeding them or having them see babies
breastfeeding — to the fact that breasts are made to feed babies, they are more likely to view breasts only as sexual objects later on.
I was extremely upset
by this and every time I
breastfed my
son I just kept thinking about what she had said to me.
My boys, so my first two were boys, so my first
son was about six months and same thing really for my second
son and I was really personally disappointed
by that, that wasn't my plan, my plan was to
breastfeed them a lot longer than that and just other things just kind of got in the way and education and everything that probably could get in the way and with my girls I just kind of was like and I think what helped me too was knowing that the twins were my last plan pregnancy, like after that like, if I get pregnant you know «Surprise» but we are not planning have any more kids and I think knowing going into to it that I wasn't able to do what I wanted to do with my first two, really, really motivated me and knowing that these are my last babies that I'm planning to have so if I, it's now or never so it's kind of like putting a little bit of pressure on me I guess on that regard.
by: patrick My
breastfed 4 month old
son did not poop for more almost 3 weeks.
Don't get me wrong I do have that with my
son but I sure spent a lot of money on formula and so I'm trying to cut down on spending too
by breastfeeding
It rescued me from the guilt of «disadvantaging» my
son by not «trying hard enough» to
breastfeed my
son.
My
son just turned 21 months i would like to have him weanned
by two but im a single parent and around him 247 he does eat solid foods and drinks from a cup never from a bottle i know know he drinks more breastmilk for comfort But he is a very picky eater and most of tjme choose the breast over something healthy and on top of that he wakes me up almost every two hours at night to
breastfeed!
Nothing made me feel closer to my
son — or more needed
by my
son — like
breastfeeding on demand and co-sleeping and babywearing.
The staff at the diner are disgusted
by the fact that a customer is
breastfeeding her
son, who is certainly older than the age when moms traditionally stop nursing.
I so wish I had been bolder about maintaining a
breastfeeding relationship with my
son past 1.5 years - he * might * have weaned himself
by now as a 7 year old.
To combat a culture that would call you a sexual deviant for
breastfeeding a toddler or tell you you're going to make your
son gay
by breastfeeding him.
I found that
by not apologising for
breastfeeding my
son or our parenting choices that I made and embracing the new work me, made dealing with work much easier to deal with.
In an emotional essay published
by the Fed is Best Foundation, a parent - led nonprofit founded to push back against the social pressure to exclusively
breastfeed, Johnson writes that despite multiple consultations with lactation experts and nurses, no one caught on to the fact that her
son was hungry, and that she wasn't producing enough breastmilk.
For the second trip, a middle - aged business man sat next to me, and I was very nervous that he would be offended
by my
son breastfeeding.
He'd said
by breastfeeding I wasn't letting him feed our
son.
It's clear she thinks I'm somewhat insane and misguided
by continuing to
breastfeed my
son past a year, but rather than get angry, I just try to remember there's a very big generation gap there.
During those three weeks I was told
by everyone (except for the hospital lactation consultants, they were very supportive and repeatedly told me that I was doing a great job and that feeding my
son was more important than
breastfeeding him) who knew about my supply issues that I should be pumping more, that I just needed to put him to the breast more often, that it was because I gave him a paci, that it was because I had an epidural, that whatever I do, I should NOT supplement.
I wanted to
breastfeed my
son so badly but I was unable to do so because a low milk supply caused
by a medical condition.
I do love that I can have one - on - one time with our younger
son now that our older
son is happily snoozing in his own space, and you are right... it has really helped my
breastfeeding to have him close
by.
breast fed babies develop very well without minimal chances of falling sick so often when they are below six months.my exclusively
breastfed son is doing great and admired
by so many people
Kate, 30
Son «weaned» 7 months (let down
by health professional during illness),
Son 13 months currently
breastfeeding and NO plans to stop.
I don't know if Im mom enough
by social standards but I am mom enough to be here for my
son, to comfort him and
breastfeed him during a traumatic and confusing time.
Dawn Holland, a woman living in Georgia was enjoying a meal at an Applebees (and
breastfeeding her 20 - month - old
son) when she was approached
by a restaurant manager who told her to either stop
breastfeeding or go to the bathroom to do it (or leave the restaurant).
A dad hopes to honor the wishes of his
son's late mother
by having him exclusively
breastfed for a year.
I
breastfed my
son for 13 months, the choice to wean was made for me
by accident (I cut my finger, requiring stitches and antibiotics) but it was pretty clear he was more ready for it than I was.
I stopped
breastfeeding my
son after two weeks... followed
by months of not even being able to talk about it without crying.
They are tried and tested
by me, given the fact that I am still
breastfeeding my 8 1/2 month old
son.
Even Kurt's prepubescent
son (Nadji Jeter) is depicted as lusting after a friend's
breastfeeding mom (Maria Bello)
by asking, «Can I have some of her milk?»