Yodabo
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My 8 year old has milk all the time and he's really skinny!
Certain findings make me irate...!!!!
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My 8 year old has milk all the time and he's really skinny!
I had milk and a biscuit every night for supper till i was about 12 and have never been overweight!
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oh for goodness sakes, why dont they realise that we dont need more facts about how wonderful breastmilk is, its not like, oh right, well now Ive read that I wouldve magically been able to breastfeedthose posters about how wonderful breastmilk is, in the postnatal ward made me cry everytime I walked past them.
I came home from baby group in tears the other day, purely because there is a baby there same age as Lizzie (and also called Elizabeth funnily enough!) who just latches straight on, feeds for 15 minutes and then is satisfied for 3 hours. Jealousy doesn't even cover it, I still really yearn to be able to feed Lizzie like that myself, even though I know she's a happier baby on her bottles.
I do believe that breast feeding should be promoted more and that there should be more help out there for the women that would like to breast feed.
But i also believe that noone should be judged for how they choose to feed.
When i had my daughter i was a young mum i chose to breastfeed and had lots of support in my decision as i lived in a young mother and baby hostel. Unfortunately i HAD to stop breast feeding her when she was 8 weeks due to the fact that my kidney stopped working. I remember the doc asking if i was breastfeeding and i said yes he said not any more im afraid. It was 4 am i had no bottles and no formula luckily tescos garage sold formula and a friend of mine in the hostel had bottles as she had not had her baby yet.
I was judged by strangers i remember sitting in a cafe with a friend feeding my very hungry baby a bottle and a women said "all these youngsters not wanting to feed there babys the way they are supposed to do they not know breast is best" i went home and cried that day and ended up 3 months later being diagnosed with PND which took me 2 years to get through. On the other hand i was judged when i breast fed in public so you cant win lol
I honestly believe that the best way to feed a child is personal choice of the parent and that a baby who is being fed by a happy mum is being given the best start to life.
Oh i will be attempting breast feeding again this time but if my body cant cope i will not let it get to me like i did last time.
Sorry for the long post
But i also believe that noone should be judged for how they choose to feed.
When i had my daughter i was a young mum i chose to breastfeed and had lots of support in my decision as i lived in a young mother and baby hostel. Unfortunately i HAD to stop breast feeding her when she was 8 weeks due to the fact that my kidney stopped working. I remember the doc asking if i was breastfeeding and i said yes he said not any more im afraid. It was 4 am i had no bottles and no formula luckily tescos garage sold formula and a friend of mine in the hostel had bottles as she had not had her baby yet.
I was judged by strangers i remember sitting in a cafe with a friend feeding my very hungry baby a bottle and a women said "all these youngsters not wanting to feed there babys the way they are supposed to do they not know breast is best" i went home and cried that day and ended up 3 months later being diagnosed with PND which took me 2 years to get through. On the other hand i was judged when i breast fed in public so you cant win lol
I honestly believe that the best way to feed a child is personal choice of the parent and that a baby who is being fed by a happy mum is being given the best start to life.
Oh i will be attempting breast feeding again this time but if my body cant cope i will not let it get to me like i did last time.
Sorry for the long post
