http://nurturedchild.ca/index.php/2011/01/30/the-truth-behind-common-breastfeeding-myths/
Sorry to add to the confusion potentially but I've just been reading this and I've found it really interesting.
I've just reached the five month mark and I'm still loving it. It's a pain and sometimes I wish there was someone else who could do it but at the same time, I can say with confidence that this is my proudest achievement. I grew and nurtured a little person for nine months, put up with the daily beatings from the inside out, ripped my body apart to bring him into the world and then put everything I had towards making sure he was fed, comforted, protected and contented. He loves it, is thriving on it and I'll be damned if anyone tries to tell me formula is just as good.
I got so annoyed last week when someone told me her husband had made her stop breastfeeding because it meant he couldn't feed the baby. Got even more irritated though when I heard another woman saying she hadn't made enough milk and that's why she'd "had to stop". The amount of misinformation out there is heartbreaking. The amount of pressure on women to switch to something processed and nasty is even more so. Where once women could ask their mothers and grandmothers and sisters for help and advice, now women are dependent on doctors, nurses and midwives who are all too eager to advocate a switch to formula if they're not performing as well as they might if they just had some consistent and effective advice.
The way I've come to see it, feed when they're hungry. Feed if they might be hungry. Feed them to sleep. If they really won't sleep, don't be afraid to shove them at dad for a while. An occasional delayed feed won't do any irreparable damage. Don't beat yourself up if you fall asleep next to them, just don't make it a habit. And be smug. Smug, smug, smug! You've accepted it's hard but you're putting your baby's pleasure and wellbeing as your number one priorities.
Signing off now. Smug breastfeeding mummy. And proud!
Sorry to add to the confusion potentially but I've just been reading this and I've found it really interesting.
I've just reached the five month mark and I'm still loving it. It's a pain and sometimes I wish there was someone else who could do it but at the same time, I can say with confidence that this is my proudest achievement. I grew and nurtured a little person for nine months, put up with the daily beatings from the inside out, ripped my body apart to bring him into the world and then put everything I had towards making sure he was fed, comforted, protected and contented. He loves it, is thriving on it and I'll be damned if anyone tries to tell me formula is just as good.
I got so annoyed last week when someone told me her husband had made her stop breastfeeding because it meant he couldn't feed the baby. Got even more irritated though when I heard another woman saying she hadn't made enough milk and that's why she'd "had to stop". The amount of misinformation out there is heartbreaking. The amount of pressure on women to switch to something processed and nasty is even more so. Where once women could ask their mothers and grandmothers and sisters for help and advice, now women are dependent on doctors, nurses and midwives who are all too eager to advocate a switch to formula if they're not performing as well as they might if they just had some consistent and effective advice.
The way I've come to see it, feed when they're hungry. Feed if they might be hungry. Feed them to sleep. If they really won't sleep, don't be afraid to shove them at dad for a while. An occasional delayed feed won't do any irreparable damage. Don't beat yourself up if you fall asleep next to them, just don't make it a habit. And be smug. Smug, smug, smug! You've accepted it's hard but you're putting your baby's pleasure and wellbeing as your number one priorities.
Signing off now. Smug breastfeeding mummy. And proud!
