tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4743839802377275695.post6917299062516874023..comments2023-05-08T05:06:28.022-07:00Comments on It doesn't get any better than this!: JudgementJaimeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17007410242254795193noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4743839802377275695.post-23591697168131287402010-05-25T11:19:24.197-07:002010-05-25T11:19:24.197-07:00Ouch. This one hurts a little.
I have a lot to sa...Ouch. This one hurts a little.<br /><br />I have a lot to say, but am choosing to keep my mouth shut for fear of flaming bricks through my front window.<br /><br />I'll just say this: There are mothers out there who do not breastfeed but still love their children with the EXACT same overwhelming intensity that breastfeeding mothers do. We all do things that some others may not agree with. Moms should support one another. It's a tough world out there and we need it.Leslienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4743839802377275695.post-49253478194908124452010-05-19T10:43:44.090-07:002010-05-19T10:43:44.090-07:00oh ps, i keep meaning to tell you - there is a mot...oh ps, i keep meaning to tell you - there is a mother's milk bank in portland! it is new, and started by the same non-profit that i donated to. so if you are interested in donating... :)eireannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02413645108503539972noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4743839802377275695.post-32312889508578529932010-05-19T10:41:50.910-07:002010-05-19T10:41:50.910-07:00i just wanted to put it out there too that the mom...i just wanted to put it out there too that the mom giving her child a bottle might be exclusively breastfeeding - you just don't know. the only time we gave hannah formula was when she was a week old and the pedi wanted to admit her to the hospital if she didn't gain back some weight (my milk had not come in yet). other than that she has never had formula. yet, i often bottle-fed her. generally in public, at times where it would have been extremely inconvenient for me to nurse but she needed to eat or was fussy and impatient. i have never been ashamed of breastfeeding in public, but i found it difficult to do on the bus or subway.<br /><br />interestingly, i generally only covered up in public when i was with my husband. while he wanted me to breastfeed and was very supportive of it, it made him very uncomfortable when i would nurse in public. he felt like it was a private, intimate thing that should not be done in public. i told him that while he had every right to his opinion and that i respected that he felt that way, i was not going to deny my child the right to eat in public like everyone else just because it made someone uncomfortable.eireannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02413645108503539972noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4743839802377275695.post-21119251899796274722010-05-17T15:02:13.473-07:002010-05-17T15:02:13.473-07:00hi there...i came across your blog accicdently but...hi there...i came across your blog accicdently but i am soooo glad that i did. have been bFeeing for 22 months now..i was very lucky in regards that i didnt encounter any problems along the way.Women are covered in my culture with an AbAya(cloak) or Chaddar( long shawl) so its not that difficult to feed in public. but i am with u on all the points ur making.Haniahttp://www.desital.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4743839802377275695.post-32020079246828163902010-05-14T20:50:00.490-07:002010-05-14T20:50:00.490-07:00Mel- I totally agree. I'm sure we both know on...Mel- I totally agree. I'm sure we both know one in particular who would probably love that opportunity. I will say that some are able to induce milk with dom who have never lactated before, there is a woman my lactation consultant sees who is tandum nursing a NB and a 9 month old. Both adopted, never carried a child or lactated before. All induced and LOTS of hard work.Jaimeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17007410242254795193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4743839802377275695.post-82812851906829669222010-05-14T20:46:30.799-07:002010-05-14T20:46:30.799-07:00Awesome post! Breast definitely IS best...and I t...Awesome post! Breast definitely IS best...and I think it's so funny that people are offended by public breastfeeding. I too have waited for someone to come up and make a rude comment when I am BF in public, but no luck yet! (And as you know I BF my first til she was 2 1/2!!!) I've gotten "the look", but no one has approached me. Darn! ;-) <br /><br />I do have a lot of compassion for those moms out there who adopted children and aren't able to breastfeed them. I know they have the supplemental nursing systems, but it's just not the same! Makes me think of Heidi's comment...I'm sure many of them would like one of those t-shirts as well! ;-)1snappyfamilyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17114545376857881455noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4743839802377275695.post-88262195535801025212010-05-14T09:01:26.844-07:002010-05-14T09:01:26.844-07:00Janet- Grayson had formula too for the exact same ...Janet- Grayson had formula too for the exact same reasons at birth. He was just flat hungry and I wasn't cutting it yet. And that was the last time he took a bottle or any artificial nipple. :) Though I did try to pump and feed he refused as well.<br /><br />I'm not saying formula doesn't serve a purpose. It does but to me, its like disposable diapers. Not for convenience only but for when necessary like traveling. But I guess that is another post entirely. LOLJaimeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17007410242254795193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4743839802377275695.post-68937341387541164572010-05-14T08:48:19.999-07:002010-05-14T08:48:19.999-07:00funny you post this...on the breastfeeding blog i ...funny you post this...on the breastfeeding blog i read, in their most recent blog they were talking about this clip and how its all a set up, but its to see how people would really react...they said you might be surprised at how some of the comments go!<br /><br />the only time riley had formula was for like the first week of life-because he was sooo big, i had had a csection and my milk just took too long to come him and he was HUNGRY! plus he had a hard time learning to nurse, but once he learned to nurse he wanted nothing else, not even bm from a bottle...only the good stuff and only from the tap! to this day he still nurses at 20 months and still prefers it over food or cows milk (but will eat and drink other things now) now that he is older i do get some negative comments and stares if he decides he wants to nurse when we are out and about, i just simply explain that WHO and APA recommend nursing until 24months...and when we get to that point i will reevaluate our situation and decide what to do from there--usually that just gets eye rolls though, but i dont let the judgment stop me at all--im doing whats best for my child!Janet Phillipshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09778536693959886522noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4743839802377275695.post-74387590844504003862010-05-14T08:42:50.215-07:002010-05-14T08:42:50.215-07:00Heidi- I'm sorry Dom didn't work for you! ...Heidi- I'm sorry Dom didn't work for you! I understand the frustration of wanting so badly to bf and having it be uncooperative. Which may be why you felt that way when you bottle fed in public, it wasn't what you wanted to be doing. I think I would feel the same way. Had things gone differently though and I had to stop nursing sooner, I would still feel breast is best. Even if they got cut off in a freak accident tomorrow and Jax had to have formula... I would try and find a donor to donate milk. Just my opinion... and I actually do know a few who could donate. :)Jaimeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17007410242254795193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4743839802377275695.post-70065180268187458252010-05-14T08:40:37.904-07:002010-05-14T08:40:37.904-07:00Okay, posted on fb before reading your blog (made ...Okay, posted on fb before reading your blog (made some of the same points)I am right there with ya on EVERYTHING! All the PC crap ticks me off when people don't want to say "breast is best" in fear of offending a formula mom- it IS best! That's like not saying using real legs are best so you don't offend someone with prosthetics- That's what God made them for, it's better for your baby AND YOU, suck it up and own it. I too am judgmental (oops), and think it's sad when women CAN'T breastfeed- but one's that WON'T?- It's a choice- like daycare. Is it what's best? No, but they'll live. It's a CHOICE (for the majority) that they made. It's NOT the same, it's NOT as good. Why can't people see that!???!!!!Hilaryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15002464604816601084noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4743839802377275695.post-39018687428836149902010-05-14T08:23:45.918-07:002010-05-14T08:23:45.918-07:00When T was a baby I had supply issues and despite ...When T was a baby I had supply issues and despite trying everything (except domperidone) it never beefed up enough to bf him exclusively. I did however nurse him part time until he was 10 months old. But whenever I was in public feeding him a bottle or at Costco buying formula, I felt like wearing a t-shirt that said "I tried EVERYTHING I could, but it just didn't work." Odd that I was more self-conscious bottle feeding than I was about bfing in public.Heidihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06420473836082464670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4743839802377275695.post-63270329388458898262010-05-14T00:20:23.943-07:002010-05-14T00:20:23.943-07:00And I love you! :) Thanks.And I love you! :) Thanks.Jaimeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17007410242254795193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4743839802377275695.post-14778704496179571392010-05-14T00:12:46.720-07:002010-05-14T00:12:46.720-07:00I love you Jaimey!I love you Jaimey!Marlynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10127429112847922035noreply@blogger.com