Comments on: Weird Thing #4 Insist on finding out exactly how long you breast fed http://www.weirdthingsmomsdo.com/2009/05/04/ask-you-whether-you-breast-fed-and-for-how-long/ Just another WordPress weblog Sun, 05 Sep 2010 17:12:25 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 By: Allison http://www.weirdthingsmomsdo.com/2009/05/04/ask-you-whether-you-breast-fed-and-for-how-long/comment-page-1/#comment-46 Allison Sun, 07 Jun 2009 01:29:09 +0000 http://www.weirdthingsmomsdo.com/?p=74#comment-46 I "failed", though I tried absolutely everything the books recommended from hot showers to cold compresses to frozen cabbage leaves... you name it. I bought multiple books, consulted 2 lactation consultants, and was absolutely miserable for 5 1/2 weeks, until I finally quit because I literally couldn't pump even a drop for my son to drink. Question is... why did I put myself through this? Answer: because no one, and not a single book on the shelf told me it was OKAY to stop!!! That for some people it JUST DOESN"T WORK OUT, no matter how hard you try. I bottle fed my second son and actually got to enjoy his newborn stage. Definitely the right way to go for me, personally. I “failed”, though I tried absolutely everything the books recommended from hot showers to cold compresses to frozen cabbage leaves… you name it. I bought multiple books, consulted 2 lactation consultants, and was absolutely miserable for 5 1/2 weeks, until I finally quit because I literally couldn’t pump even a drop for my son to drink. Question is… why did I put myself through this? Answer: because no one, and not a single book on the shelf told me it was OKAY to stop!!! That for some people it JUST DOESN”T WORK OUT, no matter how hard you try. I bottle fed my second son and actually got to enjoy his newborn stage. Definitely the right way to go for me, personally.

]]> By: Keri http://www.weirdthingsmomsdo.com/2009/05/04/ask-you-whether-you-breast-fed-and-for-how-long/comment-page-1/#comment-38 Keri Mon, 01 Jun 2009 03:40:45 +0000 http://www.weirdthingsmomsdo.com/?p=74#comment-38 Funny--talk about perspective. When I read "insist on finding out exactly how long you breastfed" I actually took it the other the other way. See, my second child, my daughter just wouldn't let go of that last before bedtime nursing, even when she was well past the point of "needing it". It was a comfort thing, of course, and I admit it was a nice quiet time for me too-- you know --bonding and all. So when people would ask me if I was still nursing, I didn't always tell the whole truth. I had no reason to be, but I was a little embarrassed. Don't worry- we stopped LONG before kindergarten :) Funny–talk about perspective. When I read “insist on finding out exactly how long you breastfed” I actually took it the other the other way. See, my second child, my daughter just wouldn’t let go of that last before bedtime nursing, even when she was well past the point of “needing it”. It was a comfort thing, of course, and I admit it was a nice quiet time for me too– you know –bonding and all. So when people would ask me if I was still nursing, I didn’t always tell the whole truth. I had no reason to be, but I was a little embarrassed. Don’t worry- we stopped LONG before kindergarten :)

]]> By: Julie http://www.weirdthingsmomsdo.com/2009/05/04/ask-you-whether-you-breast-fed-and-for-how-long/comment-page-1/#comment-19 Julie Thu, 14 May 2009 13:23:12 +0000 http://www.weirdthingsmomsdo.com/?p=74#comment-19 Guilty as charged regarding the questions but I never guilt another mom about it! My husband calls women who make other women feel bad about breastfeeding Nursing Nazis. Guilty as charged regarding the questions but I never guilt another mom about it! My husband calls women who make other women feel bad about breastfeeding Nursing Nazis.

]]> By: Eva http://www.weirdthingsmomsdo.com/2009/05/04/ask-you-whether-you-breast-fed-and-for-how-long/comment-page-1/#comment-9 Eva Wed, 13 May 2009 19:51:52 +0000 http://www.weirdthingsmomsdo.com/?p=74#comment-9 There should be a ban on asking this question. My son is 8 and I am still defensive whenever people ask me how long I nursed. I only did it for a few days so I feel the need to say I pumped and how hard it was. So stupid! There should be a ban on asking this question. My son is 8 and I am still defensive whenever people ask me how long I nursed. I only did it for a few days so I feel the need to say I pumped and how hard it was. So stupid!

]]> By: Lauren http://www.weirdthingsmomsdo.com/2009/05/04/ask-you-whether-you-breast-fed-and-for-how-long/comment-page-1/#comment-8 Lauren Wed, 13 May 2009 18:47:58 +0000 http://www.weirdthingsmomsdo.com/?p=74#comment-8 OK, I'm not even a mom but this seems like a good reason to plug a favorite author's upcoming book: "Hell is Other Parents," by Deborah Copaken Kogan. http://www.deborahcopakenkogan.com/hell_is_other_parents_76473.htm She's a former war photojournalist, but it seems like parenting has been her hardest assignment yet. You should get HER to link to your blog ;-) OK, I’m not even a mom but this seems like a good reason to plug a favorite author’s upcoming book: “Hell is Other Parents,” by Deborah Copaken Kogan.

http://www.deborahcopakenkogan.com/hell_is_other_parents_76473.htm

She’s a former war photojournalist, but it seems like parenting has been her hardest assignment yet.
You should get HER to link to your blog ;-)

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