Today I checked the daily mail as I normally do, always like to keep up with the celebrity rag side of it and of course the very informative, well written current affair aticles today I see this . And rolled my eyes.
I am what you could call “one of those women” I breastfed my daughter for 2 years and 4 months she stopped ,mutually she had had enough and I had definitely had enough. During my pregnancy, I had people telling me, she didn’t need it, stop it, she’s to old, it’s just wrong I had a terrible time with breastfeeding aversion and despised feeding her yet I did it as I felt I couldn’t deny her right and that one day it would be a vague memory and it is, I am currently still breastfeeding my 21 month old and I am pregnant again and luckily nothings changed. Everyone is entitled to their opinion I respect that and they should respect my choices and my child’s. BUT I NEVER rammed it down peoples throats and acted like a extended breastfeeding nazi as we are sometimes called.
This breast v bottle debate has been going on long enough. I was bottle fed as I was adopted despite issues in my life I attribute them to my childhood, not how I was fed in my first few months. At least I wasn’t starved.
I like breastfeeding. Why? I am lazy to be blunt, I can’t be bothered making, sterilising bottles during the day and getting up in the night with my child to feed them, I’d much rather get my boob out and let the baby feed and go back to sleep with them next to me in bed. Sometimes I put them back in their bed more often than not I don’t as that might require me to actually move and get up.But it’s what works for me and my family so there’s no issue with it. It has nothing to do with you or anyone else how I choose to feed my child. And I have no plans to tell you how to feed yours. Personally however I don’t think I could keep going after the age of 3 but that is just me.
At what point will women just take a look at one another and say “you’re doing a great job” some people have issues with breastfeeding they could of been sexually abused as a child, they could of just simply not wanted to breastfeed. Doesn’t make them wrong or heartless or uncaring, and people such as myself who choose to breastfeed past the “norm” are doing anything wrong, selfish or weird either we’re doing what suits us as a family.
So do you think we could do that?
Isn’t it funny. You say you breastfeed because you are lazy and I stopped breastfeeding after 3 months because I’m lazy. I found breastfeeding really hard work and tiring and time consuming. I felt really guilty weaning my little one so early (and I certainly had my fair share of raised eyebrows from those around me) but I’d had enough – and I was going back to work part time. Thanks for not being judgmental about the situation. We all get judged so much as mums – I even feel bad taking a shot at those who breastfeed their six year olds (but it is a bit yuck).
Far out, the world has gone mad when someone feels that they have to justify their reasons for breastfeeding their own infant!