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Sunday, February 26, 2012
Sunday, February 19, 2012
sometimes people will look at you and say, "you're still nursing your child?". You might feel a little taken aback, a little shame, and a little doubt. You might feel like you are doing something wrong, especially if you hear a family member or someone close to you make a statement like that. You might think to yourself, am I doing the right thing? What I am doing, is this... NORMAL?
What has been my normal?
My grandfather bought me a papaya when I was having low milk supply because that's what they do in Okinawa.
My grandmother's friend commented on how nice it is to nurse past one year.
My father's girlfriend didn't bat an eye when I nursed my 2.5 year old when he was sick.
She also told me that her daughter's OB pressures moms to nurse their children as long as they want.
My mother nursed all 4 of us - I saw her nurse my younger siblings everywhere and anywhere.
My aunt asked my son (3 years old) if he wanted to nurse like my daughter when he was fussy. She was honestly asking,
My sister is shocked how stigmatizing breastfeeding is because it's so normal to her.
My brother (who is quite conservative when it comes to girls being raised by three sisters, haha.) has no problems when I nurse in front of him because a baby's got to eat. If (and hardly ever) he feels uncomfortable, he goes and does something else.
No one objects when I openly nurse my daughter at the table, not my Uncle, Aunt, Mom, Dad, Grandpa, Grandma, Husband, even my Stepmother in law.
No one has ever asked me when I was going to stop nursing.
These things are what my family considers NORMAL.
Next time you might ask yourself if what you are doing is 'normal', remember, normalcy is relative (no pun intended). somewhere out there, there is a place where no one stigmatizes breastfeeding. what you do today and tomorrow is helping our sons, daughters, grandsons and granddaughters be breastfed with out the stigma, shame, and doubt people seem to have today.
What has been my normal?
My grandfather bought me a papaya when I was having low milk supply because that's what they do in Okinawa.
My grandmother's friend commented on how nice it is to nurse past one year.
My father's girlfriend didn't bat an eye when I nursed my 2.5 year old when he was sick.
She also told me that her daughter's OB pressures moms to nurse their children as long as they want.
My mother nursed all 4 of us - I saw her nurse my younger siblings everywhere and anywhere.
My aunt asked my son (3 years old) if he wanted to nurse like my daughter when he was fussy. She was honestly asking,
My sister is shocked how stigmatizing breastfeeding is because it's so normal to her.
My brother (who is quite conservative when it comes to girls being raised by three sisters, haha.) has no problems when I nurse in front of him because a baby's got to eat. If (and hardly ever) he feels uncomfortable, he goes and does something else.
No one objects when I openly nurse my daughter at the table, not my Uncle, Aunt, Mom, Dad, Grandpa, Grandma, Husband, even my Stepmother in law.
No one has ever asked me when I was going to stop nursing.
These things are what my family considers NORMAL.
Next time you might ask yourself if what you are doing is 'normal', remember, normalcy is relative (no pun intended). somewhere out there, there is a place where no one stigmatizes breastfeeding. what you do today and tomorrow is helping our sons, daughters, grandsons and granddaughters be breastfed with out the stigma, shame, and doubt people seem to have today.
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