I saw this article yesterday and thought it was very helpful. I am breastfeeding Mack, although for about 3 months he had breast milk mixed with Alimentum formula, but Cale and Carter I only made it for about a month and felt terrible guilty for quitting. I wish I had read this article then. I don't know how long I am going to nurse, but when I think about quitting I still feel guilty and I don't know why. Cale and Carter are perfect and in my opinion geniuses and Mack has had several months of formula and now gets it when we are out and I don't want to nurse in public because I can't because he is way too distracted to actually eat. So why do I still feel gulity?! Andy says it is because I couldn't make it work last time and this time I did and I feel like I shouldn't quit. Maybe that is it. I am making up for lost time. I don't know, but I do know there is nothing wrong with not breastfeeding and formula is just as good, as I have two wonderful children that had pretty much nothing but formula.
I just wish moms would support other moms no matter what their decision is! Why can't we all just say "That is great and I am so glad that is what works for your family." ? Just like working, stay at home, homeschooling, public school, private school or any other hard decision that a family has to make. I hate when moms critize other moms for their decisions. Life is hard enough without others critizing our choices. I have in the past definitely heard it about the not breastfeeding issue and the staying at home (although I call it work at home while spending time with your kids) and it has made me feel crappy. I have never critized another mom, or at least not meant to, because I know how gulity or bad it makes me feel. Please let's just support moms becasue this job is hard enough!
No, You Don't Have to Breastfeed
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