Something important that I think has been missing from this discussion is
the important role that seeing breastfeeding can have for girls and women in
their own ability to breastfeed.  Karleen Gribble

 

Karleen - Your whole post made me think of some La Leche League (LLL)
meetings we had this year.  The daughter of a former participant came to
meetings when she had HER children.  How cool is that?  At one point she
offered to be a hostess for the next series (4 monthly meetings).  At the
end of the series, she offered to host another series and I jumped to
accept.  It was at that second series that I learned she had a very positive
ulterior motive; she wanted her 13-year-old daughter to attend.  The
daughter fit right in and asked fabulous questions, some of which showed
that she had heard some of the myths our society passes around.  She was
open to hearing the opposite point of view and learned a lot.  The other
nice thing was that her grandmother, who had attended our meetings about 30
years ago, was the owner of the house.  There were three generations living
together in a house brimming not only with breastfeeding but parenting a la
LLL.  The grandparents loved having a house full of breastfeeding children,
ranging in age from one week to six years.  The teenager was one lucky girl;
she saw a lot of normal breastfeeding and no concern about breasts shown for
their functional purpose.  I think she will be prepared for the future just
as you advocate.  What a smart mother she has; but then, the mom was
breastfed for years.

 

Warm regards,

Lee

Lee Galasso, MS, LLLL, IBCLC, RLC

Lactation Specialist

Lactation Center of Westchester/Putnam

Westchester County in NYS, USA

914-245-2206

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Vice-President

Westchester/Putnam/Rockland (WPR) Lactation Consortium

 

"Children are Born with the Right to be Breastfed"

 

 


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