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I never even considered bottlefeeding a possiblity. First of all, I was
born 7 weeks early, and I was sick for a while because I had congenital
hypothyroid that was unyet diagnosed; this caused my blirubin to rise real
high, and when they changed my blood I just got sicker. My mother pumped
for a real long time for me before I got home. I'm sure this is because of
the group she went to in Philadelphia, which had great support; How many
women were so dedicated to Bf in 1970?
I grew up knowing I'd nursed 15 mos. (I even remember giving mom a chomp),
and it just seemed natural. When my son was born my mother was around and
she probably would have thrown a fit if I'd bottlefed. I think the real
person I owe thanks to though is my husband.
My husband was Bf for a month. His mom had no support, and quit quickly.
My husband hates seeing three-year-olds with pacifiers and bottles and bad
muscle tone. He is a Karate teacher and insists he'd be so much stronger
if he'd been Bf. He also can't stand waste of natural resources. He also
believes breasts are beautiful and G-d made them for more than just men to
look at. In short, no Bf is a waste of breasts.
My husband was the one who said he couldn't stand putting the screaming kid
in the separate room and therefore he sleeps with us. I held off because
all the psychology books I read said it was a no-no, as did the leader of
our parenting group. My husband said he has too few hours to sleep at
night and he'd be damned spending them walking a screaming kid back to his
room every five minutes. Incidentally, my husband and I constantly fought
about the kid who wouldn't sleep, and it was a major cause of friction in
our marriage. The Family Bed actually cut out 7/8's of our fights.
I honestly believe it saved our marriage.
Nofia
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