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Date: | Wed, 10 Jan 1996 19:24:23 EST |
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Whilst my children were little I used to hold LLL meetings in my house. My husband works from home and every once in a while a mother would catch a glimpse of him. This led to a number of questions about how our husbands felt about seeing other women nurse and whether or not they felt left out because they Daddies can't nurse. I asked my husband about his feelings and will share them with you. He said that seeing a woman nurse inspired feelings of tenderness rather than sexual arousal, and that just as he did not feel deprived because I was the one to give birth, so he did not feel deprived because I was the one to nurse. I was going to say that I think it's wonderful that he is so comfortable about his role as a father, but on second thoughts, shouldn't that be the norm? For anyone who's interested, there is a new book out called "Mothering and Fathering," available through La Leche League International, which addresses the differing roles we assume as parents. IMHO, bab!
ies need both mothers and father e
qually, precisely because they *are* different.
Norma Ritter, IBCLC, LLLL "If not now, when? If not us, who?"
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