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gina409
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Re: Beautiful...just wanted to share
I don't care how many bf topics someone posts bc I'm sure someone can relate to it
What i hate about a post like this is the words while all else are sleeping/brushing heir teeth etc. for me it implies a ff mom isn't up every 2 hrs and feeding and burping and having a fussy baby etc
I'm just all for the motto parenting is hard. No matter how you do it
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Re: Beautiful...just wanted to share
Posted by gina409
I don't care how many bf topics someone posts bc I'm sure someone can relate to it
What i hate about a post like this is the words while all else are sleeping/brushing heir teeth etc. for me it implies a ff mom isn't up every 2 hrs and feeding and burping and having a fussy baby etc
I'm just all for the motto parenting is hard. No matter how you do it
I agree. The post was worded to create drama IMO. It it just said moms but because it singled out BF moms it really made it like if you didn't BF you slept all night long and had it easy.
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Re: Beautiful...just wanted to share
well, I thought it was beautiful.
I have 2 kids, and both newborn experiences were completely different. both feeding experiences were different. one felt tougher than the other.
one, I was only slightly sleep deprived. the other, i was zombie mom.
all well worth it.
i do see that some posts come in as nonjudgemental, and I have to say I appreciate reading those far more than the ones who don't assume the good intent of others.
thanks for posting. it reminded me that no matter how i did it, i did it! i am a mama....just like you.
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Re: Beautiful...just wanted to share
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I don't mean to be snarky or disrespectful, but reading things like this might do more harm than good if the intention of this "breastfeeding awareness week" is to convince more women to bf. Because, as a FF mom, I read this and thought "that sounds flucking terrible."
Also, I chose to ff, but women who wanted to bf and couldn't might not want to read this and feel like they aren't "doing everything they can for their baby." We're ALL doing everything we can for our babies, regardless of how we feed them.
I bf, and this still sounds flucking terrible! I never enjoyed bf, did it for 14 months, and still never had an experience that sounded as miserable as this. I feel like in society today, people feel like bf makes you some martyred saint. It doesn't. People can have wonderful experiences and awful experiences either way.
The best piece of parenting advice I ever received is as follows:
"When your baby is a newborn you have one job-keep them alive. You're doing that? Then you're succeeding at parenting."
End of story. Baby is living and healthy? Kudos to you.
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Re: Beautiful...just wanted to share
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Honestly I read it and was like- wow, sounds like my night when I was a FF mom.
I was up every 2 hours with her.
I got ZERO sleep.
She cluster fed.
I sat in a dark room.
I cursed.
I pondered.
And I was alone because DH worked nights.
All night feedings fell on me.
So how is this little tid bit exclusive to BFing?
No one way of feeding your baby is any harder or easier than another.
Having a newborn sucks.
Period
Me too. Patted my child's bottom, stroked my child's hair. A monkey didn't feed my child. I didn't prop up a bottle for my child. I FED MY CHILD.
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Re: Beautiful...just wanted to share
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Posted by gina409
I don't care how many bf topics someone posts bc I'm sure someone can relate to it
What i hate about a post like this is the words while all else are sleeping/brushing heir teeth etc. for me it implies a ff mom isn't up every 2 hrs and feeding and burping and having a fussy baby etc
I'm just all for the motto parenting is hard. No matter how you do it
I agree. The post was worded to create drama IMO. It it just said moms but because it singled out BF moms it really made it like if you didn't BF you slept all night long and had it easy.
At some point ALL children should be sleeping through the night, FF or BF. So yes, I agree with you.
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Beautiful...just wanted to share
I didn't take it the wrong way at all. I chose to ff because it was the best decision for me and my dd. Nothing anyone says will ever change my mind. I just tried to put myself in the shoes of someone who was heartbroken over not being able to bf.
And again, this in particular makes bf-ing sound like a nightmare. I'm not saying ff-ing is a walk in the park; my dd was a beastly newborn. But having to put my baby on the boob every 30 minutes for TEN HOURS? I'd have ended up in the booby hatch (no pun intended!)
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Beautiful...just wanted to share
Not all bfeeding moms have it hard, there are plenty of moms (and apparently even some of the ones that didn't seem to like this post), that have had more of a positive experience. The same goes for ffed moms, I remember that there were some nights that were very difficult with DS1 and he was ffed.
To me, the mom that shared that post was referring to her particular case, who happened to be a bfeeding mom that had tough nights with her lo, and posted this experience in a bfeeding group, nothing wrong with that at all. I decided to share her experience in this board because I also happen to have a tough time at night with my lo, was I wrong for posting this in this type of forum? Some ppl think so but I don't because bfeeding moms are everywhere. Does that mean that moms that circumcised their lo, or prefer their lo being intact, or those moms who are against vaccines, or the ones who believe in vaccines, etc, should post in boards like this one? Absolutely! That's their believes, that's their experiences. Now pushing their believes down people's throats is a totally different thing and I have definitely never done that to the contrary of what some ppl have accused me of.
All my friends/family know how much I wanted to give birth vaginally for both of my DSs, after not being able to do so with DS1, I did as much research as possible to help my body have a vaginal birth, I tried every single little thing but ultimately it didn't happen the way I wanted, and I ended up having another csection. It took me a while to recover not really physically but emotionally because I felt my body failed me and it didn't do what it was supposed to. Was I mad for seeing posts of other moms sharing their successful vaginal births/vbacs, or sharing advises about it, or their experiences, or articles they've read, or those moms that preferred having an elected csection with no real medical reasons? Absolutely not! Was I complaining that they shouldn't share their posts and excuse it with "a lack of community feel"? I'm sorry but to me it'd be a selfish thing because who is to say that maybe that post won't comfort someone, or be the answer to a struggling mom, etc.
I said it in a previous post and I'm saying it again, we as moms (and as ppl in general) have to stop being so catty with one another and appreciate the efforts that we all do, and like another poster said, it's so much better reading the nonjudgemental comments than those that don't assume the good intent of others.
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gina409
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Re: Beautiful...just wanted to share
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Posted by gina409
I don't care how many bf topics someone posts bc I'm sure someone can relate to it
What i hate about a post like this is the words while all else are sleeping/brushing heir teeth etc. for me it implies a ff mom isn't up every 2 hrs and feeding and burping and having a fussy baby etc
I'm just all for the motto parenting is hard. No matter how you do it
I agree. The post was worded to create drama IMO. It it just said moms but because it singled out BF moms it really made it like if you didn't BF you slept all night long and had it easy.
At some point ALL children should be sleeping through the night, FF or BF. So yes, I agree with you.
My daughter will be 4 and has never sttn
Here's holding out for next year  
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Re: Beautiful...just wanted to share
Posted by NervousNell
Honestly I read it and was like- wow, sounds like my night when I was a FF mom.
I was up every 2 hours with her.
I got ZERO sleep.
She cluster fed.
I sat in a dark room.
I cursed.
I pondered.
And I was alone because DH worked nights.
All night feedings fell on me.
So how is this little tid bit exclusive to BFing?
No one way of feeding your baby is any harder or easier than another.
Having a newborn sucks.
Period
I was just thinking this as I am up with DS at 3:30 am. I am ff and it seems just like my day/night. Format matter. There are people who think I'm poisoning my kid formula. There are people who hate bf. We need to stop judging people. So sick of this world we live in.
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Re: Beautiful...just wanted to share
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It truly saddens me whenever someone posts anything about bfeeding and these are the responses that are posted.
Agreed. If the post doesn't apply to you, why bring the rain cloud in? No one is saying anything Like breast is best or BFing is better than FFing. It's just something for people to relate to.
I agree with this. I do not think the original poster was trying to necessarily push BFing - I just think she was trying to share a passage that she related too - I am positive that both FF and BFing moms can relate to it.
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Re: Beautiful...just wanted to share
Posted by alli3131
Posted by gina409
I don't care how many bf topics someone posts bc I'm sure someone can relate to it
What i hate about a post like this is the words while all else are sleeping/brushing heir teeth etc. for me it implies a ff mom isn't up every 2 hrs and feeding and burping and having a fussy baby etc
I'm just all for the motto parenting is hard. No matter how you do it
I agree. The post was worded to create drama IMO. It it just said moms but because it singled out BF moms it really made it like if you didn't BF you slept all night long and had it easy.
This.
I formula fed both boys and was up most of the night for 2 years with DS 1 - who was a horrible sleeper. And even if he wasn't - I wouldn't have gotten over 9 hrs of sleep a night.
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Re: Beautiful...just wanted to share
I am baffled. I honestly can't understand where people are reading into this "You suck!!! You are not worthy of the title of mother if you didn't BF!!!! And if you FF - Motherhood is a breeze and you should never feel like it was hard"
Seriously, what am I missing?!
It was written by a BF mother.
I will share MY experience. I wanted to BF DS#1. He was not into it. I tried for 3 months (because I wanted to.) I pumped hardly anything, was in pain, and had to supplement and finally gave up. I was sad. That was me.
DS#2 I was able to EBF. I was glad. It was hard! Sorry to not make it sound like a walk in the park (I think most people who really want to BF will see this and hope for the best but expect the worst - I know I did when I heard stories but I wanted to try anyway.) My boobs hurt constantly for a year - literally - and then less after I dropped it to before bed feedings (he was on milk the rest of the day.)
I was up all the time. It sucked but it was also amazing and I would do it again.
Truthfully, it was easier with FF DS#1. No pain, no leaky books and when he was waking through the night (he started sleeping through before 2 months -I considered myself very lucky - I think it was just his personality and nothing I did) DH was able to feed him sometimes (again, I know that is not the case with everyone.) With DS#2, DH obviously could not breastfeed so that was all me.
And that was MY EXPERIENCE.
I truly cannot understand why so many on this thread are saying this was post for Drama or mom-shaming. Yes, the person who originally wrote those words addressed it to BF moms. It was a BF group!! It was her experience and likely that of many in the group. Yes, besides the boob part, it can apply to all moms as long as they feed their kid. So why not take what applies and ignore the rest. No where in there was it implied that others who don't BF are bad moms. It doesn't even say #breastisbest.
Why do people have to make stuff like this a competition?  
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Re: Beautiful...just wanted to share
Posted by oneday
I am baffled. I honestly can't understand where people are reading into this "You suck!!! You are not worthy of the title of mother if you didn't BF!!!! And if you FF - Motherhood is a breeze and you should never feel like it was hard"
Seriously, what am I missing?!
It was written by a BF mother.
I will share MY experience. I wanted to BF DS#1. He was not into it. I tried for 3 months (because I wanted to.) I pumped hardly anything, was in pain, and had to supplement and finally gave up. I was sad. That was me.
DS#2 I was able to EBF. I was glad. It was hard! Sorry to not make it sound like a walk in the park (I think most people who really want to BF will see this and hope for the best but expect the worst - I know I did when I heard stories but I wanted to try anyway.) My boobs hurt constantly for a year - literally - and then less after I dropped it to before bed feedings (he was on milk the rest of the day.)
I was up all the time. It sucked but it was also amazing and I would do it again.
Truthfully, it was easier with FF DS#1. No pain, no leaky books and when he was waking through the night (he started sleeping through before 2 months -I considered myself very lucky - I think it was just his personality and nothing I did) DH was able to feed him sometimes (again, I know that is not the case with everyone.) With DS#2, DH obviously could not breastfeed so that was all me.
And that was MY EXPERIENCE.
I truly cannot understand why so many on this thread are saying this was post for Drama or mom-shaming. Yes, the person who originally wrote those words addressed it to BF moms. It was a BF group!! It was her experience and likely that of many in the group. Yes, besides the boob part, it can apply to all moms as long as they feed their kid. So why not take what applies and ignore the rest. No where in there was it implied that others who don't BF are bad moms. It doesn't even say #breastisbest.
Why do people have to make stuff like this a competition?
I agree.
I don't understand how it was perceived any other way than sharing an experience.
My share is bf was hard, ugly, beautiful, cathartic, healing, amazing, weird, funny, enlightening...
Is my opinion of my experience & feelings something to be judged or be put down?
I hope posters aren't deterred to share their experiences of Parenting by the judgements of other parents.
I learned so much in my little time here, and it is through the sharing process that I have grown as a mother. It takes a village to raise a child, and I feel like it also takes a village to raise a mother, especially a first time mom.
Again, I thank this mom who posted something relatable to parents. Maybe not all, and maybe not the same way, but we don't always post universally shared experiences - it's usually our own.
We can find commonalities in posts we can't completely identify with like the torturous experience of newborn life I lovingly refer to as "the battle field" And "the easy days". Can't we?
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Beautiful...just wanted to share
Because moms who breastfeed are some sort of hero? Always needing some sort of affirmation or congratulations. Please. Getting so tired of this sanctimonious breastfeeding crap.
We all feed/fed our babies. We were all up at ungodly hours. We all patted, shushed, sang to, soothed and catered to their every need. We all win. Get over yourselves and this "movement".
ETA: I breastfed and FF.
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Re: Beautiful...just wanted to share
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Because moms who breastfeed are some sort of hero? Always needing some sort of affirmation or congratulations. Please. Getting so tired of this sanctimonious breastfeeding crap.
We all feed/fed our babies. We were all up at ungodly hours. We all patted, shushed, sang to, soothed and catered to their every need. We all win. Get over yourselves and this "movement".
yes.
but aren't we all heroes, mrs. boss?
aren't we because we are moms?
if i adopted my kid, would birthed kids' moms be more of a hero? no - we all are.
if i foster a child for years - does it mean i'm less of a mom?
if i have 1 kid, not more - does that make me less?
if i post how amazing having one of each is....
it's sharing. not shaming.
and it might feel like a movement because it is.
society is changing. and that's ok.
it always will....
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Re: Beautiful...just wanted to share
I do think this is nice and it's nice to feel some solidarity with others going through the same thing as you, which I think is the point. I don't know anything about FFing, but BFing was not always as easy as it has become for us. We are closing on 14 months of BFing and have certainly had our ups and downs but, to the PP who said something about a BFing mom being a super hero, I do feel a bit like a super hero! And I think it's ok to feel that way! For 6 months of my DDs life, I was her sole provider of nutrition! I think that's amazing! I'm not asking for a trophy, but sometimes I do sit back and ponder that with my DH. I think all parents in the newborn/infant/toddler stage are super heroes! It's really not easy! But, for me specifically, I haven't had a full night's sleep in 13+ months, and during that time my body has provided for my child, then I get up in the morning and go to work, come home and do it all again! To me, that is some super hero $hit!
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Re: Beautiful...just wanted to share
Posted by evrythng4areason
Posted by LuckyStar
I don't mean to be snarky or disrespectful, but reading things like this might do more harm than good if the intention of this "breastfeeding awareness week" is to convince more women to bf. Because, as a FF mom, I read this and thought "that sounds flucking terrible."
Also, I chose to ff, but women who wanted to bf and couldn't might not want to read this and feel like they aren't "doing everything they can for their baby." We're ALL doing everything we can for our babies, regardless of how we feed them.
I bf, and this still sounds flucking terrible! I never enjoyed bf, did it for 14 months, and still never had an experience that sounded as miserable as this. I feel like in society today, people feel like bf makes you some martyred saint. It doesn't. People can have wonderful experiences and awful experiences either way.
The best piece of parenting advice I ever received is as follows:
"When your baby is a newborn you have one job-keep them alive. You're doing that? Then you're succeeding at parenting."
End of story. Baby is living and healthy? Kudos to you.
I agree. My first was only bf until 5mo and I supplemented. I had sooooo much guilt on that because of all the posts about "normalizing breastfeeding" etc. that with my second I pushed myself to an almost unhealthy limit to continue bf until 12 months. It took a toll on me both times. Mostly bc of certain fb posters that don't stop!
Why can't we just stop talking about ff or bf feeding?! The laws have been passed to protect breastfeeding moms so I just don't understand why we have to continue pushing it everywhere.
Plenty other serious things need to be discussed/made aware!
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Beautiful...just wanted to share
This is something so indicative of our society.
Nowhere here did it say "breastfeeding moms are better and formula fed moms are worse." People are interpreting it that way because somewhere, deep down, I think it triggers an insecurity, guilt or a sadness or an emotion. Then, they attack.
If you don't care about breastfeeding, don't respond to this. There is nothing for BF moms to "get over" and nothing that FF moms need to feel bad about.
This is coming from a FF mother. Some of you moms on here should be ashamed of yourself and how "sanctimonious" you sound trying to put down others.
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Re: Beautiful...just wanted to share
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Posted by mrsboss
Because moms who breastfeed are some sort of hero? Always needing some sort of affirmation or congratulations. Please. Getting so tired of this sanctimonious breastfeeding crap.
We all feed/fed our babies. We were all up at ungodly hours. We all patted, shushed, sang to, soothed and catered to their every need. We all win. Get over yourselves and this "movement".
yes.
but aren't we all heroes, mrs. boss?
aren't we because we are moms?
if i adopted my kid, would birthed kids' moms be more of a hero? no - we all are.
if i foster a child for years - does it mean i'm less of a mom?
if i have 1 kid, not more - does that make me less?
if i post how amazing having one of each is....
it's sharing. not shaming.
and it might feel like a movement because it is.
society is changing. and that's ok.
it always will....
Honestly no none of us are heros. We are moms. We signed up for this job.
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Re: Beautiful...just wanted to share
Posted by alli3131
Posted by KateBennetReel
Posted by mrsboss
Because moms who breastfeed are some sort of hero? Always needing some sort of affirmation or congratulations. Please. Getting so tired of this sanctimonious breastfeeding crap.
We all feed/fed our babies. We were all up at ungodly hours. We all patted, shushed, sang to, soothed and catered to their every need. We all win. Get over yourselves and this "movement".
yes.
but aren't we all heroes, mrs. boss?
aren't we because we are moms?
if i adopted my kid, would birthed kids' moms be more of a hero? no - we all are.
if i foster a child for years - does it mean i'm less of a mom?
if i have 1 kid, not more - does that make me less?
if i post how amazing having one of each is....
it's sharing. not shaming.
and it might feel like a movement because it is.
society is changing. and that's ok.
it always will....
Honestly no none of us are heros. We are moms. We signed up for this job.
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Re: Beautiful...just wanted to share
Posted by alli3131
Posted by KateBennetReel
Posted by mrsboss
Because moms who breastfeed are some sort of hero? Always needing some sort of affirmation or congratulations. Please. Getting so tired of this sanctimonious breastfeeding crap.
We all feed/fed our babies. We were all up at ungodly hours. We all patted, shushed, sang to, soothed and catered to their every need. We all win. Get over yourselves and this "movement".
yes.
but aren't we all heroes, mrs. boss?
aren't we because we are moms?
if i adopted my kid, would birthed kids' moms be more of a hero? no - we all are.
if i foster a child for years - does it mean i'm less of a mom?
if i have 1 kid, not more - does that make me less?
if i post how amazing having one of each is....
it's sharing. not shaming.
and it might feel like a movement because it is.
society is changing. and that's ok.
it always will....
Honestly no none of us are heros. We are moms. We signed up for this job.
Yep. I'm far from a hero.
FAR from it.
When you have a kid, your life changes. You know that going in.
Women have been birthing and raising babies from the beginning of time. Under much harsher conditions than our modern day lives.
But they didn't have social media to pat themselves on the back for it or deem themselves a "hero". They just continued on
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Re: Beautiful...just wanted to share
Posted by NervousNell
Posted by alli3131
Posted by KateBennetReel
Posted by mrsboss
Because moms who breastfeed are some sort of hero? Always needing some sort of affirmation or congratulations. Please. Getting so tired of this sanctimonious breastfeeding crap.
We all feed/fed our babies. We were all up at ungodly hours. We all patted, shushed, sang to, soothed and catered to their every need. We all win. Get over yourselves and this "movement".
yes.
but aren't we all heroes, mrs. boss?
aren't we because we are moms?
if i adopted my kid, would birthed kids' moms be more of a hero? no - we all are.
if i foster a child for years - does it mean i'm less of a mom?
if i have 1 kid, not more - does that make me less?
if i post how amazing having one of each is....
it's sharing. not shaming.
and it might feel like a movement because it is.
society is changing. and that's ok.
it always will....
Honestly no none of us are heros. We are moms. We signed up for this job.
Yep. I'm far from a hero.
FAR from it.
When you have a kid, your life changes. You know that going in.
maybe my kids see me as their hero...
maybe my husband see's me as a hero.
in my world, in my immediate family - that makes me feel like a hero.
my kid has a t-shirt that says "Dad is my superhero".
i can't see dads coming on here saying.... actually, no....
kudos to you, hero or not. however you see yourself - good on you. i support you.
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Re: Beautiful...just wanted to share
I think this got off the rails.
Now we are arguing over if we see ourselves as heros or not.
I think the point was, the original post was supposed to be about the struggles of a breastfeeding mother, but in reality it's the struggles of ALL mothers.
Breastfeeding, formula feeding, adoptive mothers. All mothers. And fathers.
Having a baby is no walk in the park.
Night feedings and getting no sleep suck.
Whether you are feeding that baby at midnight and 2 am and again at 4 am from a bottle or you boob.
The original posting and it's depiction of nighttime with a newborn was not exclusive to BFing moms.
It's the night in the life of a newborn's mom.
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| Posted 6/22/16 2:34 PM |
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Kitten1929
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Re: Beautiful...just wanted to share
Posted by NervousNell
I think this got off the rails.
Now we are arguing over if we see ourselves as heros or not.
I think the point was, the original post was supposed to be about the struggles of a breastfeeding mother, but in reality it's the struggles of ALL mothers.
Breastfeeding, formula feeding, adoptive mothers. All mothers. And fathers.
Having a baby is no walk in the park.
Night feedings and getting no sleep suck.
Whether you are feeding that baby at midnight and 2 am and again at 4 am from a bottle or you boob.
The original posting and it's depiction of nighttime with a newborn was not exclusive to BFing moms.
It's the night in the life of a newborn's mom.
But why can't a breastfeeding mom post about her experiences without a formula feeding mom getting pissy? Why can't she have her own unique experience without it getting taken the wrong way by someone else?
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| Posted 6/22/16 2:48 PM |
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