http://consciousbreastfeedingconnections.com/dad-walking-on-egg-shells/ ...Contemplating the Core Elements of a Modern Breastfeeding Lifestyle Wed, 07 Jul 2010 01:21:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://consciousbreastfeedingconnections.com/dad-walking-on-egg-shells/comment-page-1/#comment-226 Lily Sun, 14 Mar 2010 05:25:33 +0000 http://consciousbreastfeedingconnections.com/dad-walking-on-egg-shells/#comment-226 There was a young mom, the wife of one of my former students, who had switched to mostly formula and very little breastfeeding. She didn't want to stop breastfeeding, but the path she was on was heading towards formula exclusively (she said so herself). I cannot remember the details of our conversations together. However I remember wanting to be quite sensitive to her feelings and what she wanted (whether it was to completely switch to formula or to work up her breast milk supply) but also be encouraging. She said to me later that it was thanks to me that she went back to nursing/breastfeeding exclusively; she needed some encouragement. She breastfed her first daughter for a long time (around 2 yrs old or more). For moms who desire to breastfeed, I really want to be a source of encouragement, especially since some of my own journey as a breastfeeding mom has been so difficult. None of this is to say that mothers who formula feed their babies are any less mothers or that they don't really care about their babies; not at all. There was a young mom, the wife of one of my former students, who had switched to mostly formula and very little breastfeeding. She didn’t want to stop breastfeeding, but the path she was on was heading towards formula exclusively (she said so herself). I cannot remember the details of our conversations together. However I remember wanting to be quite sensitive to her feelings and what she wanted (whether it was to completely switch to formula or to work up her breast milk supply) but also be encouraging. She said to me later that it was thanks to me that she went back to nursing/breastfeeding exclusively; she needed some encouragement. She breastfed her first daughter for a long time (around 2 yrs old or more). For moms who desire to breastfeed, I really want to be a source of encouragement, especially since some of my own journey as a breastfeeding mom has been so difficult. None of this is to say that mothers who formula feed their babies are any less mothers or that they don’t really care about their babies; not at all.

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