yes, my son will be one next month. yes i am planning on continuing to
breastfeed. no it doesnt bother me. what? it bothers you??? well thats
too damn bad.
why i breastfeed: no i wasnt breastfed, but when i first got pregnant i knew breastfeeding was for me, didnt have any weird feelings about it, its just what had to happen. from the get-go all i got were negative reactions, and sarcastic tones. but i ignored my audience and went with what i knew would be the right thing...
i didnt know what to expect when kaevyan had his first feeding. but i know i didnt expect it to be so painful. but he caught on quickly and baby boy and i established the most amazing bond that i never wouldave expected to go this far...
back when i didnt have a clue about life and how hard it is being a single young mom, if you told me i was going to breastfeed straight through the entire first year, i wouldave laughed and called you crazy, yet here i am, one month away from the first year and now im fighting to explain to everyone why im NOT STOPPING at 1 year.
i could throw a bunch of studies and statistics and things like that at you...but no matter what the benefits are, over all. i am breastfeeding my son because its what he wants and its what i want and he isnt ready to have no more yums and im not ready to break that bond. and i dont care that i need to let go, and i dont care that he is getting too big, and i dont care that he has teeth and can eat table food and drink from a sippy, and i dont care that you think im a bad mom because you think bfing beyond 1 year is just a sickening form of child abuse.
bfing is a beautiful, selfless, innocent, precious bond that only a mother and her child can share, and its not up to ANYONE to say, you should stop because of this many reasons...its not up to you. its up to my son. and me
so i commend the moms (excpecailly the young moms) who fight through the negative comments and the stares and the hurtful condesending words and actions of others, i commend those of you who know exactly what bfing is and love it, it makes you proud. nevernevernver be ashamed of the fact you breastfeed. never run and hide, never. Breastfeeding is a natural part of life...and i will be so happy when americans finally realize that...
why i breastfeed: no i wasnt breastfed, but when i first got pregnant i knew breastfeeding was for me, didnt have any weird feelings about it, its just what had to happen. from the get-go all i got were negative reactions, and sarcastic tones. but i ignored my audience and went with what i knew would be the right thing...
i didnt know what to expect when kaevyan had his first feeding. but i know i didnt expect it to be so painful. but he caught on quickly and baby boy and i established the most amazing bond that i never wouldave expected to go this far...
back when i didnt have a clue about life and how hard it is being a single young mom, if you told me i was going to breastfeed straight through the entire first year, i wouldave laughed and called you crazy, yet here i am, one month away from the first year and now im fighting to explain to everyone why im NOT STOPPING at 1 year.
i could throw a bunch of studies and statistics and things like that at you...but no matter what the benefits are, over all. i am breastfeeding my son because its what he wants and its what i want and he isnt ready to have no more yums and im not ready to break that bond. and i dont care that i need to let go, and i dont care that he is getting too big, and i dont care that he has teeth and can eat table food and drink from a sippy, and i dont care that you think im a bad mom because you think bfing beyond 1 year is just a sickening form of child abuse.
bfing is a beautiful, selfless, innocent, precious bond that only a mother and her child can share, and its not up to ANYONE to say, you should stop because of this many reasons...its not up to you. its up to my son. and me
so i commend the moms (excpecailly the young moms) who fight through the negative comments and the stares and the hurtful condesending words and actions of others, i commend those of you who know exactly what bfing is and love it, it makes you proud. nevernevernver be ashamed of the fact you breastfeed. never run and hide, never. Breastfeeding is a natural part of life...and i will be so happy when americans finally realize that...
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