Tuesday, August 14, 2007
Breastfeeding
Today Landen, Amelia and I went to our La Leche League meeting. We asked our neighbor (well they're officially moved out today so they aren't neighbors anymore) to go with us. I was so disapointed though, this is the third month I've gone that there was only one other mom. Everytime, I say I'm not going back and I end up going because I like to meet other mom's who breastfeed their babies. Plus I've met some really nice mom's that do things a lot like how we're raising our kids. I also wanted it to be nice since this was the first time Natalie went. How are you supposed to get mom's to come and have a "support" group if there are no people going? I don't think a lot of the people that used to come even know the time changed, last time I looked it wasn't even changed on the Internet. I should just be thankful our county has a La Leche League and for the nice ladies I have already met. Well anyway - here's a little story about the Prime Quarter that happened to Natalie. To make a long story short, she asked to have a booth to nurse her baby in because she was in a large group of people she didn't know all that well and wanted a quiet place to nurse. When she asked for a booth, she was told to go to the bathroom to nurse. Nobody should have to eat in the bathroom! She asked to talk to the manager and ended up nursing in a coat closet. Grr! I don't think that's hardly any better than the bathroom. So here's my thought about that restuarant - I think a bunch of nursing mom's should go in there and flop their boobs out and start nursing their babies. I wonder how they would like that? That made me upset because that's even more of a reason you need a support group for nursing mom's. Oh well, that's my rant for today. I found some neat blinkies to share since I'm talking about breastfeeding. These are pretty good & I might have to put some of these on my blog site. =D Ah - I forgot to add this site to this post at the time. I couldn't find it in my pile of websites I like. 101 Reasons to Breastfeed! http://www.naturalchild.com/guest/leslie_burby.html
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YAY!!! Andrea has a blog! :o) I LOVED this post and I'm all for storming a restaurant with my boob flopped out (especially since I nurse a toddler--ha ha! What would they think about THAT?!) I hate that something so normal and natural is considered so taboo! I liked what you said about how no one should have to eat in a bathroom--That is such a disgusting thought! UGH! I could rant about this all day!
Jen (SAHCMs group) :o)
Love that list. With all those benefits of breastfeeding, it makes me wonder why some won't even TRY it, ya know?
As for LLL, I've enver been to a meeting. I'd like to go, but from a few people I've heard more negative things about it than positive. :( Guess I should see for myself.
Oh, and I had to nurse in a bathroom! On the 4th of July we were at a baseball game, and I had to nurse in the bathroom, standing up! It was difficult and very uncomfortable. :( Next time, I won't take it. I'll just flash away if I need to.
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