Were you breastfed as a baby?

[undeterred]

[undeterred]

1. Not me. It was out of fashion in the fifties.

[Dervill Crow]

99. That's exactly what I was going to say. Then I scrolled down

and saw your post.

I also remembered I was adopted. Doh!

[WeRQ4U]

2. Nope...

My mom was "unable" to do so.

[Left Is Write]

3. Only for a few weeks.

There was little to no support for breastfeeding in the 60s, when many people believed formula was better for infants than breastmilk.

My mother quit when she was running into trouble and her doctor said, "Get that child on a formula now."

I'm the only one of five she attempted to breastfeed.

[prole_for_peace]

14. that is what happened to my mom with me.

the doctor told her that formula was better. how can anyone have ever thought that?

maybe that is why i have all kinds of "issues".

[arwalden]

4. Nope... Is That Why I'm Gay?

[WeRQ4U]

7. Perhaps, but I think allergies are a more common side-effect.

Go with it though. LOL.

[LiviaOlivia]

46. I disagree

I was breast-fed and have terrible trouble with allergies.

[WeRQ4U]

50. Not my theory, just conveying general consensous.

Just like any theory, it will have its anomalies.

[gollygee]

17. My mom told me if I breastfed my daughter she'd be a lesbian

so I guess she's on the opposite side of that argument as you.

She's only 3 so I imagine my mom is watching over her to see if she has any signs. I should buy her some little girl Birkenstocks to psyche her out :D

[Left Is Write]

20. My sister was told the same thing, though thankfully not by our mother.

The way some people think is truly baffling.

[trotsky]

27. Can it get any more ridiculous than that?

OK, so was EVERY woman born before infant formula was invented a lesbian?

[WeRQ4U]

33. Duh...

In all seriousness though, what about gay males then? The logic that is implied certainly cannot work for them too, without getting into some weird Freudian garbage. Or do they say that men who are breast fed do not grow up gay, but instead ravenous Porn Junkies? I'm just wondering.

[ronnykmarshall]

22. Me too.

But my brother was and he was a gay too.

[arwalden]

23. Times Change...

When he was breastfed... he shouldn't have been becasue it made boys gay. When you were a baby, you OUGHT to have been... and NOW look atcha!

What's a mother to do?

[Misunderestimator]

26. Yep... Is That Why I'm Gay?

:)

[Debbi801]

5. Nope, I was adopted...

The idea of "forcing" lactation to nurse an adopted child back then was pretty much unheard of.

[trotsky]

6. I was.

Not sure for how long, but at least a few months. This was back in the early 70s, any historians know if the breastfeeding climate was starting to come back around by then, or was my mom a pioneer?

[undeterred]

12. I'm guessing that the 70's were an era of change

I know someone who drove to another state to give birth so that her husband would be allowed in the delivery room. Seems quaint now.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

96. It was starting to come back then...

I had my second daughter in 1972, and she was nursed till she was 22 months old..The last 6 months we had one nursing a day...The tide had definitely turned.

[Rockholm]

8. Still Being Breastfed.

[Radio_Lady]

44. Nominated for Best Submission in This Thread, Rockholm --

I hope by somebody special and sexy!

Barbara Walters and her gang on "The View" on Tuesday morning were discussing breastfeeding in public and how it might offend some people. Meredith Viera, who breastfed her children, said she would breastfeed a monkey if necessary. Later in the show, they asked the same question of Barbara Walters (whose only daughter was adopted). Barbara exclaimed, "I would -- but if the monkey was cute!"

At 66 years of age, I'm reminded of what the stripper Gypsy Rose Lee was credited with saying about her breasts:

"I still have everything I used to have, it's all JUST A LITTLE LOWER!"

[Rockholm]

93. That makes me laugh, Radio Lady!

Thank you!

[dolo amber]

9. All of us were in my family were

And my mom has the National Geographic boobs to prove it. :D

[Viva_La_Revolution]

10. Yep, Mom was a hippie...

and very smart. Never believed that fake was better than real.

[Lady Effingbroke]

11. No.

My mother's doctor discouraged her from breast feeding :wtf: (this was in the very early 70s).

[nickinSTL]

13. no, but that was due to medical reasons

mine, not my mom's.

My brother was breastfed, but I had to be on a special formula. Too much protein in breastmilk, apparently.

[clydefrand]

15. Had bottles and nipples been invented in '41? :-)

Regardless, I was breastfed.

[Deja Q]

16. Shall I ask my mum and get back to you on that?

[gollygee]

18. My mom thinks breastfeeding is icky

and compares breastmilk to pee. So the answer is no. She was really really weird when my daughter was breastfeeding.

[Left Is Write]

21. She compares breastmilk to pee?

Oh, I just cannot stand that line of thinking.

Does she drink cow's milk? If so, why does she not consider that "icky"? Is it okay for humans to drink milk intended for baby cows, but not okay for baby humans to drink human milk?

She'd probably think I was a real whacko. I breastfed my younger daughter for 3½ years and my son for 25 months (and those overlapped by a year and a half ).

[Radio_Lady]

57. Hey, Left Is Write, I wanted to adopt you as my earth sister yesterday --

when you told me you were left-handed and a left-leaning liberal, as well as a former "radio lady"!

Now, I really want to do it! I have no idea how old you are, but in my 30s (1968 and 1969), I breast fed both of my children, born 14 months apart, but not as long as you did. I was living in New York City and the La Leche League was in its infancy.

I did draw the line at nursing on the NYC subway, which some women did but I felt was more than I could handle. In general, breastfeeding was handy, but it did make my ex-husband feel as if he was not involved. In my case, he wasn't very helpful with night feedings anyway, bottles or breasts, because he was pretty groggy at 2AM. For me, it was a very beautiful experience, and my daughter in her 30s also breastfed both of her children.

My mother bottle-fed me (she was only 19 years old when I was born in 1939, and it was a lot of trouble to boil the bottles, etc.). However, she also thought me breastfeeding was pretty strange.

Luckily, unlike gollygee, she NEVER told me that milk was like pee. I hope that mother doesn't take this confusing comparison too far, like -- when she's at the urologist's office -- and they give her that little cup, and she's thirsty -- well, you get the picture!

I think any animal suckling or tending its young is BEAUTIFUL. Last week, we were out at Detroit Lake in Oregon and we saw two geese, male and female, with about seven goslings. She nestled down and the babies were under her wings. Later, she broke up the saltine crackers we were feeding them and the babies pecked voraciously at the pieces.

I must admit my mother came around and helped me raise my two Boston Terrier dogs (one at a time). I was really into dogs and horses in my early teens. I bred my bitch (it's a good word in "dogdom") to a champion of the breed and she produced SEVEN MALE puppies free-whelped (no Caesarian section) in the early 1950s. This was such an accomplishment that it ended up in a book. Mom and Dad helped me deliver the pups and even let me keep one of them until I went to college. "Danny" won a Best Puppy award at a show, but later was sold and died in a fight with another dog.

[Left Is Write]

58. Good for you - breastfeeding seemed to be discouraged in those days.

I'm glad you did what you thought was best. I'm impressed that you stuck it out. :)

It's not my mother who compares breastmilk to pee, but the mother of the poster I was responding to. My mother breastfed me for just a few weeks, but was then told by the doctor to get me on a formula. She had no resources or support for nursing, and the doctors all believed formula was better. My mother, like you, was born in 1939, and she had her children in 1962, 1964, 1966, 1970, and 1971. I was born in 1966 and am the only one she tried to nurse.

My 39th birthday is this month. And I'd be happy to be your earth sister any day, Radio_Lady.

[Radio_Lady]

60. Yeah, sorry -- I got two postings confused, but corrected quickly.

The offer still stands, and it's accepted! I am an only child, so I always imagine the PERFECT sister!

[gollygee]

63. She's lactose intolerant

but she doesn't think cow's milk is icky. She's crazy and I've told her. I breastfed my daughter a little over 2 years. She thought I was crazy. Yes, if you tandem nursed, my mom would think you were a whacko :D

[progmom]

71. I didn't stop bf-ing progspawn until he was 25 months

:pals:

[underpants]

19. No but every single couple we have met are planning to

Every single couple in all the prep classes we have taken are planning on breast feeding.

[undeterred]

24. Its an amazing cultural change

In the fifties the doctor controlled everything- it was almost like the parents were considered hazardous to the baby, especially the mother. And breastfeeding was for women who couldn't afford formula.

[Left Is Write]

29. And the schedules!

Here is a typical baby schedule, circa 1956:

During the first few weeks the daytime room temperature should be 65 to 70 degrees F, with baby warmly clothed and protected. A healthy baby is better off in a cool room, if protected by screens against cold drafts.

During the first four months, the following daily schedule is suggested:

6:00am Breast or formula-feeding. Feed the baby regularly by the clock every four hours, or every three hours, according to your doctor's advice. Before and after feeding, hold up the baby and pat him on the back until he belches. Leave in crib to sleep.

9:15am Plain cod-liver oil, then orange or tomato juice. Bath.

10:00am Breast or formula-feeding.

10:20am Out of doors, properly dressed, until next feeding time. Sun bath and long nap in sun if weather permits. Begin sun baths gradually when the baby is three or four weeks old. Drink of water after nap.

2:00pm Breast or formula-feeding.

2:20pm Out of doors as long as weather permits, in sun, except on very hot days. Long nap. Drink of water. Nap.

5:15pm Undressed for the night. Before putting on baby's nigh clothes, let him kick and play gently a few minutes on bed.

5:45pm Plain cod-liver oil, then orange or tomato juice.

6:00pm Breast or formula-feeding.

6:20pm Bed; lights out, windows open, doors shut. Let baby's sleeping periods be regular.

10:00pm Breast or formula-feeding.

2:00am Breast or formula-feeding. (This feeding should not be given after the first 2 months.)

[undeterred]

32. My mother told me when she gave birth to my sister and I they restrained

her arms and legs. I asked why and she said it was so the woman wouldn't hit or kick the doctor.

Now I understand why they were afraid of being kicked!

[Left Is Write]

39. Oh, I just hate that. Everything had to be controlled by doctors.

The pregnancy, the birth, the baby. All of it controlled by the doctors.

I love my OB/GYN. He's pretty low intervention.

My mother hated being in the hospital when her children were born. You were required to stay for five days, and the nurses had all the control over the babies. My mother had no say: the nurses determined when the babies would eat and sleep, and most of the time they had to be in the nursery. Mom said she was perfectly healthy, no reason to be in the hospital all that time, and she just wanted to get home and be with her babies!

[undeterred]

42. Yup, my mom stayed for 5 days too

She also said she had no idea when she gave birth the first time that they would do things like shave her and give her an enema. It was such a nasty experience that no one wanted to talk about it, and they really didn't prepare women at all. Women were treated like idiots!

[Left Is Write]

45. And thank goodness they don't do THAT anymore.

I can give birth just fine without the shave and the enema.

[Radio_Lady]

64. I fought for the following things as one of the first Lamaze mothers --

No shave -- they gave me a "mini-shave" as I recall and it was itchy growing out.

No episiotomy ("cut and stitch") -- didn't need it because we were taught that it is a favor to the doctor usually, not the patient.

No anesthesia -- I labored for 13 hours; they told me I had about 3 more HOURS to go. Then, I asked for a shot of Demerol. Right after that, I told the doctor to get ready because this baby was coming OUT. About a minute later, my daughter was born in the labor room, while they were trying to move me to the delivery room. My husband was out making a telephone call!

I believe that I was the first Lamaze mother that Dr. Jeanne Carbonnier (a sweet older French woman) had ever delivered!

[Left Is Write]

67. Have you ever read a novel called The Love Of Elspeth Baker?

It's by Myron S. Kaufmann.

The story is about an eighteen-year-old girl who becomes pregnant her freshman year in college. It takes place some time prior to Roe v. Wade; she makes two attempts to get an abortion before she realizes she wants to keep the baby.

She comes smack up against the rigid ideas of the time, the disapproval of her parents, and the birthing and feeding standards of that day. How she deals with those issues, having her baby, and creating a life for herself all make for very good reading. It's one of my favorite novels.

[Radio_Lady]

75. Sounds interesting. I'll have to see if I can get a copy --

My natural grandmother Eva died trying to abort herself while pregnant with her fifth child. Aunt Lillian was 12 when her mother died of blood poisoning, Uncle Jerry was 11. My father was 5 years old, and his younger sister was four.

I was named after my natural grandmother and so was my cousin Evan. I have little or no knowledge of her except for a couple of pictures. My grandfather married her maiden younger sister, my Grandma Ruth, who took on these children when she was just 21 years old. Regrettably, I had only a long-distance relationship with her when my father and his brother moved from Pittsburgh to Florida. Three other cousins, the children of my two aunts remained close to her in Pittsburgh until her death.

By the way, re-marrying within the family is a Jewish tradition to try to keep the "bloodline" intact.

I was doing my talk show in Boston when Roe-vs-Wade was decided in 1973, I believe. If this decision is struck down, it will be a dark day for women.

Oh, I just saw a bumper sticker that made me burn up:

"If it's not a baby, then you're not pregnant!"

Jeeze.......................

[underpants]

37. Another sign of the times

Rocket Fuel Chemical Found in Breast Milk of Women in 18 States
http://www.livescience.com/humanbiology/050224_rocket_fuel.html

[gollygee]

66. That's what my grandma thought

she thought only poor women breastfed. She was embarassed when both my aunts breastfed. This is my dad's mom - my mom's mom (my mom who thinks breastfeeding is icky and turns girls into lesbians) breastfed her first 4 and formula fed the next 4. I have no idea why she stopped breastfeeding, and I asked my mom and she said she didn't know either. So the irony is that my mom, who thinks breastfeeding turns girls into lesbians, was breastfed. I've pointed that out to her - that she isn't a lesbian yet she was breastfed -and she said she just thinks it's "more likely" a breastfed girl will be a lesbian. :crazy: This theory is based on one cousin of mine who was breastfed and is a lesbian. She was breastfed and is a lesbian, therefore breastfeeding turns girls into lesbians.

[Left Is Write]

68. I was born on a Monday. I am married.

Therefore, being born on Monday causes people to get married.

:D

(I hope I haven't offended you by teasing about your mother's beliefs; that's not my intention at all.)

[gollygee]

69. Oh no, please feel free

there's plenty of fodder for teasing there :D

[Skittles]

84. see, my mum said the doctor tried to get 'em to breastfeed

but all the women refused: that was in '57

[Midlodemocrat]

40. Hey UP. Just a piece of advice.

When I had my first child, a lactation nurse consultant came in and worked with me until the baby was latching on really well. I highly recommend it if you are going to breastfeed the new little underpants.

[Left Is Write]

47. Good suggestion.

The right latch can make all the difference.

And some Lansinoh for Mrs. UP would be nice also.

[underpants]

49. Well I think that in the 4 th week of our classes they cover that

and I believe they also come into the delivery suite too. Thanks for the advice.

[Midlodemocrat]

51. Having someone to help you as you get started is huge.

I nursed all three of mine for over a year each, and I don't think I could have made it through the first one if I hadn't had that nurse. She was so calm, reassuring. She made me feel very competent and for a first time mom, or dad, that is huge.

[Spacemom]

25. No

I was born in 1971.

My mother's doctor told her she wasn't "organized" enough to breastfeed. Let's see, you've got boobs, and you've got a baby. What is there to be organized about? :eyes:

[undeterred]

30. Maybe the boobs have to be named and registered somewhere?

I can't imagine...

[Left Is Write]

31. No kidding. I've done both (oldest was bottlefed), and

it definitely takes more organization to bottlefeed.

[trotsky]

106. "Organized"... piffle.

I'll tell you what takes fucking ORGANIZATION skills, and that's scooping out the right amounts of formula, carrying bottled water around, making sure you have a means to warm things up nearby at all times, etc., etc.!

Our first child just didn't take to the breast. He had a sucking problem, couldn't latch on. That, and the fact that my wife lost an ENORMOUS amount of blood during delivery (the day after giving birth, a nurse came in to massage a blood clot out and I'm sorry for the gory details but when it came out it looked like a pound of hamburger!) probably put way too much stress on her system to produce milk properly. And she has hypothyroidism, which can make breastfeeding difficult. So we went the formula route with our son, and it was hard!

Anyway, we learned A LOT from that experience and two years later when our daughter was born, we were more ready. Luckily it worked out that time, and our daughter became an excellent breastfeeder. AND IT WAS SO EASY! Out and about, baby gets hungry? No problem - just sit down and pop it out!

Not "organized" enough to breastfeed? It's the easiest and most natural way!

By the way, greetings from another baby from 1971! :hi:

[SarahB]

28. Yes.

At the time my mom was a NICU (neonatal intensive care) nurse and even in the early 70's knew breastfed babies were healthier. Plus, her mom breastfed all of her kids too in the 40's and 50's. An unbroken chain I guess. Not a lot of bottlefeeders in my family (not a bad thing though). I breastfed all of my children anywhere from a year to 33 months (depending on the kid). Go boobies!!! :woohoo:

[Missy Vixen]

34. I was the only baby in history allergic to breast milk

Neither of my sisters (to my knowledge,) had this same problem.

Julie

[Blue Diadem]

43. I know a little one, a little over 2 now, who was allergic to breast milk

I'd never heard of that before until her Grandma wrote me about it.

[maveric]

35. White babies weren't breastfed in 1956.

Itwas unheard of back then.

[SarahB]

41. My grandma did.

Upper middle class white woman, but she was a rebel. Mother of a four and a pilot back in the 50's and 60's. We are a unique bunch in my family.

[bloom]

59. A few were

My mother - also a nurse like someone else was mentioning - breastfed all of her children 50's-60's.

[MountainLaurel]

36. Probably not

I was in the hospital in an incubator for a couple weeks after my birth because of fluid in my lungs (was apparently hilarious -- full-term, big-baby me in an incubator designed for preemies), and I was fed using those attached gloves that fit inside the incubator (like Homer Simpson's at the nuclear plant). I was also in a military hospital where apparently the nurses had me sleeping through the night by the time I went home at 2 weeks.

:eyes:

[CitrusLib]

38. No, I'm a twin and mom couldn't face having two at the tit.

[China_cat]

48. Mom breastfed me in the days when

doctors recommended nursing women to drink at least one beer a day to produce more milk. I was a VERY happy baby.

[undeterred]

61. its amazing women and their babies survived doctors of that era~!

not that the beer thing sounds like a bad idea.. :beer:

[Left Is Write]

62. Actually, there is something to it.

The properties in beer aid in milk production and letdown.

Frankly, I might get flamed for this, but I see nothing wrong with having a beer when one is a nursing mother.

[xmas74]

78. I was advised to drink beer or wine.

Just one a day but I was advised to do that. And this was by a midwife in 2000.

[China_cat]

74. I was born at home

the doctor came to the house and had coffee with my grandfather until it was time to catch. After the doctor, my grandfather was the first person to hold me.

I don't see how women survive being made to lay down and lay still with all the monitors and stuff they do today.

Same doctor took out my tonsils when I was 3. In his office. Times change. I wonder sometimes if it's really for the better.

[slackmaster]

52. I was breastfed when nuclear fallout clouds drifted over the Midwest

My baby teeth contain so much strontium-90 I can make autoradiographs by putting them next to unexposed film for a few days. ;-)

I probably would have been better off getting just formula.

Seriously, I got both breast milk and forumula.

[rene moon]

53. NO

My Mom was told back in 74, that her breasts were "too small" to do so.

All three of us were bottle-fed.

[Left Is Write]

55. Too small?

That's a myth. It's too bad someone said that to your mother.

Some smartass in a bar once made this comment to me: "You obviously didn't breastfeed YOUR kid!"

[SarahB]

65. It's easier when moms are smaller.

Imagine an A cup who's nursing. She usually goes to a B. Someone though who is a say, D or DD, grow to something like a G cup and the poor little baby has a heck of a lot of trouble latching on and mom gets sore. I was a post partum doula for awhile and the bustier moms had way more trouble (I had a lot of soreness too at first) where as smaller moms had a much easier time. We all have similar amounts of actual glands and larger breasts are just a matter of how one's body distributes fat. You probably already know this stuff though. :)

[Left Is Write]

70. I do.

:D

I don't have to imagine an A cup nursing - that's me. I went as high as a C cup when pregnant with my second daughter, but during the nursing stage I was a B and stayed that way, even through my pregnancy with my son. I was a B until he weaned, and then whammo! Back to A.

I do think I had it easier than some bustier mothers. I didn't even use nursing bras - just plain stretch cotton bras.

[SarahB]

72. My nursing bras used to cost $45 each.

:(

[gollygee]

73. And how many brands did you have to try before you found one you liked?

Yes, I had that problem too

[SarahB]

76. Bravado bras rocked!

http://www.bravadodesigns.com/

Damn, they're up to $50 now though. :(

[gollygee]

77. Those were my faves too!

:D

I know people who didn't like the snap closures and how they went on over your head, but I sure thought they were comfortable.

[xmas74]

79. I had a hard time w/ nursing my child.

My midwife said the same thing about them being too big. She said that some bigger busted women have a harder time w/ positioning.
I remember it looked like I was going to smother my baby.

[SarahB]

81. I hear it you.

It's pretty surreal when your boob is bigger than the poor kid's head (especially if the kid's almost 10 pounds). Yep, been there, done that (and drove up the stock prices on Lansinoh cream). Ouch! :(

[xmas74]

82. She was 9,15

might as well call it 10 even. And I did clippings from my aloe plant instead. I couldn't find the cream. I do remember that my nipples were always cracking and that I had such a hard time positioning her (between the big boobs and the csection it was very tough). Plus, she was a lazy nurser at first and didn't like to latch on.
I can't believe that we hung in for almost a year.

[Left Is Write]

85. I had a couple of big babies too!

Seems to be a lot of that going around. My second was 9 lb, 8 ounces and my son was 10 lb, 9 ounces. (My first baby, many years earlier, was 8 lbs, ½ ounce.)

I love Lansinoh too. It was invaluable during the first eight weeks of my daughter's life.

[Blue-Jay]

54. I don't remember, and the subject never came up.

:shrug:

[Mrs_Beastman]

56. No, my mom had a bad infection, they gave her penicillin and she

had a bad allergic reaction, which she then gave to me and after that, the bottle.

[sundog]

80. nope

my biological mother had to give me up at birth

[bloom]

83. I think this is an interesting poll.

I hope more people will support women who want to breastfeed their children.

Reading some of these threads worries me. :(

[medeak]

87. I don't get this whole breast feeding thing

I breast fed.. my mom didn't.. I turned out ok.. my kids are great.

Can we give up this topic? It only makes women who couldn't or weren't able to breast feed feel like total shit.

Get over Barbara Walter's thing...she adopted baby and couldn't breast feed..her own issues.

As liberal people let's accept all ok?

[bloom]

95. No - I don't think it's that easy.

Like I was mentioning on another thread - I think breastfeeding IS important for the mother and the baby. I also think that support from family, friends, peers, and society as a whole is important.

For one thing - a woman being comfortable is an important aspect to success. If influential people are going around spouting nonsense on talk shows - who knows how many women that will affect through rebounding of opinions.

I think it's important for people to speak out in support. And I was happy to see the people protesting and the threads about it. (I was less happy to see people's ridiculous comments that were attempts to demean breastfeeding.)

If people chose not to - that is their business - as you say. But that doesn't change things. There are the people who are breastfeeding now who deserve support as well as people in the future who will make that decision.

[LeftyMom]

86. Yes, I wouldn't take a bottle

or eat solid food, my mother had to stay home or take me to work with her until I was about a year and a half.

[taught_me_patience]

88. Nope...(1978)

mother was a working professional.

I feel like I've suffered no ill effects.

[greymattermom]

89. yes

It was out of fashion in the 40's, buy my mom always said "that's what the Lord gave women those things for". She still says that.

[scarlet_owl]

90. Yes. Thanks Mom.

[MrSlayer]

91. No. Might explain why I'm an ass man.

Then again maybe not. :shrug:

[JohnLocke]

100. LOL (nt).

[greeneyedpookie]

92. I voted no

I was allergic to milk?? Formula fed, the soy kind for the milk allergy. When I had my daughter, I tried for two weeks and with normal formula, she had the milk allergy also. So she was fed with the soy. However all in all, I think I turned out alright :freak:

GEP

:bounce:

[Maddy McCall]

94. No. I was adopted. But I breastfed my son until he was 2 1/2 years old.

[JohnLocke]

101. 2.5 years old?!

Wow. :o :o

[CaliforniaPeggy]

97. I was born in 1943, and was nursed only briefly...

My mom had been instructed to nurse me on one breast only, and at 4 hour intervals! Of course, this is impossible to keep a hungry baby happy on...So at the ripe old age of 6 weeks, I went onto a formula and that was that...

I was determined to do well with my own children; my first daughter was weaned by 11 months, and my second at 22 months. My grandson was nursed for 11 months also...Things are better these days. I loved nursing my daughters. Such a peaceful intimate time...And all too short, in the grand scheme of things.

[Radio_Lady]

102. A beautiful reply, as usual, from you, California Peggy!

Appreciate your post. See ya another day -- this one has ended and a new one has just begun on the Pacific Coast. I got up at 5 AM and I'm outta here...

G'night, all.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

103. Thank you so much Radio_Lady!

I appreciate your generous thoughts, as always...See you later! I too am heading for bed...

Sweet dreams!

[Robeson]

98. Yes, and I still love it!....

...:9

[DemExpat]

104. No,

but my kids (and I) had the luxury and pleasure of several years of BF.....both about 3 1/2 years.

Not sure if there is a connection, but I have had allergies all of my life, while they are healthy as can be (after the childhood years of colds)

I wanted them to have the milk and the reasons for lots of cuddles, for breastfeeding takes a lot of time - while my nature when doing other things besides cuddling my kids was to be restless and jumping from one thing to another!

It forced me to relax, accept things, and to enjoy the moment - a great meditative exercise in letting go of ego urges! :D

And that phase in our lives really DID go by far too fast.

DemEx

[tjwmason]

105. I believe so

A mixture with some formula milk as well. I'm not entirely sure (I don't have strong recollections of it), but I'm pretty certain that my younger sister was partially breast-fed (she's 7 years younger than I, so I have some memories but a tad vague).

As a quick aside to ny mothers reading this. There is nothing wrong with breast-feeding in public, it can be done with perfect discretion. If you get a fundy ersatz-Christian bitching about it at you, point out that there are many many works of art which depict our Lady breat-feeding Christ in public settings.