My boobs are always out. They are more often out than in these days. My new twin boys nurse constantly. If you want to hang out with me you cannot be uncomfortable with me whipping out my boobs. If you are, TOUGH. Don’t hang out with me then. I try to be as discreet as possible but occasionally a nipple might peek out at you. I’m just feeding my kid(s). I’ve gotten pretty good at multitasking while nursing. I saw a friend (male) that I hadn’t seen in a while and he gave me a huge hug while I was nursing one of my babies. Neither him or his girlfriend standing behind him realized my boobs were out. I had a blanket over Luke’s head. Hah. I laugh just thinking about it. I’ve hiked a mountain in the Adirondacks with Mia latched onto my boob. Nursing can also be a heated topic among new moms. I honestly don’t care how anyone else feeds their kid. I hate the judgement. It comes from both sides amazingly. I EBF (exclusively breast-fed) my boys for 4 months. Now at almost 6 months, I CONFESS, I give them formula sometimes. Rocky was having some issues gaining weight. My long green bean baby was 97th percentile for height and 2nd for weight. I could not produce any extra milk because I was nursing around the clock. So I tried using a hyper lactating friend’s extra breast milk but she was already donating to another family with bigger supply issues than mine. I felt bad asking her for 6 oz a day. FYI, they have milk banks if anyone wants to go that route. I wasn’t comfortable getting milk from a stranger. A friend yes, a stranger no. Again to each their own. No judgement. I’ve had people ask me in the grocery store if I breastfeed? Why the heck do they care? Would they judge me if I said no? Geez. It’s nuts how anyone thinks it’s their business. Formula feeding or breast-feeding its your choice. Of course breast is best but what if it doesn’t work out like you had hoped? Should you be judged? I feel like whatever route you choose you should be supported and respected. I am lucky that the issues I’ve had with nursing were minimal and I have no guilt with my boys getting an occasional bottle of poison…I mean formula. I EBF Mia for 18 months, twins Birdie & Hazel nursed for 18 months & had formula occasionally, and I hope to nurse twins Rocco and Luke for 18 months as well. I know many babies that were exclusively formula fed and are healthy and intelligent. I hate anyone that tries to make these moms feel bad for their decision to formula feed. Anyone too far to the left or the right bothers me. So if you have a problem with my boobs and nursing, TOUGH. If you have a problem with my kid getting a bottle of formula, TOUGH. So there.
Hi Lindsey! Your posts are great, but tend to give me baby fever
So, coincidentally, Georgia and I hit 18 months of BFing today. My fun bags are sometimes out while we’re on the couch watching Elmo, which is really kind of ridiculous, but guess who’s really happy about that one?! We’ll see how this self-weaning goes. Hope all is great with you! xx