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I strongly disagree with the guilt-inducing practice of placing unnecessary pressure on moms to breastfeed.
According to the department of health: “Breastfeeding week aims to influence attitudes and behaviours of the public to recognise (and encourage others) that exclusive breastfeeding during the first six months of life is the norm and the optimal way of feeding an infant for optimal growth and development.” Here’s my beef with things like “Breastfeeding Week”… Although I do believe that breastmilk is the best food for babies, I strongly disagree with the guilt-inducing practice of placing unnecessary pressure on moms to breastfeed “exclusively” as the health department would like us to. It leans too easily in the direction of shaming moms who do not breastfeed exclusively (many of whom…
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Breastfeeding, A Dad’s Perspective
Breastfeeding…Yes, you heard right… Breastfeeding! And no, I don’t have boobs full of milk! I am wanting to express (pardon the pun!) how I felt as a dad within a breastfeeding household. Let me take you right to the start… Before we had children, I can honestly say, I didn’t know or mind how my offspring were going to be fed. Breastfeeding didn’t even register on my radar. All I knew was bottle feeding and that was cool with me – that’s until Stacey fell pregnant with Eleni. Breastfeeding was the only option for Stacey, and I mean literally the only one. I was always saying to her that I…
