Breastfeeding Carnival: Importance of Breastfeeding

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This post was written as part of The Breastfeeding Cafe’s Carnival. For more info on the Breastfeeding Cafe, go to www.breastfeedingcafe.wordpress.com. For more info on The Carnival or if you want to participate, contact Claire at clindstrom2 {at} gmail {dot} com. Today’s post is about Birth Experiences and Breastfeeding. Please read the other blogs in today’s carnival listed below and check back for more posts July 18th through the 31st!

Breastfeeding is the most important thing I’ve done for my children and family. Not only have I given my children a loving gesture, I’ve modeled nursing for my daughters. Each one has seen me nurse a baby. My 5 year old showed me her baby doll and said she was going to give her a bottle. “What’s in the bottle?” I asked. “Breastmilk,” she stated. “I pumped.” She and her sisters nurse their baby dolls as well. I had never seen someone breastfeed until I saw myself breastfeed my daughter! So I’m so happy to be that model for my daughters and hope I can help them when they have children some day.

I also enjoy being that example to people when I’m out in public. I nursed my one year old at an open house at Jet Propulsion Laboratory. I gaggle of teenage girls stared at me in that way that teenagers think is discreet. I hope that at least one of them thinks of that moment when she has her own child and knows that not only can she breastfeed, but she can breastfeed in public!

As for how it’s important to my child. Nothing, I mean NOTHING makes a baby or toddler happier than breastfeeding. If he gets injured, I can tell how bad it is by whether or not he will nurse! If he’s upset about anything, losing a toy, being woken up by screaming sisters, I can nurse him to happiness. Now, although he eats a lot of solid food, he will crawl into my lap and lay down and whine until I let him nurse. Sometimes, he very politely sits on my lap and points at my breast while looking at my face with his big brown eyes. There is no food he’d rather eat than nurse. I’ve had him want to eat AND nurse, which is not comfortable and it’s kind of gross. I’m really not equipped for milk and cookies!

Nursing the baby makes me feel so super-powered. I have nursed FOUR children! I’ve grown FOUR children in my womb, and fed them and grew them into strong, smart, healthy children. It’s flippin’ amazing!

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 ;Here are more posts by the Breastfeeding Cafe Carnival participants! Check back because more will be added throughout the day.

• Sylko @ Chaotic Mama—Breastfeeding Carnival: Importance of Breastfeeding
• Sara @ The Covered Wagon—Nursing a Food Allergic Child
• Shelly @ Lousy Mom—Importance of breastfeeding
• Timbra @ Bosoms & Babes—The best non-decision I ever made
• Shary @ Mama Fish—Why Breast Milk is Best
• Claire @ The Adventures of Lactating Girl—I Breastfeed For Me
• Lauren @ Hobo Mama—Why breastfeeding is important
• Kate @ KateIsFun—The Importance of Breastfeeding
• Kaitlin Rose @ Bring Birth Home—Breastfeeding Came Naturally
• Brooke @ Milk Maid Mamma—Why I Chose to Breastfeed
• Lexi @ Life as a Mommy—Special Bonds
• Whitney @ According to Waddlebug:The (Un)Balancing act of Motherhood—Importance of Breastfeeding
• Natasha @ naturalurbanmama—Importance of Breastfeeding:X-men and Faberge Shampoo
• Shelly @ Lousy Mom—Wheat allergies and working
• And of course the guest poster on the Breastfeeding Cafe’s Blog today is Jen Karsbaek—Breastfeeding Helps Me Love My Son