Yay for breastmilk

[HappyTomato]

My 3 month old and the only other breastfed infant in his daycare class are the only ones not sick with a bad stomach virus that broke out yesterday. Its times like these that make the difficulty of BF'ing while working all so worthwhile. I was even able to give some pumped milk to my toddler that attends the same daycare so hopefully she won't get sick either. Yay for breastmilk!

[jecombs]

Yay for breastmilk is right!

My DH and I had a horrible stomach bug when DD was about 6 mo. old. Thanks to the magic of breastfeeding, she never got it. Thank God, because it probably would have put her in the hospital, it was so bad. I can only imagine how much money, time, and heart-ache breastfeeding saved us on that occassion. I wish more people saw the benefits of BF!

[HappyTomato]

I can't figure out why there's only one other child getting breastmilk in his class. The daycare that my DD attended as an infant had mostly BF'd babies and only a few formula babies. The daycare my DD attended was downtown in the heart of the city and now they go to a daycare in the suburbs. I've been scratching my head wondering why such a difference. I do know that our previous daycare was very supportive of the BF'ing mom. The teachers really encouraged it. I wonder if that created just enough motivation for some moms to keep doing it.

[groovyem]

I'm on my third bug of the season. My girl is still healthy. I'm ready to start drinking my own breast milk!

[HappyTomato]

LOL groovyem!!! I'm sorry about you being sick 3 times already though. I have put breast milk up my nose and in my ears out of desperation to prevent an oncoming cold. It seemed to work ok. I still got sick but it didn't seem as bad. When I drank raw cow's milk we never got sick. Too bad I can't afford it lately but at least my kids are getting milk from me.