it has been awesome! 
first, my younger sister told me she wished she could be as brave as i am to NIP, esp now that ds is almost 4yo. i told her how great it was to see her succeed at BF, esp. to know that she never resorted to ABM, not even once, and she let her dd CLW at 45 mos!!! but she really regrets not having the nerve to NIP much. we both have weight issues, i totally dont let my tummy show, but who cares if a little nipple sticks out, right? :LOL she was the type to go to the car or the "nursing station" at the mall. she plans another baby in the next year or so and is determined to NIP w/out fear, all b/c of me! that felt so good esp. b/c we have major "bossy big sis vs. introverted middle child" issues. :LOL translation: she usually cant stand to hear my ranting about anything, esp. related to how i parent.
then, i got a call from a total stranger today asking for BF advice. 2 wks ago, xh was dropping the dc off and told me he would not have a day off again for a while b/c his bosses wife was in labor at that moment and he would be taking a wk or so off to be with her. i told xh to give her my ph # if she had any trouble BF. i say that to everyone. i had never met this lady, nor did i know if she planned to nurse. usually, xh pays not one bit of attention to anything i say, so i just figured he didnt hear me. that was 2 wks ago, and the woman called me about an hr ago!
she had a hospital birth, augmentation turned into csec, and of course the nurses pushed bottles the whole time she was there. so her 2 wk old dd is overcoming nipple confusion. this mama is sooooo dedicated to Bf for one yr. she asked me if it was ok for the db to sleep for 4 hrs straight, asked if it was normal for her to be sleepy at the breast, if it was normal for dd to ask to nurse after only 2 hrs! it was so cute. i was like "normal. normal. normal." LOL then when she said how tired she is i slipped in a plug for co-sleeping. i cannot describe her relief at hearing it was safe! lol she had done it once, but was really nervous, so i mentioned how if it was inherently unsafe, i would not have my 10 yo ds. i told her to give thought to learning side-lying nursing so she could sleep more at night, and she plans to try it tonight!
i got her email addy, so i am gonna send her links to the local LLL contact info, and to the local private practice LC. my car is not running, but i told her if it was i would come meet her and observe db's latch. she asked if she could come to me!!! yes! i will meet her irl in a few days.
and the funniest part of everything: she told me her dh went in to work his first day back and was telling all the guys (they work in a car repair shop, so form a mental picture of a bunch of grease monkeys) how his dw was struggling to nurse, and he wondered if he should buy some bottles and ABM on the way home. apparently, my xh asked what the problem was. the reply:"the baby wants to nurse all of the time!" my jerk of an xh told his boss...get this:"thats totally normal. a newborn needs to eat every 2 hrs. bm is easily digested, so it is perfectly common for a db to nurse nonstop. tell your wife to nurse her every time she whimpers even a little".
this is the same guy who left me weeks b4 i delivered and harrassed me for the first yr to wean so he could have an overnight.
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ok, off to email my new friend!
first, my younger sister told me she wished she could be as brave as i am to NIP, esp now that ds is almost 4yo. i told her how great it was to see her succeed at BF, esp. to know that she never resorted to ABM, not even once, and she let her dd CLW at 45 mos!!! but she really regrets not having the nerve to NIP much. we both have weight issues, i totally dont let my tummy show, but who cares if a little nipple sticks out, right? :LOL she was the type to go to the car or the "nursing station" at the mall. she plans another baby in the next year or so and is determined to NIP w/out fear, all b/c of me! that felt so good esp. b/c we have major "bossy big sis vs. introverted middle child" issues. :LOL translation: she usually cant stand to hear my ranting about anything, esp. related to how i parent.
then, i got a call from a total stranger today asking for BF advice. 2 wks ago, xh was dropping the dc off and told me he would not have a day off again for a while b/c his bosses wife was in labor at that moment and he would be taking a wk or so off to be with her. i told xh to give her my ph # if she had any trouble BF. i say that to everyone. i had never met this lady, nor did i know if she planned to nurse. usually, xh pays not one bit of attention to anything i say, so i just figured he didnt hear me. that was 2 wks ago, and the woman called me about an hr ago!
she had a hospital birth, augmentation turned into csec, and of course the nurses pushed bottles the whole time she was there. so her 2 wk old dd is overcoming nipple confusion. this mama is sooooo dedicated to Bf for one yr. she asked me if it was ok for the db to sleep for 4 hrs straight, asked if it was normal for her to be sleepy at the breast, if it was normal for dd to ask to nurse after only 2 hrs! it was so cute. i was like "normal. normal. normal." LOL then when she said how tired she is i slipped in a plug for co-sleeping. i cannot describe her relief at hearing it was safe! lol she had done it once, but was really nervous, so i mentioned how if it was inherently unsafe, i would not have my 10 yo ds. i told her to give thought to learning side-lying nursing so she could sleep more at night, and she plans to try it tonight!
i got her email addy, so i am gonna send her links to the local LLL contact info, and to the local private practice LC. my car is not running, but i told her if it was i would come meet her and observe db's latch. she asked if she could come to me!!! yes! i will meet her irl in a few days.
and the funniest part of everything: she told me her dh went in to work his first day back and was telling all the guys (they work in a car repair shop, so form a mental picture of a bunch of grease monkeys) how his dw was struggling to nurse, and he wondered if he should buy some bottles and ABM on the way home. apparently, my xh asked what the problem was. the reply:"the baby wants to nurse all of the time!" my jerk of an xh told his boss...get this:"thats totally normal. a newborn needs to eat every 2 hrs. bm is easily digested, so it is perfectly common for a db to nurse nonstop. tell your wife to nurse her every time she whimpers even a little".
this is the same guy who left me weeks b4 i delivered and harrassed me for the first yr to wean so he could have an overnight.
:ok, off to email my new friend!
