[JamesMama]

says the email from my MIL about the birth of my nephew...

Can I just whine here for a minute?

Poor little boy, mom 'doesn't feel comforable' breastfeeding so they go straight to the bottle.

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[sadkitty]

Acckk!

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Would you like to be adopted by my family? We all bf...

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[DreamsInDigital]

Argh.

 

[hawkfeather]

well congrats on your new nephew!!..my nieces were not breastfed either..

 

[JamesMama]

Quote:

Originally Posted by sadkitty Would you like to be adopted by my family? We all bf... :

That'd be fantastic!

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He's a cute baby, healthy and all that so I'm thankful for that...

Just don't know why my SIL didn't give him a fighting chance *sigh*

 

[Sagesgirl]

How sad. My husband wouldn't want to be the first to feed our babies. I'm glad he is supportive.

 

[mika85]

Congrats on your new nephew!

That's a shame she at least didn't give it a try, tho.

 

[firstkid4me]

Wow, that's frustrating! A lady in our building had a baby in June, I had been talking to her fiancee about the benefits of breastfeeding (to tell her, she's a nursing student but didn't want to bf) and when I came back home, I saw them. The baby is two weeks old, so I asked if she tried bfing, and he said that she tried in the hospital, and twice once they got home, but the baby only wanted the bottle. He shrugged and said she tried. I bit my tongue and smiled, then changed the subject.

 

[Kavita]

Well, I guess it's still a step up from having the nurses feed him the bottle, anyway!

 

[Sharlla]

That's cool, I didn't know men could lactate

 

[sapphire_chan]

Has anyone had the father be the first one to feed the baby because he was holding the baby up to your breast right after the birth?

 

[senke]

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Originally Posted by sapphire_chan Has anyone had the father be the first one to feed the baby because he was holding the baby up to your breast right after the birth?

YES! This was me and my DH. I remember DD's first feeding happening, but it was a very odd experience--I was numb to my neck from a C-section, so I couldn't feel my breasts at all, nor could I control the movement of my arms. I was also flat on my back and couldn't raise my head to see what was going on. DD's first feeding was a combined effort of DH, my mother (strong advocate of BF, lactation educator) and our amazing Doula.

DH was HIGHLY involved with the feedings while I was in the hospital--not only did he bring the baby to me (I couldn't get out of bed for a while; when I could, I couldn't carry a baby) but he checked my latch, troubleshot, helped me relax (wow, it hurt!), etc.

(I also have a great picture of him cosleeping with the baby in the hospital!)

DH said "I didn't realize I would need all that breastfeeding education as much as my wife, but boy was it useful!"

 

[Maggies*Mommy]

Congrats on your nephew Nae.

And, ofcourse it would be MIL to tell you that

 

[JamesMama]

LOL Bobbi!!!

It was my GMIL actually (but since she raised and adopted DH I'm disowning his birthmother as my MIL and calling my GMIL my mil, my dh's birthmother is a witch).

They asked when I was gonna go visit them in the hospital, but I'm too busy. O'well. I have to work today and we have a family reunion tomorrow.

Can't wait till some holiday thing if I'm holding him. I'll say "He's hungry." and if someone hands me the bottle I'll say "Oh no! I don't feed other peoples children, it's my rule."

 

[Leilalu]

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Originally Posted by Sharlla That's cool, I didn't know men could lactate

Didn't you watch "Meet the Fockers"?

 

[Mylittlevowels]

My SIL ff's, she did bf #2 for 4 weeks, then it got "inconvenient" (in other words, she couldn't go on a weekend shopping spree with her mother and dump the baby off on my MIL if she was bfing)

Why the Hell would you want to leave a 5 week old baby for a weekend anyways???!

 

[Beeblebrox]

I often wonder what everyone else in my family will do. My husband and I have the first baby from both sides and I, of course, breatfeed. I have 1 16 year old brother and DH has a 19 year old sister, a 21 year old brother and a 27 year old BIL soon to be SIL. For the latter sibling, they aren't sure if they're going to adopt or try IVF, so who knows what will happen on the BFing front. I know that women can lactate for adopted babies, but I don't think my SIL (my BIL soon to be SILs Fiancee) will do that.

So, it's all up in the air for now. I try to educate non aggressively when we're around them and act very non-chalant about breastfeeding. We'll see!

 

[TigerTail]

Would that soon this is as bizarre a non sequiter to everyone, as it was to me upon seeing it. 'Huh?' (I'd act very confused in my response.

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[Charles Baudelaire]

Quote:

Originally Posted by JamesMama says the email from my MIL about the birth of my nephew... Can I just whine here for a minute? Poor little boy, mom 'doesn't feel comforable' breastfeeding so they go straight to the bottle. :

Well, I hope they feel "comfortable" paying $15-25 dollars per can of formula every few days.

 

[Maggies*Mommy]

Quote:

Originally Posted by JamesMama LOL Bobbi!!! It was my GMIL actually (but since she raised and adopted DH I'm disowning his birthmother as my MIL and calling my GMIL my mil, my dh's birthmother is a witch). They asked when I was gonna go visit them in the hospital, but I'm too busy. O'well. I have to work today and we have a family reunion tomorrow. Can't wait till some holiday thing if I'm holding him. I'll say "He's hungry." and if someone hands me the bottle I'll say "Oh no! I don't feed other peoples children, it's my rule."

HA! When you do hold him and he cries and they say he is hungry, hold on let me make him a bottle, say, Oh! I have it covered, he can drink from my tap-its already made and warmed.