Yes, it was hard. Hard to be oncall 24/7 for that long, but totally worth it.
Ignore everybody else. They don’t matter.
I think I’ve told you Wynnie weaned herself at 6 weeks and she was on formula. I’m not against formula.
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My husband had a little “procedure” done yesterday and shortly after they gave him a bit of pre-op happy juice, he drifted off. I glanced over at him, and he’s doing the baby-sleep sucking thing! I am giggling my head off, holding my sides and trying not to burst out in gales of laughter.
If there’d been a pacifier handy, I’d have stuck it in his mouth just to see what would happen. Afterwards, I realized I had something better — my phone which will record videos.
Ah… but now back to the topic of much younger babies:
Support for breastfeeding mommas seems to be regional. As is support for those who use formula. In a perfect world, both would be supported and there’d be no criticisms. But even now, the general public should just butt out on comments to mothers in public places.
The only acceptable comment a stranger can make about a baby is some variation of “Oh, what a beautiful child!”
(Well, that and they should respond to the socialization attempts of older babies and toddlers. It breaks my heart to see a baby wave and say “hi” to everybody in the grocery store and get ignored. A returning smile is sufficient.)
As for home births, anything can happen there that can happen in a hospital, except the close proximity of emergency services when something goes wrong. Most of the time, in both places, the result is a healthy baby and mother.
Being in a hospital doesn’t guarantee a good outcome, it just increases the chances of it IF there’s a problem.
Just a thought, but since being a midwife is “illegal” in Indiana, maybe the paper was doing someone a favor (probably unintended) by referring to the birth as unassisted.
(I’ll stop now… )
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