Sweet and touching stories that will make you smile
I still get red in the face to this day just to think about it.
My baby (Abby) was about 4 months old and we were spending the day at
the county fair. I had been on feet for some time so I was more than
happy to find a quiet, discreet place to nurse Abby. After looking for
what seemed like an hour I found the place I was looking for. A single
table and chair behind the cotton candy booth.
I sat down and got Abby going and made sure I was completely covered,
then I relaxed. She nursed for about 20 minutes and that was more than
enough to put me in that peaceful, relaxed, half out of your body
feeling. I got her situated in the stroller and set off to find the
rest of my group.
While I was walking through the breeze way I couldn't quite figure out
why people were taking a second look at us. Thinking that it might
just be that it was windy and my hair was covering my face I got a
ribbon and tied it back. The looks kept coming and I was growing more
agitated by the minute.
Finally I found my group and they gave me the same double look that
everyone else was did, until my friend took me aside and pointed out
to me that when I finished nursing the baby I forgot to fasten my bra
back. And being a windy day. The flap that covered the opening of the
nursing shirt had come unfastened and blown up onto my shoulder, where
it was neatly wedged under my tied back hair. Exposing my bare breast
to the whole world.
I was so embarrassed and mortified that I quickly fixed the problem
and bid farewell to my group and left. From then on I do all my
nursing at home.
Karen
 I am a mommy of three beautiful children. I have been
nursing for over seven years with absolutely no breaks in
between kids. There are times when I feel like a mommy pig, and times
I feel like I am giving the best I can for my "babies."
Breastfeeding for so long has been one of my best decisions in life.
My 7 year old (who weaned himself at the age of 5) benefited numerous
times when he was ill, and nothing would help but mommy milk. My 3 1/2
year old, (who is still nursing) has the softest skin and shiniest
hair I have ever seen, and my 17 month old (who shares with his
sister) was born with TGA , transposition of the great arteries of the
heart, and nearly died...nursing got him out of the hospital in record
time post-surgery.
This is a way of life for me. It is so normal I cannot imagine a mom
not nursing if she is able to. My husband is thankful for the easy
nights sleep and the natural birth control. Here's a funny photo of my
two nurslings having lunch. I love this opportunity and enjoy giving
it to my sweethearts so very much!
Saraj Stephenson
I was nursing my little darling in the lounge area outside
of the ladies restroom in a popular department store when a very
curious girl of about 6 came over to watch. She peered over my
shoulder and stared for quite a long time. I was not too
self-conscious. It seems that my breasts have become very utilitarian
in the last four months since my daughter was born.
I did wonder however at the look of pure amazement that stretched
across her chubby little face. She asked me in a very matter of fact
tone "Why is that baby chewing on your arm?" Taken back,
shocked and tongue tied, I answered, "That is how she eats."
I sat there trying to figure out if my breast had been so stretched by
two pregnancies and months of nursing that it resembled an arm when
the precocious girl announced very loudly to her mother and anyone
else in earshot, "Mommy, that baby eats by chewing her mommy's
arm."
Her mother, obviously embarrassed, grabbed the girl and a round baby
boy sucking vigorously on a bottle and said "That's nice
sweetie" as she hurried back into the store. I was a little
disappointed that the mother didn't correct her daughter's confusion.
I was even more disappointed that breastfeeding was such a strange and
foreign thing to the girl. (And that she couldn't tell the difference
between an arm and a breast!) Oh well, I thought, as they left and my
little one finishing her lunch, smiled and snuggled against me for a
nap. Breastfeeding is such bliss.
Tamra Baker
I am now the proud mother of three beautiful, breastfed babies. I
have two boys and just delivered my daughter 10 months ago, with the
whole family in attendance. My older son is especially thrilled to
have a sister to take care of. He is 10 and takes his responsibilities
seriously.
When Aliera was only a few months old, Tristan, the 10 year old, was
playing with her. When she got fussy and he couldn't calm her, he
brought her to me and said, "Mom, Ali needs to Soul Nurse."
I asked what that was. His answer was, "Soul Nursing is what I
call it when she needs to be calmed down by you by breastfeeding when
she isn't really hungry." I was so proud of him and told him that
some doctors had done years of research to come to the conclusion he
had.
We still talk about Soul Nursing to calm his sister. Thank you for
letting me share this with others.
Ruth
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