[blparent] Sensitive breast feeding concern, ladies only

[Erin Rumer]

Breast feeding is just one of a million wonderful ways to bond with your
baby.  It's just giving it all you can to provide the ultimate nutrition
through breast milk that is key and if one cannot nurse their baby for
whatever reason, there are good supplements out there these days thank God.
I have friends who adopted their babies and because they naturally could not
breast feed they made sure to do a lot of skin on skin contact with them
when they were especially little to help build a strong bond.  I still will
hold my son in a hug position after we've taken a nice warm bath together
and it's just a wonderful sleepy bonding time.  Something else a lot of
women I know have done when they cannot nurse is to get breast milk through
a breast milk bank or through a private provider.  This is an awesome option
that I'm so glad we have now.

Erin

-----Original Message-----
From: blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
Behalf Of Jo Elizabeth Pinto
Sent: Monday, April 16, 2012 11:55 AM
To: Blind Parents Mailing List
Subject: Re: [blparent] Sensitive breast feeding concern, ladies only

I completely agree.  Nursing is great.  Even though it was a struggle, I
wouldn't trade it for the world.  But just because about half of my baby's
caloric intake came from formula, give or take, and just because a lot of
her feedings were from a bottle, didn't mean I couldn't bond with her. 
Bonding is an ongoing process.  It may start with holding and cuddling a
baby, but it still goes on as your child grows up, when you sit and snuggle
with him or her, do a bedtime story and a good night kiss, play games,
laugh, answer questions, and on and on.  Sarah and I had an awesome bonding
moment this morning when we sat on the porch swing and watched the birds
eating from our new feeder.  A breast may be a good starting point, but it
is definitely not crucial.

Jo Elizabeth

"How far you go in life depends on you being tender with the young,
compassionate with the aged, sympathetic with the striving, and tolerant of
the weak and the strong.  Because someday in life you will have been all of
these."--George Washington Carver, 1864-1943, American scientist

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From: "Sheila Leigland" <sleigland at bresnan.net>
Sent: Monday, April 16, 2012 12:32 PM
To: "Blind Parents Mailing List" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
Subject: Re: [blparent] Sensitive breast feeding concern, ladies only

> HI, I AGREE WITH YOU WHOLE HEARTEDLY ON THIS ONE. OUR SON HAD TO GO 
> BACK TO THE HOSPITAL WITH AN INFECTION WHEN HE WAS EIGHTEEEN DAYS OLD. 
> I WANTED TO BREASTFEED BUT THAT DIDN'T WORK OUT FOR ME. I FELT JUDGED 
> BECAUSE OF THE BONDING THAT IS SUPPOSED TO HAPPEN BECAUSE OF BREAST 
> FEEDING. oUR BABY WAS HELD AND LOVED. wE COULDN'T SEE HIM BUT WE 
> WORKED AT HIM KNOWING WE WERE LOOKING AT HIM AND PAYING ATTENTION TO 
> HIM. A BREAST DOESN'T MAKE YOU A GOOD OR BAD MOM. hOW WE LOVE AND CARE 
> FOR OUR CHILDREN IS WHAT MAKES OR BREAKS US AS PARENTS WHETHER BLIND OR
SIGHTED NO\URSING MOMS OR NOT.
>
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