tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-524146726099526321.post8546116665713357633..comments2023-10-24T03:52:16.332-06:00Comments on Farren Square and Family: I talk about Breastfeeding. A lot. Here's Why:Farrenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03337745395320753878noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-524146726099526321.post-14455605091023262442020-02-22T07:22:02.018-07:002020-02-22T07:22:02.018-07:00Thanks you very much for sharing these links. Will...Thanks you very much for sharing these links. Will definitely check this out..<br /><a href="https://www.pura-life.com/products/purabar/" rel="nofollow">Fenugreek</a><br />Tony Henryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04575831130664062535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-524146726099526321.post-72762384840457055142011-04-19T13:01:11.041-06:002011-04-19T13:01:11.041-06:00There is such intense pressure for mothers to be, ...There is such intense pressure for mothers to be, what I can only describe as the "uber-mommy", that no matter what decision we make, we feel judged. It seems like there is this culture of judgement, perhaps even a lack of empathy, for other moms who do not do things the way we do. It is sad and leaves so many moms feeling alone and like they are failures, when nothing could be Fox in the Cityhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12163309708157436213noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-524146726099526321.post-68080571205214948332011-04-18T14:03:30.788-06:002011-04-18T14:03:30.788-06:00Amanda, in no way do I mean to diminish the experi...Amanda, in no way do I mean to diminish the experience of bottle feeding moms, I in fact wold love to validate ALL mothers multiple experiences. I would love to abolish the bottle/breast binary. We feed our children to grow them big and strong. We all do what is best for us and our family specifically and I support all mothers. I do think that we have a very long way to go promoting breastfeedinglindseyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10783701953503714863noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-524146726099526321.post-73689314966168524252011-04-17T17:29:51.788-06:002011-04-17T17:29:51.788-06:00Great post Farren. I agree with you completely. ...Great post Farren. I agree with you completely. When my nephew was a teen he stayed at our house a lot and often would bring his friends over with them. For a lot of those teen boys the first time they had ever seen a nursing mother was at my house. At first they would act shocked and sort of embarrassed but the less of a big deal I made of it the more they became comfortable around nursing Sashahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10097710575277034965noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-524146726099526321.post-42837373962156109342011-04-17T10:51:48.890-06:002011-04-17T10:51:48.890-06:00Amanda - You are an incredible and loving mother a...Amanda - You are an incredible and loving mother and I sincerely hope that no one is judging you, and if they are they can keep that negativity inside themselves, where it belongs.<br />The more I talk to mothers who breastfeed and mothers who don't, the more I learn about their stories and ultimately their struggles. I meet so many women who wanted to breastfeed so badly but were met with soFarrenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03337745395320753878noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-524146726099526321.post-55149600774780530102011-04-17T10:17:31.304-06:002011-04-17T10:17:31.304-06:00Also, about your comment to lindsey... I ALWAYS fe...Also, about your comment to lindsey... I ALWAYS feel embarrassed about feeding Louise in public, because I don't breastfeed. I think that really... everybody feels pressure from the other side. When you're breastfeeding, you feel like the world is anti-breastfeeding and when you don't BF, you feel like the world is judging you because you're bottle feeding. I feel even a littleAmandahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04510986008238276269noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-524146726099526321.post-22926660110664193132011-04-17T10:14:54.147-06:002011-04-17T10:14:54.147-06:00Loved this post! And I miss breastfeeding my wee ...Loved this post! And I miss breastfeeding my wee ones who are now 5 and 8. I was fortunate enough to have a circle of friends with both breastfed and bottle fed babies, and none of us felt like we had to apologize for anything, or hide what we were doing. So it was with them that I spent most of my time. My family, on both sides, however was a different story. They somehow managed to turn itAndrea Ostapovitchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11151794751876169584noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-524146726099526321.post-11601596760956456922011-04-17T10:12:01.376-06:002011-04-17T10:12:01.376-06:00This is so great, Farren. I feel so much just lik...This is so great, Farren. I feel so much just like this -- "So yes, I talk about breastfeeding a lot, but it doesn't dictate who I am as a mother. And it certainly doesn't have any effect on my respect for all women and mothers." <br /><br />There are a lot of parenting choices I make that I'm passionate about, but those choices aren't the most important or defining Amandahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04510986008238276269noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-524146726099526321.post-12348680033312274162011-04-17T09:57:38.802-06:002011-04-17T09:57:38.802-06:00"Unfazingly simply and everywhere" -->..."Unfazingly simply and everywhere" --> Exactly!! <br /><br />My BFF also didn't breastfeed, she literally couldn't because of her baby's physiology. I feel lucky that she is curious and open about my nursing.<br /><br />Part of the reason I wrote this post is because I recently learned that bottle feeding mothers DO feel discrimination about their choice, and not just Farrenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03337745395320753878noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-524146726099526321.post-52795117808686146202011-04-17T09:41:54.584-06:002011-04-17T09:41:54.584-06:00That's a difficult balance, not wanting to mak...That's a difficult balance, not wanting to make others feel bad. When I was nursing my BFF was livid I'd do such a thing in front of her because she "couldn't". When people bottle feed or use disposable diapers they don't worry about offending me (or the environment)...it's tough. <br />Smile and keep on working to make breastfeeding normal--as in, unfazingly simple lindseyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10783701953503714863noreply@blogger.com