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It's for the lazy...no bottles to clean, no formula to make, no store to go to in order to buy it, less diapers to change, and I get more sleep because the boobie is always ready to roll over and get sucked on.
There's no way I'm making bottles, going to the store, heating bottles, waking up to make a bottle for a crying baby and then feed the baby. I am just too lazy for all that craziness.
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Kate~ mama to Joshua 8, Camden 6, and Annabelle 3
wife to B who has loved me since we were 8
"Don't give up until you've given it at least 6 weeks" By then I had the hang of it but had I not made the promise from my friends advice , to MYSELF and to my dd , I'd quit by the end of week 2 ,period.
Oh and my aunt swears that I made bf in public easier for her by telling her"Everyone has a nipple!"
I just keep thinking about the health issue so I am going to change my previous post to say that bf'd babies have a lower mortality rate (even in developed countries).
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Only 1 thing, Jen???
Hmmm...
...it will be the most bonding, rewarding experience of your friends life. I can't think of too many people who regret breastfeeding. However, i can think of many people who regret NOT breastfeeding or quitting after 2 days, etc.
In my residency, I would always tell parents that there are very few things you can do for your baby that would make it healthy now and also far into the future. Breastfeeding enhances health not just while the baby is nursing, but also for its entire childhood and life -- playing a part in preventing everything from ulcerative colitis and crohns to leukemia to childhood obesity to diabetes. It may even promote better intelligence.
What other food, medicine or vitamin can make that claim?
It can be really hard the first 3-6 weeks, but if you have difficulties during that time stick it out and get help if you need it.....the rewards are HUGE.
I would tell them how when a baby gets sick they pass the illness through your breasts and your body makes antibodies and passes them back - how anyone, knowing that, could choose not to BF is beyond me - it's custom-made medicine!
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