It really will, Kate, and you'll all be relaxed and happier. Breastfeeding is a fantastic thing if you can do it easily, without stress, but in my mind there's enough stress involved with being a parent, especially for the first time, that adding more unnecessarily is a bad idea.
Say! look at you! You look just like me! We're very pretty.
Buffybot ,'Dirty Girls'
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Amy - Jun 18, 2012 2:25:51 pm PDT #15404 of 30001
Because books.
amyth - Jun 18, 2012 2:27:58 pm PDT #15405 of 30001
And none of us deserving the cruelty or the grace -- Leonard Cohen
Kate, C. went through the exact same thing (the pain, the sadness, the guilt), and Mairead is practically driving at 23 months! (not really) But you couldn't find a happier, stronger, more well-adjusted (bossier) toddler!
Also I miss you!
EpicTangent - Jun 18, 2012 2:30:20 pm PDT #15406 of 30001
Why isn't everyone pelting me with JOY, dammit? - Zenkitty
Kate, if it helps, my mother also had to give up breast-feeding my brother because it was so painful and didn't even try with me. And though I do occasionally blame her for my allergies (jokingly)(mostly), 40-some years later, my brother and I are both thriving.
Here's to doing what's best for YOU, and YOUR FAMILY (because it's not anyone else's business).
Ginger - Jun 18, 2012 2:37:34 pm PDT #15407 of 30001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
She's already gotten the main benefit of disease resistance, Kate. It seems to me the important part is that she's a beautiful baby with two great parents who love her. The rest is just details.
Amy - Jun 18, 2012 2:38:05 pm PDT #15408 of 30001
Because books.
amyth, how is Mairead pronounced? I love the name and I've always said it one way, but I think I'm wrong.
amyth - Jun 18, 2012 2:38:54 pm PDT #15409 of 30001
And none of us deserving the cruelty or the grace -- Leonard Cohen
Rhymes with parade!
Amy - Jun 18, 2012 2:39:36 pm PDT #15410 of 30001
Because books.
Ah! I was saying "read" as in "to read a book". I like the actual pronunciation, though!
billytea - Jun 18, 2012 2:41:13 pm PDT #15411 of 30001
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
Biyi wasn't able to keep up with breastfeeding Ryan either. Needless to say, he's turned out pretty well so far. Especially these days, it's really a pretty minor thing whether you breastfeed or bottle feed. More important is that what you're doing works for your own family.
Kate P. - Jun 18, 2012 2:44:44 pm PDT #15412 of 30001
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love
amyth! *tacklehug* I miss you too! When are you going to come visit us??
in my mind there's enough stress involved with being a parent, especially for the first time, that adding more unnecessarily is a bad idea.
So much this. See also: why we are doing disposable diapers instead of cloth.
amyth - Jun 18, 2012 2:44:57 pm PDT #15413 of 30001
And none of us deserving the cruelty or the grace -- Leonard Cohen
All the kids in daycare call her Raidy because they can't pronounce her name, so she's taken to calling herself that. Her latest (because two-year-olds are nothing if not impatient narcissists) is to say, "WHAT ABOUT RAIDY?" if we aren't getting to something fast enough: her yogurt, getting her out of her carseat, whatever.