“If I have a platform I'm going to use it.”
This messaging should be implicit, but, as with so much of modern-day parenting, even the simplest concept – providing adequate nourishment for a newborn – is dominated by a near-constant feeling of doing it wrong and not doing enough.
This summer, amidst the formula shortage, the AAP doubled down on their breastfeeding recommendations, saying that for the health of their babies, women should breastfeed exclusively for six months, and continue to do so for two years . The advice feels dangerously out of step with the feeding choices made by the majority of parents, often for both physical and logistical reasons.
How was your experience different when you had your twins two-and-a-half-years after your oldest son was born?With Isaac I breastfed him for 13 months and then I was like, “Okay, I’m tired. You’re done.” And then when I had the twins, my first thought wasn’t about how much are they getting, but literally how am I going to feed them? The first week with them was really difficult. It was really hard just getting them both to latch at the same time and trying to figure that out.
That list is long! You travel so much for work, so I imagine you’ve experienced some of the logistical challenges that can come with breastfeeding as well.There isn’t a place I haven’t breastfed, there isn’t a place I haven’t pumped, and I did it shamelessly. I definitely got the lookie-loos, but I never had anybody come up and say anything to me. But I wasn’t prepared with the twins the way that I was with Isaac. With Isaac, it was during the pandemic and I was home.
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