Blogging for Babies, Breastfeeding and Mothers

Glam Mama just posted a fabulous blog article about an ex pat living in Mongolia. She talks about being surrounded by breastfeeding women-- it is the cultural norm. I'm going to one of these countries one day. I want to sit around conversing while all the new moms are breastfeeding as easily as others are drinking tea. That would be a type of paradise for me. 

I know: I eat, drink, breathe breastfeeding. My passion runs high.

Imagine a culture where eating meals has been almost eliminated because something artificial, like pills, has taken its place. And people are shunned for wanting it to be a natural extension of their love for being with people. And heaven forbid that you should do it in public. You can get away with eating at home as long as no one sees you doing it. Besides, the pills are much better for you than the real food. Why would anyone want to eat?

Well, we haven't come to that with eating yet but are certainly there with breastfeeding. Why, my husband asked as we were on our morning walk.

Breastfeeding became less and less a part of every day life in western civilizations and more and more relegated to something you do in the privacy of your own home. I've even heard breastfeeding supporters say they were uncomfortable with their friends breastfeeding around their husband and breastfeeding women not wanting their older (3+ years old) children seeing them breastfeed or pump. Most kids don't even see animals nursing their young like they use to see on the farm or with their dogs and cats. Everyone has become uncomfortable with this natural extension of giving birth. For those of us that are modest, it is difficult at best to be willing to try this in public: fear of what others may say; embarrassment that someone may see our breast.

How can we change the way society looks at breastfeeding? Start with teaching/showing children that babies breastfeed.

When our children grow up seeing breastfeeding as normal then it will become normal, but not until then.

Read Glam Mama's blog post. 

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