Wandering Along the Path: Right Speech

I love all the information our daughter is getting about breastfeeding and the baby.  She also can call a nurse day or night.  When I think back to my babies, I was really on my own.  By the last one I had La Leche to call and ended up in a toddler group so all the mothers shared experiences and information.  But I was pretty much on my own.  My own mother hadn't nursed us and nursing was rare in those days.  I'm amazed I soldiered through.  I remember my mother discouraging me from nursing my first.  I believe she thought it was embarrassing and she also wanted to be able to handle him better herself, which meant a bottle.  This new openness is refreshing and so supportive.  I had to almost hide out to nurse, and certainly never do it in public.  They shamed us for wanting the best for our babies and fighting to give them the best nutrition.  Seeing the confidence in my other daughter and daughter-in-law, and now this daughter is happiness indeed.