Quotes About Breastfeeding

The feeling of your baby taking nourishment from your body for the first time is amazing, and it remains the most touching moment of my life.

Three months after Rachel was born, Lou admitted smuggling her into church. "It wasn't my fault," she said, after she'd confessed. "I was compelled." "What do you mean, compelled?" Andy had asked, annoyed, betrayed, but also consumed by tenderness the way he always was when he watched Louisa breast-feed.

A newborn baby has only three demands. They are warmth in the arms of its mother, food from her breasts, and security in the knowledge of her presence. Breastfeeding satisfies all three.

The newborn has only three demands. They are warmth in the arms of its mother, food from her breasts, and security in the knowledge of her presence. Breatfeeding satisfies all three.

I received so many hate letters when I breast-fed a starving baby in Africa. I was in Sierra Leone in 2009 and I was weaning my child at that time - she was not there with me. There was a hungry baby who was crying because his mother had no milk, and I thought, 'Why throw away my milk if I can give it to a baby who needs it?'

We should be encouraging moms to breastfeed their infants, not discouraging it by unfairly judging and discriminating against nursing mothers.

I love nursing my babies. It's such a special bond for me.

The most basic parental bond is maternal. Equal parenting is great--it has forced men to get off their duffs--but women, from breast to cradle to cuddle, can nurture in ways that men cannot.

People need to understand that when they're deciding between breastmilk and formula, they're not deciding between Coke and Pepsi.... They're choosing between a live, pure substance and a dead substance made with the cheapest oils available.

I admire the women who can have babies and jump right back to work. As a nursing mother, I couldn't sit there and just pump all day. I needed to be close to my baby.

My mother never breast fed me, she told me she only liked me as a friend.

Some lactation specialists suggest aiming your nipple toward your baby's nose and then directing it down to the lower part of your baby's upper lip to get him or her to open the mouth very wide. This prevents the lower lip from getting tucked in during nursing.

Once the mouth is open wide, move your baby closer. Do not move your breast toward the baby, and don't push your baby's head into your breast. And be sure not to stuff your nipple into your baby's unwilling mouth—let your baby take the initiative. It might take a couple of attempts before your baby opens wide enough to latch on properly.

You have trouble breastfeeding, and for some reason, it's supposed to be so organic that you feel like you're doing something incorrect.

Women breast-feeding in public always defend themselves by saying, "It's a beautiful thing." Yeah, so is sex, but I've never done it in the middle of Denny's. Although that at least would be a Grand Slam Breakfast.

In any case, when a woman doesn't want to breastfeed, we need to support her and we need to stop heaping on the guilt. We also have to stop using the word commitment only in connection with breastfeeding. Any kind of feeding regimen takes commitment.

His head bowed and his lips fastened softly on my nipple. I groaned, feeling the half-painful prickle of the milk rushing through the tiny ducts. I put a hand behind his head, and pressed him slightly closer. "Harder," I whispered.

There are three reasons for breast-feeding: the milk is always at the right temperature; it comes in attractive containers; and the cat can't get it.

The moment she had laid the child to the breast both became perfectly calm.

She was styled for abundant lactation, and her uniform blouse was not.

Breastfeeding should not be taboo - and bottle feeding should not be judged - it's ALL fun for the whole family.

My opinion is that anybody offended by breastfeeding is staring too hard

There are three reasons for breast-feeding: the milk is always at the right temperature; it comes in attractive containers; and the cat can't get it.

My cousin had a baby and I was watching her breastfeed for a couple of bucks, and I'll tell you ladies: it's amazing.