31 Days of Breastfeeding Journeys | Day 27 | World Breastfeeding Week 2016
"For me, I have never liked the labels. 'Normal' is a family providing the best option for their child, and making sure their baby is healthy. So whether you story involves breastfeeding, your story involves pumping, your story involves formula, or a variation of all three... I support you and your decision! I am grateful that my journey was so easy.
I have successfully nursed all four of our children, and in all that time, I have never had to explain my reasoning, or been confronted with an unwelcome comment from a stranger, a friend, or a family member. I have loved the simplicity of always having 'food' when we are traveling, or out with friends or family. I have relished the ease of not having to heat up bottles in the middle of the night. I have embraced the laziness that comes with simply lifting my shirt to feed each child.
I have enjoyed watching their sessions change from the age of barely being able to find my breast on their own to pinching my skin in their hands as they hungrily drink more. Now, as I hold our youngest, and more than likely our last, my emotions have shifted slightly. I realize I may never again feel a little hand smack me as they drink. I may never again know the feeling of gripping tiny toes on my chest, or frail legs attempting to wrap around my arm, as I hold a squirmy body against my chest. So for now, I am embracing the fleeting moments, and enduring the bittersweet raw emotion that goes with nursing our 'last' baby. " ~Jennifer
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