tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4354869131367567263.post2917237707507064640..comments2024-01-06T10:11:00.258-08:00Comments on Honest To Betsy: Nursing is NormalBetsy B. Honesthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14304239761034117602noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4354869131367567263.post-54542049782204813922010-08-05T21:11:02.959-07:002010-08-05T21:11:02.959-07:00what a great post....and the picture is beautiful!...what a great post....and the picture is beautiful!Alexandrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15826906767935455854noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4354869131367567263.post-75976240630587784022010-07-27T01:48:09.079-07:002010-07-27T01:48:09.079-07:00I guess I'm you four years ago. When I first s...I guess I'm you four years ago. When I first started nursing, I could not wait for it to be over. My mum told me it is the best thing ever and I barely restrained myself from gagging...come to think of it, I'm pretty sure I did gag! It was just so awful. Well now, I just love feeding her! It is natural and it is wonderful and you are so right; I love looking at her adoring gaze while she's feeding.<br /><br />The picture of your son feeding is adorable.sharonhttp://thereservoir.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4354869131367567263.post-14723609423244198782010-07-20T05:29:51.240-07:002010-07-20T05:29:51.240-07:00What a lovely post! My boys are 6 and 4, I can'...What a lovely post! My boys are 6 and 4, I can't believe it has been 1 and 1/2 years since I had a little nursling child. I still start to pull up my shirt when my "baby" needs comfort. Thanks for reminding me of this special (normal) time.Laurahttp://www.duofiberworks.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4354869131367567263.post-76734719026271530042010-07-19T21:30:32.535-07:002010-07-19T21:30:32.535-07:00I love the image of the family of five clambering ...I love the image of the family of five clambering into bed with you, and how your husband spoke of nursing in italics. I remember those days! And now it's just…what it is. It's much more comfortable this way, isn't it? I hope I can pass some of that comfort on.Lauren Waynehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07500733577920040395noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4354869131367567263.post-31660698674112979132010-07-17T22:06:42.420-07:002010-07-17T22:06:42.420-07:00Nursing is so much fun. I am very lucky that I fou...Nursing is so much fun. I am very lucky that I found you’re this very special blog. I love the topic. It is very informative. I will be visiting your blog more often.dining room tableshttp://www.erikorganic.com/dining-room/dining-room-table.shtmlnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4354869131367567263.post-51708663908086075772010-07-12T09:03:17.761-07:002010-07-12T09:03:17.761-07:00Beautifly written Betsy.Beautifly written Betsy.Tanyahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01672732541756334963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4354869131367567263.post-53282705156501741702010-07-10T18:45:10.387-07:002010-07-10T18:45:10.387-07:00LOVE. Especially the story about the family of fi...LOVE. Especially the story about the family of five crawling into bed with you. Once when we were visiting friends with our first baby (they had an older child), I went into the living room to nurse, and they didn't follow us. After a minute, my husband realized they weren't following us because they thought I was hiding, and called into the kitchen 'she just wanted a comfortable seat', and they burst out laughing and the husband said 'oh, so you mean we can watch?' Nursing may be the thing I miss most about having babies.allisonhttp://www.bibliomama2.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4354869131367567263.post-60466958875592321702010-07-09T22:38:33.215-07:002010-07-09T22:38:33.215-07:00You do such lovely things with words. =)You do such lovely things with words. =)Audrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11465882237144607632noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4354869131367567263.post-19110449851862102822010-07-09T20:56:34.903-07:002010-07-09T20:56:34.903-07:00I love that you can laugh at those comments now. I...I love that you can laugh at those comments now. I'm at that point myself, almost 5 1/2 years into this parenting and breastfeeding gig. What would have been upsetting years ago is now just plain funny. And sort of sad, too, because you know that often the comments come from a place of hurt at not having that. I'm so glad that I got the support I needed, so that I can be the one laughing now.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4354869131367567263.post-76963733815446321202010-07-09T20:19:52.764-07:002010-07-09T20:19:52.764-07:00My mother didn't nurse and wasn't particul...My mother didn't nurse and wasn't particularly supportive about it but she didn't say anything to me she thought things at me and I understood them in the silence. Whatever, the babes needed to eat.<br /> <br />I love this post of yours today. I really hope that there's a time in the future when there doesn't need to be posts like this because pretty much everyone will breastfeed their kids (unless they can't) and no one thinks anything of it.Marilyn (A Lot of Loves)https://www.blogger.com/profile/06657908406859803924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4354869131367567263.post-9862233816086258462010-07-09T12:27:33.601-07:002010-07-09T12:27:33.601-07:00Betsy, This is beautiful! I love it! We've b...Betsy, This is beautiful! I love it! We've been nursing over here for 18 months, and you're right--I'm sure little halos circle around their sweet heads when they nurse. <br /><br />And it's funny...I'll nurse around my dad any day, but my FIL? Not so much, and his wife had 8 kids and nursed them all! He is totally for nursing, and I'll nurse if I need to, it's just kinda weird.Laurahttp://laura.nettlesfamily.netnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4354869131367567263.post-39593554617479038942010-07-09T05:50:05.797-07:002010-07-09T05:50:05.797-07:00Betsy i LOVE this! i'm still in the learning ...Betsy i LOVE this! i'm still in the learning part, i'm you four years ago and it warms my heart to think that in a few years nursing will be ho-hum daily norm to me. so awesome. i want to be that family too.<br /><br />i'm glad you're able to see the humor in your mother-in-laws comments. my own mom is a big fan of the, "grandma is going to steal you away, but she can't because you're still doing THAT." i don't quite find it funny yet.<br /><br />basically, i need a little dose of you hanging around with me. :)Jamiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07187151463075117941noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4354869131367567263.post-86903682367030574342010-07-08T22:41:53.528-07:002010-07-08T22:41:53.528-07:00@ Melodie:
Eeeek! I must admit, my father is the ...@ Melodie:<br /><br />Eeeek! I must admit, my father is the one human on Earth who I am always squeamish about breastfeeding around. I would really hate to have a conversation about it with him. Eeesh. I don't even know what his word for breasts is... lucky me!Betsy B. Honesthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14304239761034117602noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4354869131367567263.post-7502362755749001112010-07-08T21:36:07.026-07:002010-07-08T21:36:07.026-07:00Beee-you-tee-ful! My dad is mildly to moderately o...Beee-you-tee-ful! My dad is mildly to moderately offensive in his support of my breastfeeding too, only he calls my breasts "tits," and after I've vomited in my mouth a little, I prefer to leave the room. Because I just can't stand to hear my dad talk like he's in a locker room with his buddies around me and my cherubic nursling. Ugh.Melodiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05859568015767404451noreply@blogger.com