Some of my fondest memories are feeding my son with a bottle. I don’t get why having an actual boob involved makes it so much more special.
And I say this as a man who is quite fond of boobies.
Some of my fondest memories are feeding my son with a bottle. I don’t get why having an actual boob involved makes it so much more special.
And I say this as a man who is quite fond of boobies.
I doubt she’s leaking anything other than silicone.
We’re talking about the same thing. Bonding with our baby. it’s that entire experience that I look back on fondly. Taking care of this tiny little bundle my wife and I brought home from the hospital. We’re far enough removed that we’ve forgotten the nights without sleep and our frayed nerves. Most of my memories of that special time are quite positive. My wife choose to breast feed but bottle feeding wouldn’t have changed anything. We still would have bonded with the baby and loved it. I bottle fed both our girls when my wife was gone on errands. She pumped when she needed to go somewhere and also let them suckle at home.
Another possibility is that she’s wearing Lilypadz, which are very thin silicon covers. I had a set and they were basically invisible. Work by preventing rather than absorbing.
aceplace57, has it occurred to you that, just because your wife breastfed for two years, that does not mean EVERYONE breast feeds for two years? Some people breastfeed for 4-6 weeks, some 4-6 months, some 4-6 years. Isn’t it entirely possible that Kim weaned North months ago and so this is not only a nonissue, but that you are trolling to talk about boobs?
Because I find it difficult to believe you can not know this. Or that you cannot conceive of the possibility that the baby has been weaned already.
I’m startled by OP’s belief that using a wet nurse is still a thing. Maybe somewhere in the world, but in the US people who, for whatever reason, do not breast feed, have this thing called “formula.” You buy it at the store.
Easier to judge and poke fun than to become informed, I guess. I just hope now that he’s learned of formula that he doesn’t become one of those busybodies at the store that sees Similac in a woman’s cart and starts to tell her what she is missing out on by not breastfeeding. As it was such a blessing for him.
And such fond memories. Not of breastfeeding and all the work it is or how extremely painful it can be. But, y’know, watching someone doing it instead. That’s why he’s qualified to inform posters-who-have-breastfed about what breastfeeding’s all about and how it works.
Not only do you not have to be a mother, but I read an article at Cracked about there being, honest to god, MEN who manage to produce breast milk. Ew. (Yeah, I know, there’s nothing wrong with it, but it was still a little too out there for me)
:eek: Real men don’t make breast milk.
To confirm, in case it isn’t clear from the other posts in this thread, while some women (and men) who have not given birth CAN produce breast milk, it’s definitely an extreme thing. We’re talking about committing to an intentional regimen to stimulate milk production, it’s not something a person would do on a whim.
I just don’t want you walking around thinking it’s somewhat common for people who have not recently given birth to do this.