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I breastfed my two kids as well but not for a long time.My entry.
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I breast fed all of my kids. I find the map particularly interesting. The south, those states that tend to vote red, have the fewest breastfed babies. Whereas many of those blue states tend to have higher percentages of nursing moms. I guess people with higher IQs DO breastfeed!http://joycelansky.blogspot.com/2012/07/wordless-wednesday-sign.html
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I breastfed all of my six children to 18 to 24 months of age. I have never regretted any of it….well, maybe falling asleep in a chair a lot! Ha! Worth it! I remember my mother being ashamed of me breastfeeding, but my Great-Grandmother came down to visit her first great-great grandchild who gave me the greatest encouragement of all: "That is the most beautiful site in the world!" DanielleRoyalegacy Reviews & More
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I loved breastfeeding my babies. It was my special down-time with them and it was so calming. Just loved it.
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I breastfed both of mine for the first two years of their lives. It was hard in the beginning. My first was born with a cyst under his tongue. His tongue was mis-shaped. He would not latch well at all! Finally we both got the hang of it. I also worked full-time. I pumped enough to get us by. He got a staph infection at 7 months. My supply went way down. Somehow he managed to get my supply back up! Then my youngest had meningitis at 2 months. My supply went down with that and then back up. It was rewarding though. On their upswings from being sick, all they wanted to do was breastfeed.
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Interesting post. I think that breastfeeding can be expensive too if you are a working mom. I spent a lot of money on a great pump, replacement parts along the way and storage bags. 🙂
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