My MIL made my h a nice lunch for his bday today.during lunch I felt sick and couldn't finish. I have been a bit queazy for several days. My MIL says "maybe its your milk FINALLY drying up" I explained to her it was just fine. Nattie has a bit of a rash on her arm we are watching and my MIL says "maybe she has gained an allergy to your milk.you should stop and see"
WTF.seriously. I'm about to lose it. I'm considering bfing til Nattie is like ten just to piss her off.
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I seriously just can't wrap my mind around this. I have a friend who's MIL bf'ed her kids til they were THREE AND A HALF, so she is flipping out on the opposite end of the spectrum.
Seriously people, just let us feed our children.
I am so sorry for you. What would happen if you just went off on her? I had to do that once to my MIL about the debt issue (they put some debt in our name) and once I did she never said anything to me about it again. I screamed and told her she wasn't welcome in my presence until she apologized and never said anything about it again.
I would just come out and say "WTF is your problem with breastfeeding? Are you jealous you couldn't?"
Jesus, this makes my blood boil. Would you like me to post awesome pro bfing stuff on your facebook wall? Start commenting on all your pictures "Wow that breastmilk sure does Nattie good!" "Her skin is so clear and eyes so bright from that breastmilk" I will do it!
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That's a whole load of BS, my son is FF and still a HUGE mama's boy.
she really is cuckoo for cocoa puffs.
Isabelle is 100% formula fed from 4 weeks old and that kid still will not go to anyone buy me or my husband without screaming.
I'm going to join snoop and go pro-BF on your FB. commencing now.
Where do these people who think breast milk has no nutrition come from? How do they think the human race survived before formula?
The only thing my MIL had ever said that has pissed me off has been about BFing. She said "O W is so skinny. Probably because she is breastfed." and something along the lines of her not wanting me when she was hungry but wanting a bottle.
I was visiting the IL and my parents without DH when this happened and I got upset with her and she apologized. I am so glad my MIL is not BSC but the breastfeeding comments are enough to piss me off. I am sorry yours is so crazy.
I've had the opposite comment (not from my MIL) but this woman at my Mom's church asked if Jane was BF or FF and I said FF and she said, "oh, that must be why she's so thin." I just rolled my eyes. D*amned if you do, d*amned if you don't. I'm not going to explain why I can't BF and no one should have to explain why they are.
Is it possible that she believes BM has no nutrients and what not due to the propaganda that was sold during her lifetime about formula(how awesome it was)? I still think she's crazy, though.
When DS had trouble latching, both my inlaws were calling and asking about if he was bfing yet. . .They were too involved in my breasts, if you ask me. When they babysat for the first time, I didn't have any bm to leave for him(he has always had formula as a supplement due to crappy supply issues). MIL exlaimed "He hates the formula. He needs your BM" Um, what? He takes formula just fine from us. He really showed no preference.
Now he is exclusively FF due to an allergy, and they have finally come to terms with that decision. However, MIL did throw the dig in yesterday "Well, I bf'd for a year. . ." Um, please stop reminding me that I'm a failure.
I really love my MIL to bits, but this BFing thing has really upset me. My boobs. My baby. My life. Thank you.
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I think your husband needs to step up and tell MIL to stop all the comments about nursing.
My mom wanted me to quit (since I was pumping, and it was a PITA,) but I told her I was proud to be nursing my son, and to knock it off with the comments. She did stop the remarks.
Then, my production dropped, and I just couldn't keep up. I ended up quitting eventually, but it was on my terms. I still cried over it. Thankfully, mom didn't say a word.
I just wanted to say that your daughter is absolutely precious!!! Too too cute!