Don't Cover Up!

I haven't had a ton of time to read all the blogs I follow, there are so many good ones out there. But I am always delighted to find a really good post. It's amazing what the internet has brought us with bloggers. I truly am fascinated that I have 32 people following my blog (and I am sure more lurking). Is what I write really that interesting. Well I hope that my some of my posts help women out there since there have been so many blogs that have helped me through this journey of motherhood that I am on.

Recently I came across this AWESOME blog post and to be honest I have no idea where I picked it up, someone on facebook posted it....it took me about 4 days to read it but last night I finally did.

This woman had read another blog post by someone on how breastfeeding in public made her uncomfortable. What got the woman above to write about it, was not the post but rather the comments that people had made.

Her blog post was really interesting and got me really thinking about it. I highly recommend you to read it. It talked about how breastfeeding is a right brain activity and that we need to see it to learn how to do it. That by hiding it from our girls that we are raising we are depriving them of the ability to do this in the future.

Like I said it started me thinking about it. How many times have I really seen women breastfeed, did it make me uncomfortable when I did see it. Well of course it did, it did because we NEVER see it. Am I uncomfortable when someone is bottle feeding their baby - of course not. Why should this be any different? Why are we teaching our girls that a natural thing like breastfeeding is something we need to be ashamed of and we need to cover it up.

We need to support our breastfeeding mama's and all mama's for that fact in what they decide to do. If they want to breastfeed without covering up then let's support them. If a mama chooses to bottle feed her baby - Let's support her. I just don't understand why we can't support mothers and fathers in what they decide to do for their families.

If breastfeeding makes some uncomfortable then look away. I didn't NIP when I first had Gabby, but it was because I was uncomfortable doing it, not because I was afraid how it would make others do it. I had an over supply and she would pop off a lot or I would spray her and it was difficult to nurse her. As we got better at it I started not caring and it was a great feeling.

All I am saying is let's support each other and if it truly makes you uncomfortable then turn away.