Thursday, July 1, 2010

I Got Felt Up This Morning...

... by my ten month old. And I loved it.

I LOVE the intimacy, interdependence and selflessness of breastfeeding.  And yes, my breasts are an erogenous zone.  (Well, they used to be, anyway).  But I'm not sure if that's why I love breastfeeding so much.  I mean, if I were twisted enough to fantasize about getting off while feeding my kid, two bouts of mastitis should've set me straight by now.  Not to mention that, for the first two months, it was about as pleasant as shoving my nipple into a meat grinder.
Yum...

Anyway, I could go on and on about the benefits of breastfeeding and how awesome it feels knowing that I'm doing the best thing possible for my daughter.  (And I won't lie, I do feel a bit smug about that.)

But, by either breast or bottle, moms get the job done.  And yes, while I advocate breastfeeding, I also advocate being a stay-at-home mom and, much to my sadness and disappointment, I'm not one.  So, I guess the point I'm trying to make here is that no matter our situations or hopes and desires, us well-intentioned moms are doing the best we can; steadily making do in the face of the choices we have to make.
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4 comments:

  1. hello from MBC! that is such a cute belly shot! how old is your little one? mine just turned 5 months... such a fun age!
    adriel @ the mommyhood memos

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  2. Oh Yaaay! My first comment! Hi Adriel! How's it going down under?
    Your baby is five months? Oh yeah, at five months it really starts to get awesome! My daughter is ten and a half months. Thanks for your compliment on my belly shot. I was on the verge of eight months, I think. I LOVE the portraits on your homepage as well!

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  3. Good lord! Thank you for that nipple-in-a-meat-grinder image. And just before I go to bed. Geeze!

    Haha. I'll see what I can do about getting you one of TubTub's business cards. He was thinking of doing ones with photos on them, but he figured if he did shirtless business cards, he'd get too backed up. ;)

    Thanks for the comment, love!
    I'm going to subscribe to your blog! You need a follower box so I can see my perty picture up there. :)

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  4. Hahaha!
    Thanks for stopping by, Echo! TubTub is smart to NOT do the photo cards. The world is swimming with cougars-- some as old as two years even! lol. Thanks for telling me about the follower box. Just added it and I plan on following you as well!

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