breastaurants
// May 11th, 2009 // No Comments » // Motherhood, Rachel
i love all of the benefits of breastfeeding, and hope to do it for a year, but when people say it’s convenient i’m not too sure i agree with them. over the past seven weeks, i’ve had several options when it comes to being gone from the house:
- time the feeding and outing just right. feed her before heading out the door then return within three hours of the time the feeding began. which usually gives me around 2 1/2 hours.
- bring a bottle of expressed milk with me. this usually works when going to someones house where i can go pump right after i feed her. but i might as well have just gone to that room to feed her in the first place. when out elsewhere it’s hard to find a way to heat the bottle and waiting to pump when we return home sometimes interferes with the next feeding.
- nurse in public. i haven’t tried this one yet still working on the skills it takes to juggle a baby, remove/pull up clothing all while hiding under a blanket. no, i’m not comfortable enough to fore-go the covering. maybe i need to get one of those sweet covers that ties around your neck.
- find a breastaurant. this is my preferred choice and the main focus of this blog given my recent experience.
first let me say, the term breastaurant came from none other than my church bulletin! it’s simply a more exciting name for a nursing lounge. (more…)
