Seriously...

Soo.... Today I had a very angry morning. I find breastfeeding to be a wonderful way to show your baby how much you care. It's definately a sacrifice for the mom to breast feed. I know that there are people out there that can't for so many different reasons. I understand it perfectly. I had issues with bfing my oldest daughter around 4 months and had to stop. I cried when I gave her, her first bottle of formula. I felt like I was a failure. I put the pressure on myself. I wanted to succeed and because I was young and didn't have the resources available to me then, that I have today, I felt I had to stop. With my second daughter I did everything the lactation consultant suggested I do to get my supply up and boy did I have a supply! I could have fed two children with the amount of milk I made! It was a blessing and a huge relief considering I worked 8-10 hours a day 4-5 days a week. She could eat and I could pump for her to have later. I actually continued to lactate for almost a year after she stopped bfing. This is the reason for this post... I saw on my facebook that people were offended by a breast feeding doll. My opinion on it is I won't spend that much money on a special doll, my girls will just play with the dolls they have. If they choose to pretend to bf them like mommy does their twin sisters so be it. No, I don't think my children will have sex because of bfing nor do I think it's perverted for them to witness, or for them to imitate. I find bfing natural and beautiful. Dirty minds have made what's naturally best for our babies a frowned upon thing. I don't go around telling moms that bottle feed their babies that they are feeding their children fake artificial food, with possibility of dead bugs ground up in them and they are gross for subjecting my child to witnessing them abusing their child from the inside out. Seriously could you imagine me doing that? No way!! I would never because I know how much it hurt me that I couldn't continue to bf my oldest daughter to a year old because of personal issues I would never hurt another person that way, especially because you don't know why they are doing what they are doing. I honestly could never afford to formula feed twins. We'd go broke! I can't work and make enough to pay a sitter and buy formula with twins it's just not going to happen. In saying that, my decision is just that my decision. I've heard every line in the book about breastfeeding twins and It will be so hard and all this other crap. I know what I want out of my parenting experience, I have expectations of myself. I will do what I think is best for my babies and I know that bfing is the right way to go.