Comments on: Eight Months

By: Angela White, J.D., breastfeeding counselor

Angela White, J.D., breastfeeding counselor — Sun, 22 Mar 2009 23:43:31 +0000

Michelle, I was just thinking about writing a post about crying and how breastfed babies cry less and are more easily soothed. My experience has been like yours, and I get so many comments from people about how “quiet” my baby is.

By: Michelle

Michelle — Sun, 22 Mar 2009 13:55:08 +0000

The other day our Sunday School Teacher was talking about how they could never get their children to stop crying. I know some breastfed babies experience “colic”, but mine always calmed down if I nursed them. I don’t remember ever being stressed by a crying newborn! I’d just pop em in bed with me, lie down, and we’d nurse ourselves to sleep for a bit.

By: Becky

Becky — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 13:53:42 +0000

My son is 13 months and there are so many non-nutritional benefits! It calms him down, gives him a break when there is alot of activity around and I’m sure more reasons that I forgot to list. It’s great to have in my bag of tricks.

By: Jinxy

Jinxy — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 22:59:19 +0000

My baby is 12 weeks old and nurses for comfort a lot. I can’t imagine not having nursing in my mommy bag of tricks.
Great post.

By: Shelly

Shelly — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 20:09:49 +0000

There are soooo many things I value about breastfeeding besides nutrition that I can’t even begin to list them. Great post!

By: Amber

Amber — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 18:49:16 +0000

My current nursling, at 7 months old, is still nursing primarily for nutrition. But I well remember the days of nursing a toddler, when nursing for comfort saved the day countless times. These little people are so filled with anguish, and so prone to accidents, that having an easy way to calm everyone was so invaluable.