Ten Ways Fathers Can Bond with the Breastfed Baby
July 1, 2007 by Angela White, J.D., breastfeeding counselor
Filed under breastfeeding
For whatever reason (read: excessive f*rmula marketing practices), people associate bottle-feeding with bonding. Many people think that giving a baby a bottle is somehow a necessary and important part of a father’s (or grandmother’s or grandfather’s) bonding with a baby.
Certainly a father might enjoy giving a bottle (and there is plenty of time for that once breastfeeding is well established), but it’s not the only way a father can bond with his baby. A father can:
1. Be in charge of the nightly bath.
2. Sing songs.
3. Wear the baby in a sling or other baby carrier.
4. Change diapers! …read more
