“I couldn’t stop thinking about what my sister had said to me once, as she was breastfeeding her firstborn: ‘Having a baby is like getting a tattoo on your face. You really need to be certain it’s what you want before you commit.’ ” — Elizabeth Gilbert, Eat, Pray, Love: One Woman’s Search for Everything Across Italy, India and Indonesia, p. 10.

Today’s breastfeeding humor takes us back to an old episode of the sitcom “Mad About You.” In an episode entitled “Breastfeeding,” Jamie and Paul have the following exchange:
Paul gazes wistfully at his daughter at Jamie’s breast.
Jamie [pausing]: There’s tuna salad…
Paul: No, no, thank you! I just, I was wondering…
Jamie: What?
Paul: …how close you are to, you know, using the bottle at all, to any degree.
Jamie: Soon.
Paul: I know soon, but like, like when?
Jamie: Like soon! I don’t want to give this up. I love this!
Paul: Who’s saying give it up? I would never say give it up. I’m saying augment. …read more

Anyone else miss the hysterically funny American Thanksgiving episodes of the sitcom “Friends”? Here’s a little breastfeeding humor from our old friends:
Ross: “I just don’t think breast milk is for adults….”
Chandler: “Of course the packaging does appeal to adults and kids alike.”
Happy Thanksgiving!

Taste some infant formulas sometime. Why any kid would drink this is beyond my comprehension, this stuff tastes awful. And if you ever get the chance you should taste some breast milk, I’ll have to tell you that this stuff tastes delicious.
Pennsylvania State University Professor Dr. Jordan Finkelstein to his Biobehavioral Health 101 class, as quoted in the PSU Daily Jolt professor quote archive. Now that’s quite an endorsement!