Comments on: Ten Ways Fathers Can Bond with the Breastfed Baby http://www.blisstree.com/breastfeeding123/ten-ways-fathers-can-bond-with-the-breastfed-baby/ Breastfeeding 1-2-3: A Blog for Breastfeeding Tips and Support Wed, 23 Dec 2009 05:36:52 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Shelly http://www.blisstree.com/breastfeeding123/ten-ways-fathers-can-bond-with-the-breastfed-baby/comment-page-1/#comment-928 Shelly Thu, 05 Jul 2007 15:23:04 +0000 http://www.breastfeeding123.com/ten-ways-fathers-can-bond-with-the-breastfed-baby/#comment-928 My husband is very hands on. Since I breastfeed, he gives both girls their baths all the time and he will also comfort my 9 month old when she is teething and just wants to be held. He's a fan of diaper changing too: he turns it into a game where he sees how many times he can make the baby laugh in one change. My husband is very hands on. Since I breastfeed, he gives both girls their baths all the time and he will also comfort my 9 month old when she is teething and just wants to be held. He’s a fan of diaper changing too: he turns it into a game where he sees how many times he can make the baby laugh in one change.

]]> By: Eilat http://www.blisstree.com/breastfeeding123/ten-ways-fathers-can-bond-with-the-breastfed-baby/comment-page-1/#comment-1053 Eilat Mon, 02 Jul 2007 15:18:59 +0000 http://www.breastfeeding123.com/ten-ways-fathers-can-bond-with-the-breastfed-baby/#comment-1053 This takes me back (about 22 months) :-) We didn't want our son to take a pacifier so my son sucked on a lot of fingers, especially daddy's. I found the bottle-bonding thing strange too. When he was ~3 weeks old I pumped on one side to let a crack in my nipple heal for a few days and my son had never had a bottle. Grandma was so excited to feed it to him, she practically snatched the bottle from my hand as I prepared it. I couldn't watch. I got positively jealous! I had to leave the room. This takes me back (about 22 months) :-)
We didn’t want our son to take a pacifier so my son sucked on a lot of fingers, especially daddy’s.

I found the bottle-bonding thing strange too. When he was ~3 weeks old I pumped on one side to let a crack in my nipple heal for a few days and my son had never had a bottle. Grandma was so excited to feed it to him, she practically snatched the bottle from my hand as I prepared it. I couldn’t watch. I got positively jealous! I had to leave the room.

]]> By: Kelli http://www.blisstree.com/breastfeeding123/ten-ways-fathers-can-bond-with-the-breastfed-baby/comment-page-1/#comment-1103 Kelli Sun, 01 Jul 2007 15:02:56 +0000 http://www.breastfeeding123.com/ten-ways-fathers-can-bond-with-the-breastfed-baby/#comment-1103 I'll never forget when our son was a newborn, sleeping in his bouncy seat. My husband had just come home from work and I told him he should hold him since he hadn't gotten to all day. His reply was "I'll wait til he starts crying, that's my job". Since I had all the responsibility for breastfeeding and such, he viewed his job as comforting our son when he was crying for other reasons than hunger (since my son rarely took a bottle, my husband couldn't help out there). 20 months later, and it is still my husband's job - my husband has always jumped right in there when my son cried. I think it's why my son has never really preferred one of us over the other - whoever is around will do! All the other things you mentioned, of course, go a long, long in bonding! I’ll never forget when our son was a newborn, sleeping in his bouncy seat. My husband had just come home from work and I told him he should hold him since he hadn’t gotten to all day. His reply was “I’ll wait til he starts crying, that’s my job”. Since I had all the responsibility for breastfeeding and such, he viewed his job as comforting our son when he was crying for other reasons than hunger (since my son rarely took a bottle, my husband couldn’t help out there). 20 months later, and it is still my husband’s job – my husband has always jumped right in there when my son cried.

I think it’s why my son has never really preferred one of us over the other – whoever is around will do!

All the other things you mentioned, of course, go a long, long in bonding!

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