7.21.2009
breast feeding
Can anyone help me explain breast feeding in 3 year old terms. Ellie mentioned the baby eating baby food when he comes out. I told her that babies sometimes eat from their mommies and she looked at me and said, "can I too?" Umm. No. She is infatuated with boobs. I'm afraid when I tell her the baby will eat from mine she'll be even more interested in boobs. This is hard. How did you explain this to your first child when the 2nd or subsequent child came along?
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I just told Emma that little babies drink Mommy's milk and older kids drink moo-cow milk. Ellie will probably start "nursing" her dolls, Emma did.
Ellie has been especially interested in my rapidly growing boobs, too. I explained to her that the baby will drink milk out of them. She asked if she could and I said no, she drinks out of a big girl cup. I think it went over pretty well. The one thing I wish I hadn't explained to her? How the doctor is going to cut the baby out of my stomach. She started crying and said it would hurt me. What was I thinking telling a 3 year old that???
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