Also, I think it absolutely could happen spontaneously. Kai could smell the combination of vulnerability and breastmilk a mile away, and you can bet he'd crawl his chubby little cloth-diapered butt over as fast as he could.
And you get out of the pose to pull your shirt strap off and then get back into the pose so he can nurse and that's totally natural~
Also, I think it absolutely could happen spontaneously. Kai could smell the combination of vulnerability and breastmilk a mile away, and you can bet he'd crawl his chubby little cloth-diapered butt over as fast as he could.
And you get out of the pose to pull your shirt strap off and then get back into the pose so he can nurse and that's totally natural~
It's all speculation, but it COULD happen that the baby came over while she was yoga-ing and tried to get in her shirt, and she was like, ok, whatever, I'll make it easier for you - either because it meant she could keep yoga-ing without her kid crying, or just because she thought it was funny. Then her spouse sees her and says, what the hell, that's absurd - absurdly funny! And runs for his camera. She does appear to be laughing in the photo. It seems we're taking it all much more seriously than she is.
Or maybe it's photoshopped. That would actually be hilarious.
Post by thedahliharpa on Jan 30, 2015 0:06:37 GMT -5
I LOL'd and then thought, damn I'm a pretty good breastfeeder but maybe I have not reached my full potential. I haven't read the other responses but idk I don't feel critical of it, it's not like she's sucking off her husband like BJ Barbie. She's just a weird yoga chic.
I'm shocked I'm the lone dissenter in here, lol. But what if she does nurse while doing yoga? I'm not saying this isn't an opportunist picture, but isn't that what basically 90% of instagram is? You AW stuff you think you rock at or enjoy. People takes pictures of food, clothes, gym workouts, whatever. So she took a picture of this, and she's proud of it. I don't have an issue with it.
Post by orriskitten on Jan 30, 2015 4:04:03 GMT -5
I had seen the naked mom and baby yoga bf one in an article. It read like a move to Hawaii ad lol. Basically how they're just always naked and the baby comes over for a snack while she was yoga-ing.
My only thought was the baby crawling around naked outside. What if she sat on something sharp or prickly? Bugs?! Naked baby crawling around made me nervous lol.
I get the bf stuff. It's incredibly strange here to not bf and I often feel bad and have my list of excuses why I don't.
In a few months when T is on cow milk, I won't have to deal with it anymore and that will be that.
Truthfully, if I could do this, I might AW the shit out of it too. No way am I going to bash it. I think it's a pretty beautiful shot.
This is how I feel. I might not take a picture and put it on the internet, but if I looked that good and my boob wouldn't slap me in the face, I would totally pull this one out as my favorite party trick. "Look what I can do!"
I wonder how many takes it took! It would take me FOREVER to get one where I was pleased with my cherub looking adorable, my face not looking weird, full nipple coverage but attractive side boob, flattering leg angles ...
I think it would be too much effort for me. But then I'm not a yogi. Nor am I the kind of person that would post a picture of myself like that on facebook.
HOWEVER I clearly remember how I felt the day I ran a 5k race when william was 3 months old. I was nursing him at the starting line and some woman was all "you are amazing! Way to go mama" and I glowed with pride. If I were the kind of person who posts such pictures, hell I'd post a picture of myself breast feeding at the starting or finishing line of a race. I'm proud of being a runner and I'm proud of breastfeeding. I worked very hard for these "achievements".
So while the photo is AWish and contrived/staged I guess I can't find fault with it. She's proud of these things.
Don't we all present the very best of ourselves on social media?
I also understand how it must be difficult as a FF mom to see these things. It's true that breastfeeding is revered now and there's no "bottle pride!" mentality really. So from that point of view I see how these things popping up in your feed would feel a bit like a kick in the face if you already feel sensitive about your choices.
I feel like this about working. When a friend posts a status like "so happy to SAH with these kids! So happy I get to spend all this time with my little babies" etc. I feel a moment of guilt about my own choices.
Ultimately I know that this is what's best for us and I have to own that but I feel insecure about it often and it's easy for me to be nudged from mild insecurity to flat out guilt and severe self doubt for my choices simply by reading a FB status. which is dumb.
I'm going to strap william on my back with a bottle and have H take a photo of me doing barbell deadlifts. First I will wait until I'm strong enough to use heavy weights. OR use those bumper plates that only weigh 10lbs but look like they weigh 45lbs
OBV. I would put a large-font label on the bottle to indictate it contains 100% breast milk.