I got a piece of advice, some time ago, from a couple of more experienced mothers. Now that I've tried it for myself, I'll pass it on: when you're on a little road trip and nursing seems to be in order, sit next to the carseat and lean over so that your boob can reach your wee one's mouth. As one of the moms said, this becomes a little easier with each additional child. [For the same reason that an old woman might discover that the lump she felt on her breast was her belt buckle ;)] I tried this last night on the way back from the outlet mall, and it worked great - MrMan even fell asleep.
Speaking of breastfeeding, last weekend, I was nursing MrMan on a bench at the crowded mall. We were sharing the bench with another woman, whose friend showed up with her daughter in tow. The friend thanked me for nursing in public, expressing some of the sentiments I shared a few weeks ago. It was nice, I thought, for her to thank me, and made me feel like I might do the same to other nursing mothers in the future.
Speaking of last weekend, Sam and I celebrated our fourth anniversary. Four years and one month after our wedding, since we weren't together on our actual anniversary. We went out for fondue - it's something I've wanted to try, and the only meal I could think of that we definitely wouldn't take a baby. (Need to take advantage of free babysitting while we can.) It was a good experience. I'd like to fondue (assuming it's a verb) in the future, but maybe at home, where I can have more say about what I'm eating. You know, I enjoyed dessert, but could have done with a little less sweetness. We had intended to then go to a movie, but dinner took longer than anticipated.
Speaking of sweetness, one of my eating fixations these days is Whole Food's 365 Sandwich Cremes. Basically like Oreos, but I like the filling better. I enjoy the kind while one vanilla side, one chocolate side. I also enjoy saying "creme" as "krem," not "kreem."
Speaking of creme, I'm also enjoying Whole Foods' Orange Creme soda.
Posted by Shokufeh at August 27, 2006 11:28 PMHappy anniversary! Wishing you many, MANY more awesome years together! I've only tried nursing Lucas in his carseat like that just once. It hurt and was a PAIN! But he did fall asleep almost instantly. I felt like a contortionist. :) Fondue is SO yummy ~ that's what we did for my bachelorette party way back when. Dessert fondue.
Posted by: Lisanne at August 28, 2006 11:43 AMI was nursing once at a playarea at the mall and they asked me to stop because of "public nudity". I got so fired up and asked for the mall manager and he stood up for the security guard. I asked why I couldn't feed my child and other women could be dressed showing more than I was walking around and they just looked at my like I was a nutcase. Anyway, reading this post made me really, really happy!
Posted by: Mouzhan at August 29, 2006 01:39 PMHappy Anniversary! My husband loves to make reservations at the Melting Pot for our anniversaries. It was such a big hit with us the first time, he made it a tradition. Even though we go every year, it always takes longer than anticipated. :)
Posted by: Freckle Face Girl at August 30, 2006 01:23 PMHappy Anniversary!!! We just had our 4th too!
Wanna know somethind sad? In the last year, I've seen ONE woman breastfeeding, and she totally went about it the wrong way, sitting there completely exposed in a bookstore before and after the child was even nursing. Now that's public nudity, but feeding your child on a bench as you did, a great role model! I am getting better about it, but I still feel slighly nervous someone will say something.
Posted by: Hannah at September 2, 2006 12:30 AM