Breastfeeding: From a Husband’s Point of View
My wife has been breastfeeding our oldest son, Daniel, for
nearly 3 years now. To be completely honest, I was very paranoid when my wife
first started breastfeeding. I felt that every single guy that passed by while
she was breastfeeding was trying to get a look at her breasts. I mean men will
be men, right? You see a woman, shirt pulled down, breast out in the open, you
can’t help but look, right? WRONG!!! Let’s be real men, if you find
breastfeeding to be even mildly sexual, you have issues. All breastfeeding is,
is your baby eating/drinking the most nutritious, healthy food they possibly
can be. Not only is it good for the baby but it is good for the mom as well. In
fact most people didn't even realize that she was breastfeeding. I think me
looking so paranoid caused more attention to us as a couple than our son
actually being latched on.
The reason that most people feel uncomfortable around
breastfeeding is because they didn't grow up around it and it wasn't part of
their everyday lives. The first time I can remember seeing a child being
breastfed was when Taisha was pregnant and she and I were sitting in an office
waiting for an appointment. The woman was sitting about 4 seats down from us
when her son started to fuss. She looked at her husband for approval and then
she pulled that whopper out. I mean her breast had to be an F Cup (it was
bigger than the baby) and she started to breastfeed her baby. I felt very uncomfortable
but at the same time compelled to look. If I felt that way, I would imagine
that every guy would.
Today, Taisha tandem nurses both of our sons Joshua and
Daniel. Although it is rare that she has to nurse both at the same time in
public, it does happen from time to time. I am now 100% for breastfeeding
anytime; anywhere. Being that a lot of the people we know now breastfeed, I am
around it all the time and don’t even notice when women are breastfeeding. I
think that if our society stops making breasts such sexual objects,(don’t get
me wrong, I like my wife’s breasts) and
helps people understand what they are really intended for, breastfeeding will be
part of normal everyday life and that is the way it should be.
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| Photo courtesy of Psalm 139 Studios |
About the Author:
Dan is a husband to his wife, Taisha, for 6 years and has 2
wonderful boys. He also owns a water treatment company called United
Environmental Solutions. UES is a distributor for multiple different types of
water treatment equipment. For more information, visit their website at http://www.waterpurificationfiltration.net.
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