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For those of you who welcome BF mom's in your daycare, how do you handle the other kids while mom is feeding? I have a mom who is having a baby and I am sure she will nurse here as she did with her previous child, although at that time I had a seperate area for her. I'm just not sure how to handle it with the other kids who I am sure will have questions. I myself am a very private person, and while I have no issues with the mom feeding her infant, feel anxiety about the other kids watching and asking questions. Silly I know. Any advice?
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All my kids were breastfed themselves and they all see their friend's parents breastfeed new babies, so it's nothing new around here.
If they ask questions, answer them. The mom is feeding her baby. She has milk that comes out of her breast.
My daughter (2 yrs old, stopped nursing at 16 months) pretends to nurse her babies herself because she just sees it as normal. We have pretend bottles for the kids the use, but today she put the baby to her chest as if nursing,
. I guess I don't really understand what the big fuss is all about (I'm not talking about OP, I understand your anxiety in talking with kids about it if they're not used to seeing it...).
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Reminds me of a mom I had years ago. She would sit and bf her son and the others would get curious. She was very open and comfortable about it and the kids were good too. She always answered any questions they had. But later throughout the whole year I notice the kids who played in the doll area would sit and place the dollys up agaisnt their chests and pretend breastfeed.
It was actually really cute because it is a natural thing and the kids should feel comfortable about it as well.
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You may want to mention to the parents of the other children that this might come up, just to make sure there are no objections there, either. I doubt that there would be, but you just never know unless you ask. They might have their own ideas about how they want their childrens' questions answered as well.Comment
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I dont' have any currently but in the past mom would sit on my rocker in the play room and cover up and chat. (She had a 30+ minute commute and her pumping sessions were just so that she was often full when she got here.) The kids would ask what she was doing, she would say feeding the baby. They stared/watched for a few days and it became old hat and then they ignored her.Comment
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When other people's kids have asked me about breast-feeding (generally at places like church, play group, etc), I've answered just their specific question, and I don't volunteer any other information. If they ask more questions, I certainly don't mind answering honestly, but I don't give more than that. And then I'd tell their parents exactly what I said, just in case there were further questions later on.
If you're matter-of-fact about it, the kids will be too, and they won't see it as anything other than perfectly normal (which means they'll likely stop asking questions
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"She's feeding her baby with breastmilk"
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I'll never understand why this needs to be explained or spoken about any differently than a bottle fed child? What on earth is wrong with this country? LOL
My daughter pretends to breastfeed her dolls. LOL
I remember when my dd (now 14) was helping her grandmother create a gift basket for her aunt that was expecting her first child. My dd came to me after and said "we put bottles in the basket. What is she going to use THOSE for?" LOLComment
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