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Christine Staricka, IBCLC's avatar

Oh, so good, Mary! It’s so counter to all of the Western cultural messaging new parents hear. It’s like a constant wave of being told your baby is someone you have to change and control instead of accepting and living with their needs.

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Mary Foley RN, IBCLC's avatar

 The toughest truth or truths I think are the ones that involve normal biological infant behaviors. Trying to get across -no, your baby is not using you as a pacifier, or your baby is not manipulating you to feed in the middle of the night etc. Your baby needs you, plain and simple. It’s a biologically hardwired instinct for your baby to be held, nursed, nurtured.  Yes, it can be hard, but it can also be one of the biggest joys of your life. Or as an old saying goes, “the hardest job you’ll ever love.”

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