| How
husbands can support breastfeeding? |
| give moral
support and word of encouragement during bad days.. (Kit, A supportive
husband) |
| By helping
to do some housework (esp for those who don't have maid or relatives)
to ease the wife's burden & thus enabling the wife's to concentrate
on bf. (Sheela SAHM) |
| My DH has
a joke. He says he helped me to breastfeed by keeping his mouth shut!
(N) |
| Hubby always
ask what I have for lunch at office... make sure that I'm eating healthily.
If I eat with him, say like fish, he will gimme the meaty part... if soup,
he will make sure I have extra more. Because hubby is quite thin also,
sometimes, I will insist that he eat more...so sometimes, we are like
playing tai-chi at dining table. (Mama to Jiann Yang (07/07/2002) and
Jia Ee (15/04/2004)) |
| Get the brand
of pump the wife requested and not go to the shop and find the cheapest
and then, ask the promoter - can try ah? After that, check the breast
pump like he is buying a vaccum cleaner (Lilian) |
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When men
say something good about breastfeeding, it makes a strong impact, esp
on all the "well-meaning" elders, friends and strangers etc..
Husband's endorsement of the breastfeeding movement in the family helps
to keep excessive negativities that come mummy's way, esp for first
time mothers. (Audrey)
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| William does
not openly say he supports breastfeeding, but he helps to sterilise the
breast pumps and bottle (in a steam steriliser, as easy as ABC each night
before he goes to bed, so action speaks a thousand words!!! (GH)
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| helping me
to field criticism/negative comments about bfg. He did great at telling
our respective moms to stand back and let us deal with our child the way
we wanted to. I really needed that support 'cos I was getting so much
rubbish from both moms. It was too much emotion for me to handle at the
time. (a proud tandem nurser) |
Give the
moral support and assurance that the wife is doing great; she is such
a wonderful wife and mother; say words like I'm so proud of you; etc
will help. (Vivian)
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