Hi, Me again.
A well meaning relative of mine (ok my MIL) borrowed Clare Byam-Cook's "...if you can't" book from a friend's daughter as she thought it might help me. Unfortunately I didn't see what breastfeeding book she was handing me until it was too late and was too polite at the time to just hand it back!
She is coming round in a few days and I need to remember to give it back a I forgot last time I saw her.
I know she is going to ask if it was helpful and I would like to tell her no without sounding like an ungrateful git/psycho bitch.
I was going to say nothing but I am worried that she will then pass it on to my SIL who is already unsure about whether to breast feed her baby in a few weeks and I don't think such a negative book would help really.
I did read through the book although I knew roughly what her opinions were and it didn't make me feel any better. If I had followed her advice I would be wondering what was wrong with my S as he was not feeding every 3 to 4 hours like a 'normal,healthy baby' and would be fannying about trying to 'empty' my breasts with a pump to see how much milk was in them.
I am trying to come up with something short and snappy to sum up why I didn't enjoy it. MIL is not the best listener - hence bringing me the book when I was quite happy feeding him (forgot to add the 'Demand Feeding' page was folded down by the book's owner apparently). She has been a bit doubtful about how we can't know how much he is taking, how often he feeds etc since he was born, he is now 9 weeks.
Any suggestions welcome!
thanks again.