10 years ago I had a homebirth, I breastfed, coslept, sling wore, BLWed and now you’d never know

[sweetkitty]

Homebirth absolutely rocked as as she was number 3, breastfeeding was easy, coslept from birth until 18 months she as number 4 was due. Breastfed on demand through the night, she went into her own bed and room fine.

The point I’m making is the baby years are over in the blink of an eye and now at age 10 I have a happy healthy little girl but you’d never know any of it. Don’t sweat it just do what’s right for you and you baby.

I think your intention is good but it sound hugely patronising and something matter at a personal level, st a population level and sometimes both. I think it’s really dismissive to say it doesn’t matter.

I had an unplanned caesarean, didn’t co-sleep, mixed breast and bottle from 10 weeks. She slept fine and went into her own bed fine.

She’s a screaming nightmare .

Just kidding she’s a bright, confident, gorgeous (occasionally stroppy) 15yr old.

Not sure the point of this thread but if we’re going to just randomly boast about what a great job we’ve done, mission accomplished.

I appreciate this op! Good to know. Thank you.

I get the point you're making OP. I couldn't breastfeed, beat myself up over it, I was induced, she ended up in SCBU... and she's sprawled out on my bed fast asleep, a hulking great 10yo who's funny, clever, sarky, opinionated, infuriating, fabulous and very much her own person...and all those things I worried about 10 years ago count for nothing now. Whatever you do and however you do it, it all comes out right in the end.

Sorry if I sounded patronising that was not my intention. It was just to say that when you look at any 10 year old you don’t know how was breastfed and for how long.

I had a terrible time feeding no1, had family constantly berating me about cosleeping and letting her fall asleep on the boob. I remember a thread I started on here about creating a rod for my own back by cosleepung as people had told me they would still be in my bed at 15.

You stress so much when they are babies but it goes past in the blink of an eye and that part of their lives is just a tiny part.

Now it’s the teenage years eek!

Thanks op I agree. I wish somebody had said that to me before I had my first as I put far too much pressure on myself trying to do everything ‘by the book.’ Ds is now 16 months and I’m only now starting to relax off alittle but it’s hard. I know if I have a second one I’ll do things very differently.

C section. Nicu. Bottle fed. Slept through the night from 11 weeks..... strapping 9 year old. Healthy and happy.