Breast milk jewellery- cute or wierd?!

[wildmoon]

Okay.... so I can't decide if this is cute or WIERD.

But..... I am currently bf and drawing to the end of the journey- maybe another month or 2. I feel really sad about giving up but I know it's time.

I saw some breast milk jewellery where they use resin to make a pearl looking stone out of breast milk.

I thought maybe this would be a cute keepsake... if not to wear then maybe just a little heart shaped one to keep in a special box.

Thoughts on this? Cute? wierd?

Also- do you know of any other ideas for breastfeeding keepsakes/ souvenirs?

When my son gets poorly he recovers pretty quick. He's 9 months has only ever been poorly like 3 times. Were I was formula fed takes like a week for me to recover. He was better within a day.

Enmeshed much?

It's delusional to think you can know exactly what a baby feels. You are not him. He is not you.

Experts agree that skin to skin contact promotes feelings of security and closeness to the parents, which has shown to positively impact behaviour in children as they get older

I’d interested in learning from the expert research how positive the impacts are and for how long. I breastfed my son for just over 12 months so I’ve no skin in the game for dismissing it, but the biggest benefit
was convenience. My son is 20 and I’m certain skin on skin contact when he was a baby plays no part in the man he is.

Hate to be the arsehole that drops a study into an otherwise fairly light hearted thread but 😉

bmcpregnancychildbirth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12884-019-2264-0

Turns out no matter how babies are fed they’re equally bonded to their mums 🥰 great eh?

Or 2*

“Experts agree that skin to skin contact promotes feelings of security and closeness to the parents, which has shown to positively impact behaviour in children as they get older.”

Brilliant. Crack out that breast milk jewellery and recall that special bond when they’re 13 and slamming doors screaming that they hate you because you’re embarrassing. 😂

Thank god for science!

If you say so. But I do. I'm an empath.

Oh @Emmamoo89

enjoy these halcyon days…

I was just saying how it makes me feel. I wasn't saying breastfed are more bonded.

👍

But @Emmamoo89 you were also saying how it makes your baby son feel, because you’re an empath you

😄😄😄

You were saying your son felt loved due to breastfeeding. Ergo it helps with bonding.

The science disagrees. Game over.

I don’t get why so many posters are saying it’s gross? It’s breast milk not urine. I can totally see why someone might want to get something to mark that time of their life. I think if you do it OP this thread shows that maybe don’t share what it is with people but keep it as your own special reminder

I said it felt more loving. And nah it doesn't.

Agreed, but there is still physical contact regardless how many layers of clothing. The benefits are not exclusive to skin to skin, physical touch in general is good for babies developing brains and emotions.
I absolutely hear you about playing with their hands etc if bottle feeding, and am not saying formula fed babies can’t experience this kind of bonding. My point was just that due to the nature of breastfeeding, skin to skin contact is encouraged.

Yep. I'm done commenting on here now. Said all I need to say. Yous can crack on.

Is he in nursery?

It’s a bodily fluid. Like saliva, urine, semen, discharge, blood.

They're all yucky and likely to carry pathogens. Thus possibly health hazards.

The only "neutral" body fluid is tears if you ask me...

I don’t think DD was poorly at all before starting nursery at 14 months so therein may lie your answer…!

The study takes this into account and concludes it doesn’t make any difference to bonding. It’s an interesting read.

Do you also ‘cloth bum’ and co-sleep?

I understand. You’ve been on the thread literally all day, you must be shattered.

What’s an empath?