Breastfeeding Stories It is the project to prepare a book to support breastfeeding, born from the idea of Carlos, the five-year-old son, still breastfeeding, of Monica, an Ecuadorian who supports the Free Family page.
Carlos asked him for help to make a book about “milk,” which is how he refers to breast milk, and then he started thinking about the best way to help him.
She, as she tells me, had already thought about making a book related to breastfeeding, but it seemed too big a task and she would lack knowledge and experience. However, when he saw Carlos' ease and determination in saying that he wanted to write a breastfeeding book, he thought that it had possibly been getting too complicated. If his 5-year-old son, who is still learning to write, spoke with such certainty about his idea, then it could not be so complicated.
He began thinking about options for the book to be written alone, since Carlos was not going to sit down to write, and it occurred to him that we could ask for the help of other mothers through the network, in exchange for a copy of the book. Of course, the project is neither professional nor scientific, but colloquial and friendly.
He thought of those long hours lying down, breastfeeding his newborn, in which he settled with a light reading. These are very good moments after delivery, together with the baby, but they can also be very hard if you don't feel supported. He thought it would be ideal to have a collection of breastfeeding stories to somehow accompany us among mothers, or be part of a support group without borders or time or space.
Carlos wants “milk to be happy,” which she interprets that means that moms and babies have the opportunity to enjoy our breastfeeding. He gets excited when he sees other nursing children, and he is sure to love knowing that his book helped a mother continue to breastfeed despite comments or difficulties.
For my part, I want to contribute by spreading breastfeeding at a less scientific and studied level. I would like mothers who read the stories to be infected with the joy of breastfeeding, and to decide to do so freely and in their own enjoyment of motherhood.
To send the stories you can visit the page Breastfeeding stories during the months of March and April 2010.
I thought it was a beautiful idea, both for the charming Carlos and his desire to tell things about the "happy tit" as for the kind work of dissemination that these Breastfeeding stories. Do you cheer up?
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