30 Best Breastfeeding Moments from Lactivist Mums

I asked what peoples best breastfeeding moments were on the Lactivist facebook page.

Here are the first 30 replies from mums with many different experiences of breastfeeding. From mums of many to mums of premature babies we have all experienced joy in breastfeeding and I wanted to preserve these memories. I hope the list makes you feel as happy as it made me feel.

Lisa

1.       That one’s easy – despite having breastfed six babies! It was when my eldest was a baby. He finished his meal and was asleep, his head on my breast, one arm under and the other arm over. His expression said “I have everything I want in the world!”

2.       Mine was when my son got milk drunk for the first time and just fell off the boob whilst drinking, I felt like I had done a very good mummy job.

3.       When my boys come off after feed with a big contented sleepy smile on their faces. X

4.       When my boys were about a year old and they would pull off, look at me, smile and then relatch. As if to say thank you!

5.       Right now!! Lying In bed with my oldest being a pest, youngest on the boob but asleep and realising we’ve made it past the hardest part and have now been exclusively BF for 3 weeks

6.       When my youngest looks at me with his big brown eyes and a smile when feeding! You cant beat

7.       When J was tiny (0-3 months), he would come off the breast, make a huge effort to lift up his head, and plonk it down on top of my boob to sleep

8.       The day my son finally took a full feed from me and ditched the cup feeds of my milk that he’d been having 3 weeks previously. I cried I was so happy. With my daughter it was when she finally twigged what to do on day 3.

9.       The first time my little boy latched after 3 days of syringe feeding him!

10.   Walking out of the hospital with my 10 day old ebf baby who has down syndrome after being told by a NICU nurse (nice lady ) that she had never seen it happen in 30 years she had worked there.

11.   When I tandem feed my toddler and baby and they look into each others eyes and hold hands.

12.   The day my littlest girl was allowed to be put to my breast after 7 days of being fed through a tube in special care! An how well she took to me finally ment she was nearly ok to come home x

13.   Milky bobos – the nursing sessions where he falls asleep but carries on nursing right the way through – sometimes for over an hour – then wakes up and grins up at me

14.   All of them xxx

15.   When you make them giggle while on the boobie. Or when you FIRST feed them after birth. Or when they look into your eyes while boobin’. It’s all precious!

16.   The 1st pain free feed after 1wk of mastitis followed by 1wk thrush! Bliss

17.   When my 3 year old giggles and wiggles and grins with joy and delight with anticipation of imminent nursing…”Milkamilk” is her very favourite thing

18.   L’s last feed by a beautiful Loch in Scotland.. x

19.   When my baby  was a few days old  really struggled to bf and it was around 2.30 am he woke for a feed and looked up at me as if to say this is the best thing in the world and if it wasn’t for my sister I wouldn’t have carried on she was a brill support xxx

20.   The first time she smiled at me with a mouthful of booby ♥ and I love every time she falls asleep with a mouthful of milk and it dribbles out the side of her mouth lol

21.   My best moment….. Probably when little one was old enough to ask for it, shouting loudly BOOBY! but I have many many best moments….. Too many, as every feed is a best moment

22.   Both of mine when they were really little would fall asleep but refuse to let go and would actually laugh in their sleep, don’t know if they were laughing about not letting go or just having a nice little dream but it was so cute!

23.   The fact that I am exclusively bfing a premature baby

24.   My son is so excited before a feed he grins, wiggles and kicks his legs…he loves it!

25.   My son was born 5 weeks prematurely and went straight to NICU. When he was 4 days old I was giving him kangaroo care and to my surprise he began to root and latched on immediately. He’s almost 15 weeks old now and is on the 91st percentile for his corrected age and 50th for actual age

26.   My daughter was 11 weeks early! She’s 15 weeks on Saturday, born 22nd Jan and we are exclusively bfing too

27.   My favourite moment (although there are many) is when you are watching them grow when they are EBF and knowing that it’s all down to you. My second put on a pound a week for a month after birth!

28.   First, newborn feeds. First tandem feeds and now my youngest is 23 months I love when he giggles in excited anticipation of getting “boo-boo”. ♥

29.   When my baby looks up into my eyes whilst feeding, nothing else like it

30.   When my 9month old baby girl nurses to sleep and pulls off with a sigh of satisfaction. Milk dribbling down her cheek:) and i also find it sweet when she crawls over to me urgently, smiling and fussing in anticipation for her nummies!

The hat pictured at the top is a KnittyTit hat and they are available from www.lactivist.co.uk along site a range of pro breastfeeding t-shirts, bags, badges, stickers and cards. The picture above is of my son having his dinner.

Lisa