I have never been a huge fan of Gisele Bundchen. Yes, she does have a rockin body, but her face doesn't do it for me. I'm more of a Catherine Zeta-Jones, Kim Kardashian fan when it comes to looks. ( If boys can have bromances, then I can have womances, right?)Anyway, this week she has come out and said that it should be a "law that every woman HAS to breast feed their babies for at least 6 months". This irritated me. A lot. I realize she was probably just over exaggerating because she thinks breast feeding is great, but for me, it made her even more unappealing.
I have never breast fed, never even tried to breast feed. It's just not my thang. I'll take a nice bottle of Similac or Enfamil any day. I think I'm just fine as a mother and don't really care to have people think I'm some how less than motherly because I prefer the bottle. At the same time, I think breast feeding is great for those that want to do it. I kinda go by the "live and let live" slogan. What about all those people that physically CANNOT breast feed. Some people just don't have milk, are they less womanly because of it-NO. So in conclusion, breast feed or bottle feed, just be sure to actually feed your baby in some way.
I also have been thinking about the subject of middle names. I wasn't given a middle name because my mom assumed us girls would get married and our maiden name would be our middle name. I spent 22 years without a middle name and I hated it. All my friends had nifty middle names and I was just the boring two named girl. For this reason, I gave Abbie my name for a middle name and plan on giving our baby my mom's name for a middle name. But do you think its possible that they will hate having to give up their maiden name because they have real middle names? I can just see it now. Abbie will drop the Kriss and make our last name her middle name. I guess I won't really care, but it kinda defeats the purpose, ya know? I realize that none of these problems are really earth shattering, but these are the things I think about and sometimes I feel like rambling, that's all.
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I don't have middle name. Hey, maybe that is why I am not married. Better give her a middle name. Totally kidding but you know I have friends that worry that names determine whether or not their daughters will marry.
I dropped my maiden name and kept my middle name. Both of my daughters have my middle name as well (the boys all have my husband's). My mom however, did have a middle name and has been married twice so now her name is Jeri Bonna Jolley Seastrand Webb (I think she signs Jeri J. Webb). Hence, she didn't give my sister a middle name. I think it's all personal choice.
Amen on the breastfeeding. I don't make milk, I have tried and failed twice, it just doesn't come in.
I have a middle name and I have always hated it. I did not give my girls middle names because of the marriage thing though.
Take it from a girl who had Ricord for a middle name. It got cut anyway. Give her a middle name.
AMEN!!! to the breastfeeding. I heard about whatever her name is on the radio. Please...the breastfeeding thing is entirely overrated. However, I'm with you...live and let live. Great for those who can and want to, but leave those who don't or can't ALONE!!! I loved having a middle name. I still use it ocasionally, but I think middle names are great.
As for your previous post. I swear the drs office scales weigh me 5 pounds heavier than I really am. I HATE their scales. So I would say you only gained 4lbs :)
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