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Dear Parent Unable To Breastfeed Your Baby For Whatever Reason

Monday, August 09, 2021 | 100 Views |

I hope you know you’re doing ok if your baby is fed, in whatever way! This letter is “permission” if that’s what you have been waiting for, to be the expert on you and your child.

You know what's best for you! No matter what the world comes up with to marginalise you and to invalidate your efforts to merely stay alive for your baby, know that you are important, you and your baby’s experiences are valid, and you and your baby’s health including your mental health are more important in this season than anything else.

Yours

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Dear Parent Unable To Breastfeed Your Baby For Whatever Reason

I hope you know you’re doing ok if your baby is fed, in whatever way! This letter is “permission” if that’s what you have been waiting for, to be the expert on you and your child.