These are some of my favorite stories from Motherwear's recent contest (see the winning entry here). You can also read the ones that cracked me up from the last contest, and read all of the entries, too.
My nursing tip comes from when I was home on maternity leave with my first child (I am now at home with my 3rd!). If you are dialing in for a conference call (especially one with clients on the phone line), be sure you know how to "mute" your end of the line! I thought I could just follow along with the conference call using my notes, while nursing. A friend later told me that everybody on the call could hear the happy slurping noises from my new baby! How embarrassing! Thankfully, I didn't hear about it until I returned to work a few weeks later, and everybody got a good laugh (nobody was upset, they were just happy for me!). -Becky R., VA
As a mother of 4 boys one can only imagine the hilarious comments the kids say on a day to day basis. One that makes me smile is when I had just sat down to nurse my 2 1/2 month old, who had been screaming due to the fact he had to wait for me to finish the sandwiches for lunch and help my 2 year old to the bathroom. Just as I began to snuggle with my baby, my son Jonah (5 years) asks, "mommy can you go downstairs and help me turn on the computer?" I said, "No, I just sat down and Mateo has been waiting to eat. Let me feed him first." Jonah replies, "Mommy you can do anything nursing. You empty the dishwasher, take Luca to the potty, why can you not walk downstairs? You know you can use your 'nurses' to do that too! Now can you help me? You can still feed Mateo! I smiled as I reflected on his comments. As woman it really is amazing the things 'Mommy' can do! It just makes it that much more special when someone else recognizes it too! Here is to "multi-task nursing!" -Heather B., MA
I have only ever gotten positive comments when nursing in public (thanks to your comfortable and easy-to-nurse-in attire!) and after working through the uncomfortable feelings of nursing in front of others with my first, I confidently nursed in public frequently with my second. He was about 4 or 5 months old when I was shopping in a store that had a small cafe with tables inside. My son got hungry so I sat in the cafe to feed him, watching the other shoppers as he ate. One shopper walked by, saw us nursing, and said "Oh, look, he's having his latte, too!" What a sweet comment! -Allison M., AZ
My son likes to stretch out and move while nursing so it is easiest and most comfortable for us if I nurse him while lying on my side. When we were visiting my parents one weekend, my youngest nephew (4 years old) happened to walk by the bedroom where I was nursing my son. He stopped, looked, and exclaimed loudly, "You're laying on his face!" and insisted that I move. It was all I could do not to laugh out loud; he was so sincerely concerned that I was hurting his little cousin! After a carefully-worded explanation I was eventually able to convince him that his cousin was simply eating and could breathe just fine during the process. It's something we'll laugh about for a long time to come. -Kristen H., SD
I wanted to share my tip: enjoy the time that you have nursing with your little one because they grow up so quickly. My nursing story: When my daughter was 6 months old she started popping her head up from nursing everytime her Daddy would enter the room. She would give him this really serious look like he was interrupting her. Now that she is 15 months old he can be in the room again, but he better not speak too loudly or she waves at him. -Rachel C., PA
We were on vacation on my 34th birthday. My family had arranged with the waiter to sing "happy birthday"... the entire dining room turned to sing "happy birthday" to me... as I was nursing my daughter. Clearly, a birthday I will never forget! -Hollie T.E., NY
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