A Formula For Embarrassment
(When my daughter was born, my mother-in-law hated that I was breastfeeding her and would try to order me to get her onto bottled formula. A couple of weeks after giving birth, I bring my baby to see my husband’s grandmother. My baby starts crying while she is being held by her great-grandmother.)
Grandmother: “Do you breastfeed her?”
Mother-In-Law: *grunts* “Yes, she thinks it’s natu—”
Grandmother: *cuts her off* “Well, get your boob out; the wee thing is hungry, and booby is best.”
([Mother-In-Law] never chastised me again for breastfeeding.)
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