breastfeeding Archives - Barbara Buckner Suárez

World Breastfeeding Week – But Is It Always Happy?

by Barbara Buckner Suárez | activism, breastfeeding

“It’s really hard sometimes. I’m frantically trying to mix the bottle and he’s really hungry and upset and I could comfort him so much more quickly if I could just breastfeed him. I wish I knew why they didn’t do what they were supposed to. Why didn’t you...

Silent Night

by Barbara Buckner Suárez | 31Days, 4th trimester, breastfeeding, engorgement, newborn, oversupply

I used to look forward to the silence that would surround us at 2 am when my baby would wake to eat – again. The whole world was asleep and we were the only two beings on earth locking our eyes on one another in that moonlit room. This was not always the case,...