February 9, 2011
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Introducing Max.
My cousin Tinou had her second child this past week- Max weighed in at 10 lbs and 11 ounces- the second largest natural birth the obstetrician had ever delivered.
I find it strange that a woman’s friends will just hang around when she starts breastfeeding. I mean, it’s perfectly natural and beautiful and all that jazz, but still, I’d be all, “Oh let me give you some privacy- let me know when you’re done.” Because if my guy friends ever had to do some activity where, say, they had to have their ball hanging out for a few minutes, I wouldn’t hang around and be chattin’ them up. I’d ask, “Hey man, let me know when you’re done here” and let them free ball in privacy for however long they need to. I’m okay with women breast feeding in public (there are just some times where you can’t find privacy), but I’m more than okay to let them have their privacy by me moving away.
Anyway, sorry for lack of updates (as usual). I’ve been pretty consistent with updating several of my other blogs with content, but I figure you guys would be bored and all tl;dr (don’t worry, of the several I update, they read like a teenager’s diary or something). Cheers!
Comments (2)
i was there when my sister-in-law gave birth for the first time and was also there when the breastfeeding coach was teaching her to breastfeed. awkward, but i didn’t feel comfortable walking out of the room either. i ended up having to pretend this was all normal/fine with me.
10 pounds 11 ounces! wow. congratulations to your family. my brother was 10 pounds 1 ounce, also born with lots of hair like your cousin’s son.
@SarahakaHungry -
haha, well, I don’t mind if they’re doing it in front of me, but I’d just want to make sure they were comfortable enough to do so without feeling bad about asking me to leave. Yeeeaaahhh, Max is pretty cute- he doesn’t fuss and he just loves sleeping and not doing anything. Must be a guy thing.