«Breast Feeding»

Breastfeeding is a gift that lasts a lifetime.

Author Unknown

It is only in the act of nursing that a woman realizes her motherhood in visible and tangible fashion; it is a joy of every moment.

Honore de Balzac

Imagine that the world had created a new ’dream product’ to feed and immunize everyone born on earth. Imagine also that it was available everywhere, required no storage or delivery, and helped mothers plan their families and reduce the risk of cancer. Then imagine that the world refused to use it.

Frank A. Oski

Nursing does not diminish the beauty of a woman’s breasts; it enhances their charm by making them look lived in and happy.

Robert A. Heinlein

Breastfeeding is a mother’s gift to herself, her baby and the earth.

Pamela K. Wiggins

Mother’s milk, time-tested for millions of years, is the best nutrient for babies because it is nature’s perfect food.

Robert S. Mendelsohn

A newborn baby has only three demands. They are warmth in the arms of its mother, food from her breasts, and security in the knowledge of her presence. Breastfeeding satisfies all three.

Grantly Dick-Read

While breastfeeding may not seem the right choice for every parent, it is the best choice for every baby.

Amy Spangler

The influence of bottle-feeding makes many people think that ‘nipple sucking’ is breastfeeding. It is not. If the baby sucks his mother’s nipples as he would a bottle teat, it damn well hurts.

(The Politics of Breastfeeding: When Breasts Are Bad for Business)

Gabrielle Palmer

Breastfeeding reminds us of the universal truth of abundance; the more we give out, the more we are filled up, and that divine nourishment - the source from which we all draw - is, like a mother’s breast, ever full and ever flowing.

Sarah Buckley

Breastfeeding is an unsentimental metaphor for how love works, in a way. You don’t decide how much and how deeply to love — you respond to the beloved, and give with joy exactly as much as they want.

Marni Jackson

When you hold a child to your breast to nurse, the curve of the little head echoes exactly the curve of the breast it suckles, as though this new person truly mirrors the flesh from which it sprang.

(Dragonfly in Amber)

Diana Gabaldon