Meanwhile, I am working on a second book, "Barbacking at the Milkbar: Supporting the Breastfeeding Pair" for the support person. As crucial as we know you are, there are almost no resources available for you! However, to make it a meaningful, helpful book, I need to hear from you! If you (or someone you know) fits the description of the non-breastfeeding parent of a breastfed child, please take a moment to answer a few questions about your experience. Please know I won't share your answers in any way that will identify you without you permission. You can email answers to me directly at kitchentablehealth@yahoo.com, or answer in the comments below.
Think of this as a chance to sit over a beer or coffee with someone who needs your advice, about to embark on parenting, and no one else is around. What would you say?
Questions for Partners of Breastfeeding Mothers:
1. What was the best advice you received or discovered? How was it helpful to you?
2. What advice/knowledge would you like to have received before your baby was born? How would it have helped?
3. Where did you find information about breastfeeding? Where (or how) would you have liked to have received that information?
4. What was your role in breastfeeding? Did it change over time?
5. What would you have wanted your role to have been in breastfeeding? Would that have changed over time?
6. Would you describe your family's breastfeeding experience as successful? In what ways was it or was it not successful?
7. What other stories, anecdotes, wisdom or advice would you offer to people about to be parents and hoping to support the mom in breastfeeding?
Thank you! I really appreciate your time, thought and generosity in sharing your experiences with the next generation of parents.
