Let’s talk about ‘milk kick in”
I don’t know who invented this
term.
I am not even sure what exactly
it means.
Based on my reading on the group,
where this term was use far too often, it simply means when your ‘real’ milk
come…after the colostrum…
So my question is that, colostrum
is not ‘real’ milk?!
I have no idea why such term was
created.
What I know is that, this term
allow some moms to whine and cry about how their newborn tummy are not full
because their milk haven’t ‘kick in”.
Feels like kicking myself
whenever I say ‘kick in’!
What is that?! What is this?!
Your newborn tummy is
unbelievably small when they were born! Few drops of colostrum will keep them
satisfied.
So why did they refuse to let go
of their mommy nipple?!
Because that is the closest they
can be from their previous home; your womb!
Because that is the only way they
can hear the sound they have been hearing for the last 9 months; your
heartbeat! (though I am not so sure how good is their hearing..kikiki)
Because that is the warmest and coziest
place on earth for them!
And because, that is the
stimulation you need as a new mom for your breast to start producing more milk!
(ohhhh…maybe this is where this term started! Okay…my bad)
Women not only need to love their
body more…but they also need to trust their body more.
They need to believe that their
body are design to survive labour and to give birth to child and they
need to believe that their boobies are design to nurse their babies!
Of course there are some of us
who have some challenges…but lets cross the bridge when we get there.
Why can’t we simply believe that
we can do this?!
And remember…walking is natural
as well…we never doubt our feet when we started to walk…but it still need some practice….
Same like breastfeeding.
The best part is, we are now old
enough to learn more and to understand more….(compared to the time when we
first take that 1st step!)
All mamaS got milk! :D