{"id":182,"date":"2016-12-14T16:42:58","date_gmt":"2016-12-14T16:42:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blessedfeed.com\/?p=182"},"modified":"2017-10-13T21:06:02","modified_gmt":"2017-10-13T21:06:02","slug":"the-gift-of-breastfeeding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blessedfeed.com\/?p=182","title":{"rendered":"The Gift of Breastfeeding"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blessedfeed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Give-the-gift-of-breastfeeding.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-179 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/blessedfeed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Give-the-gift-of-breastfeeding.jpg\" alt=\"give-the-gift-of-breastfeeding\" width=\"402\" height=\"312\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blessedfeed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Give-the-gift-of-breastfeeding.jpg 402w, http:\/\/blessedfeed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Give-the-gift-of-breastfeeding-300x233.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 402px) 100vw, 402px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The gift of breastfeeding lasts a lifetime.\u00a0 To be perfectly frank with new parents it often isn&#8217;t the easiest gift to give.\u00a0 It takes time for new babies to learn the skill of breastfeeding, even though it is innate and they have an instinctive drive to seek the breast and feed.\u00a0 It takes time for new moms to recognize and physically adjust to their body&#8217;s new role as a breastfeeding mother and trust their body to provide exclusively for a demanding newborn.\u00a0 This isn&#8217;t always a blissful transition.<\/p>\n<p>New parents need time to trust that their newborn is thriving on breast milk.\u00a0 During the early postpartum\u00a0 period they need expert advice and constant, thoughtful encouragement.\u00a0 New parents also benefit by being prepared.\u00a0 Breastfeeding doesn&#8217;t require a bunch of gadgets or even detailed problem solving know how.\u00a0 Breastfeeding requires dedication, knowledge of the normal, often messy process and willingness to adapt to your unique infant&#8217;s disposition and needs. \u00a0\u00a0 Take a breastfeeding class.\u00a0 Register a friend or sister or daughter for a baby shower gift.\u00a0 If their goal is to breastfeed, it may be the most important gift of that baby&#8217;s lifetime.<\/p>\n<p>Debby<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The gift of breastfeeding lasts a lifetime.\u00a0 To be perfectly frank with new parents it often isn&#8217;t the easiest gift to give.\u00a0 It takes time for new babies to learn the skill of breastfeeding, even though it is innate and<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/blessedfeed.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/182"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/blessedfeed.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/blessedfeed.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blessedfeed.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blessedfeed.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=182"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/blessedfeed.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/182\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":210,"href":"http:\/\/blessedfeed.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/182\/revisions\/210"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/blessedfeed.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=182"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blessedfeed.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=182"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blessedfeed.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=182"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}