Tovarich EmmyNoether on Nostr: It will clearly have exactly the opposite effect. Establishing breastfeeding (as the ...
It will clearly have exactly the opposite effect.
Establishing breastfeeding (as the actual mother of the baby) is hard - supply and demand have to adjust round each other, which requires frequent feeding (sometimes almost constant feeding for a day or so in the early weeks).
This is why mothers are discouraged from mixed feeding in the early weeks, because introducing even one bottle a day upsets this delicate balance. (Later on mixed feeding works much better than the doctrinaire breastfeeding enthusiasts like to admit).
Of course a man getting some sort of narcissistic kick (best case scenario) from snatching the baby from its mother's breast is going to interfere with, quite possible completely undermine, this process.
Establishing breastfeeding (as the actual mother of the baby) is hard - supply and demand have to adjust round each other, which requires frequent feeding (sometimes almost constant feeding for a day or so in the early weeks).
This is why mothers are discouraged from mixed feeding in the early weeks, because introducing even one bottle a day upsets this delicate balance. (Later on mixed feeding works much better than the doctrinaire breastfeeding enthusiasts like to admit).
Of course a man getting some sort of narcissistic kick (best case scenario) from snatching the baby from its mother's breast is going to interfere with, quite possible completely undermine, this process.