Pro of being SAHM - Breastfeeding

One of the great benefits of being a SAHM is that being at home encouraged me to try harder to breastfeed. When I had my first child, I stopped breastfeeding after I returned to work. That was because my workplace was not supportive of breastfeeding mothers. There was just no place for us to pump! Some mothers have resorted to do it in the toilet and to me that was yuckkks! If you have seen the condition of the lavatory you would know what I mean. Then, my thoughts were what's the point of sterilising the bottles if I was going to pump in the yucky dirty toilet!


I became a SAHM after I had my second child. This time round, I was more determined to establish a good breastfeeding flow. After all, since I knew I was not returning to work, I knew I could breastfeed for as long as I or the baby wants to.


And breastfeeding has or rather IS one of the greatest experience I have as a mother. I absolutely love it. Despite facing numerous challenges along the way, I feel so much closer to my baby and I absolutely melt whenever I see a smiling baby with a nipple in his mouth! Its as if he is saying 'Thanks Mom!' It has worked out so well that I am still breastfeeding him at 18 months. I don't know when I will stop or when he decides that he no longer wants to breastfeed. But I don't think he is going to stop anytime soon!