[color=purple] Some people who are close to me ...

[color=purple] Some people who are close to me are really starting to get on my nerves by making repetitive comments regarding breastfeeding/feeding my baby. He is 3 months old & exclusively breastfed. I have chosen to breastfeed since before he was born and I am very happy with the way it turned out, not having any major problems doing so. It was a little hard to begin with (being first time and all) but my heart was set on it, and nothing was going to stop me. I feel that if I want to breasfeed him - no bottles, no formula, no water... then I should be allowed to, without prejudice. I am constantly being told I should try and give him some water every now and then, or some formula every so often to 'have a break'. I have never complained about breastfeeding, so I'm not sure why these 'suggestions' are constantly thrown at me. I don't smoke or drink coffee or alcohol (like I used to before I fell pregnant with my son). I eat as healthy as I can and I take breastfeeding vitamins. I have never felt better. Sure, i'd like to have a drink with my friends and cousins but to be honest, it can wait, it really can. My baby is only a baby for a short time & he is most important over anything else in the world as far as I'm concerned. My baby has normal runny mustard poos so I don't see the point in giving him water and I honestly don't see the point in giving him formula if I have milk in my breasts! After all that's what they're for! I feel like a minority, everywhere I go. It seems that people and places are geared more toward bottle feeding. I went private during my pregnancy and my baby's birth and he visits his paed in the Mater medical suites which is also private. Such a large building, do you think they'd have a parent's room? Nothing. I was told I would have to go and feed him at the hospital cafe. Ludicrous. Is it not bad enough that you have to battle creeps having a good look (like your some kind of rare meat delicacy) whilst you feed your baby on a park bench or similar place. My mum is one person who's comments are unremitting. I don't get it though, she grew up on a pacific island where there were no bottles or formula. Certainly wasn't as commercially developed as the environment I live in today. On two occasions now, my mum has tried to feed my baby cooled boiled water with a teaspoon whilst visiting. Both times, it was when I left the room. I caught her on the second occasion and stopped her. For some strange reason she feels the need to feed him? Every single whimper or cry that my baby makes, she asks 'when was the last time you fed him' or 'I think he's hungry'. It drives me mad. I really don't understand. We as mothers are blessed with the opportunity to create life, give birth to it and feed it. Why do people what to change that so much? [/color]