In this age of technology where our cellphones are always handy and is a piece that keeps us away from boredom, a group of people are beginning to criticize moms in an effort to point out how much time they spend on their phones. We often hear about too much cellphone usage while walking on the streets, or on playgrounds not paying enough attention to their kids play, now people are concentrating solely on moms and how “brexting” is no-no! There are nurses at the hospital cautioning against texting and being on your smartphone while nursing, or “brexting.”
Something that’s gone viral and warns moms that “too much ‘brexting’ undermines bonding during breastfeeding,” nurse Terry Bretscher of the Pomona Valley Hospital Medical Center says, “It is very hard to bond and talk to the baby if you are on your phone.”
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Well, we suppose she is correct. Paying attention to your baby’s cues in those early weeks can mean a lot as far as establishing an effective nursing relationship. Dr. Kateyune Kaeni, also of Pomona Valley Hospital Medical Center, comments in the same mom-shaming article, “If baby is trying to make contact with you by noises or smiles and they can’t and they learn over time that they can’t rely on you to respond, it runs the risk of them becoming either anxiously attached to your or insecurely attached to you and they will ramp up their behavior until you pay attention.”
Ok ladies, I know that even without using my phone, there were times while my son nursed too much and spit up a lot more. I had to pay some attention so I knew when he was full. But sometimes a feeding would take about 30 minutes? So, what was the harm in spending 10 minutes watching a TV show or using cellphone? None, I suppose!
While, I believe if new moms get more credit for knowing when to set the phone aside and pay attention to their baby, they should also not be shamed for not enjoying every precious second with their child.
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An article in “SheKnows”, suggests “So much of the “advice” geared toward parents is centered around celebrating all these moments, and while that is a lovely notion, real life is a bit different. There are days when moms spend 20 hours breastfeeding. They can’t spend all of them gazing lovingly at their baby.
We definitely agree to that!
