Why Breastfeeding is Good for Dads

As has become our tradition, here is the guest post from the Hubby. He is my biggest supporter, and a real breastfeeding advocate, always ready to spring to the defence of any woman given grief over breastfeeding. It can often be useful to have a dad's perspective, so this year he is writing about why having mum breastfeed the baby is a great choice for dads. 

You can find his previous Scavenger Hunt posts here: 

How Dads Can Support Breastfeeding 

Top Breastfeeding Tips for Dads
 

Hi all!

It's dad of two girls and husband to an amazing, breastfeeding lady, here.

This year my topic is benefits for dads during breastfeeding.

"How?" I maybe hear you say. How can there be benefits to dads during the mother breastfeeding the baby?

But there are!

Not all selfish benefits, like getting time to watch the rugby, but useful benefits in the new role as a dad.

So here we go, what are the benefits? Why IS breastfeeding good for dads?

Time to get brownie points by doing all those new jobs you have to do

Shopping, cleaning, hoovering, taking out the rubbish, a back rub? Even DIY?

When mum is feeding the baby, it may be a good idea for the dad to get up and do things.

No bloke likes to be sitting down being lazy (right, guys?). And just think of how happy you'll make your lady!

If mum is feeding your second baby, then you can.........

Keep Britain Breastfeeding 2013: Why I Continue to Breastfeed

As I sat down to write this, daddy and toddler had a bit of an accident. They were tearing around the house, pretending to be lions, and B tripped and fell. She landed on her face, cutting both her lips. Blood and tears and snot were pouring down her face; her wails filled the room. But, within 30 seconds, she was sat on my lap having some mummy-milk, or "be-boos" as she calls it. The tears stopped, the sobbing quietened and she was fine before 5 minutes were up. It is situations like this that make me so glad that after all our feeding troubles, and the need to supplement B with formula because of my IGT, I chose to continue breastfeeding. ¹

Last year, for the Scavenger Hunt, I wrote about Why I Breastfeed. And you can read about our first year here. This year I've decided to focus on why I, and others, continue(d) to breastfeed, and what we look back on as the top benefits of breastfeeding.