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MILK & SUGA:
An interactive tribute to Black Moms and their breastfeeding journeys
ALAYA LATCHED ON IMMEDIATELY IN THE HOSPITAL FOR ABOUT 20 MINUTES. FOR THE REST OF OUR STAY, SHE NEVER LATCHED. MY SISTER CAME DOWN TO ASSIST ME AND MY DAUGHTER FOR THE WEEK, AND SHE LATCHED...TEARS JUST RAN DOWN MY EYES
Alaya latched on immediately in the hospital for about 20 minutes. For the rest of our stay, she never latched. My sister came down to assist me and my daughter for the week, and she latched...tears just ran down my eyes
Our mission is to serve as a daily love letter to black and brown moms everywhere. Whether you’re “kid-curious”, a mom of 5, a dedicated auntie
I stand my ground. I let them know it’s really not an option for them to have an opinion about what I’m doing
Our mission is to serve as a daily love letter to black and brown moms everywhere. Whether you’re “kid-curious”, a mom of 5, a dedicated auntie
“I knew it would form a really great bond for my son.”
" I can almost count the number of bottles he’s had. We’ve been breastfeeding exclusively. He’s never been sick at all."
“I knew it would form a really great bond for my son.”
" I can almost count the number of bottles he’s had. We’ve been breastfeeding exclusively. He’s never been sick at all."
..For women, breastfeeding decreases our chances of developing breast cancer and ovarian cancer.”“She could not get a good latch on, and when she did it was excruciating for me...
t’s definitely an energy between us that we’re exchanging with each other. I wanted to experience the bond between mother andchild
Breastfeeding is something I knew I had to give and experience...especially as a Black woman, we are the life source.
When I was 28 with my first baby breastfeeding wasn’t as normalized as it is now. It was, ‘I gotta cover-up, or go to the car...’
Although my mom didn’t breastfeed me, my...entire group of friends is breastfeeding their children. That kind of made me want to breastfeed my child, seeing other Black women..
When I was 28 with my first baby breastfeeding wasn’t as normalized as it is now. It was, ‘I gotta cover-up, or go to the car...
Breastfeeding is important to me because it is literally the building blocks for your children’s health