The WHO recommends exclusive breastfeeding up to six months, for all the benefits it has for the child and his mother. But not all moms are able or willing to breastfeed and opt for formula milk. One of them is Paula Echevarría. The actress and influencer became a mother for the second time last April, at the age of 43. Since then he has shared his experience on social networks, very different from what he lived with his first daughter Daniella, who is now 13 years old.
But its public exposure on social media also has its drawbacks. He published a nice selfie on Instagram giving the bottle to little Miguel and, in addition to many likes, he has received a few criticisms. Tired of being judged, she decided to share a reflection in the stories of this social network where she tries to silence those who speak ill of her with some forceful words: “he is my son and I do what I consider as the mother that I am.”
“You have no idea those of you who speak”
“I am freaking out with the comments with the photo that I have put because I am giving the bottle to my son. I never thought that people could be so daring, so nosy, uninformed, loud and kamikaze at the time of launching any comment ”.
This is how Paula Echevarría begins her reflection, while traveling as a copilot by car, about the criticism she has received on her Instagram account after this publication.
And he says it forcefully, because although he has not wanted to explain why he has stopped breastfeeding little Miguel, we do know that he must have encountered some bump in the road, such as a lactation crisis.
Without giving details, he wants to make it clear that any option is good and that it is the parents who choose how to raise their child, according to their personal circumstances:
“You have no idea those of you who speak. You do not know if I am still breastfeeding him and it is milk that I have expressed, if I am breastfeeding him and that is a reinforcement, if I have given him a bottle since he was born because to me I have felt like it “.
Here you can see the full video , published in stories on the actress’s Instagram account.
You have to respect all mothers
“Request! Does someone else going through this or who has happened to give me advice to be able to have life in addition to feeding / calming / bonding / etc .. with my baby? “.
They were words of the actress a few months ago on her Instagram, showing how she was breastfeeding her son. This post received a lot of positive advice and feedback. However, the bottle appears and pressure arrives for not continuing to breastfeed. Honestly, I am totally in favor of breastfeeding and it was the option I chose with my two children, but that does not mean that I do not respect whoever opts for formula milk. We do not know the reasons that have led Paula or other mothers to bottle feed their children.
I may be wrong, but just as it makes me angry to continue seeing the offenses of some women when they breastfeed their children in public, I recognize that I have to agree with the actress when she says that “you have to be more empathetic because in my case I I decide if I breastfeed or bottle feed, or bottle feed, or just breast or just bottle. “
“There are people who do not even have the option. There are people who have no choice. (…) Please let everyone know what they have and that each one know what they can do with what they have and that no one gets involved in the lives of others because you never know what little wound you might be sticking your finger into. “
In fact, along with negative comments on her Instagram account, you can also read others that support these words by Paula Echevarría. And you, what do you think about it?
Photos | Paula Echevarría’s Instagram
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