Moms, Don't Forget to Feed Your Marriages Rabbi Schmuley Boteach
Why nurturing a passionate marriage is more important than breast-feeding.
The science section of The New York Times recently featured a lengthy study on breast-feeding and its benefits. Breast-feeding, the study found, helps reduce the chances of infection, cold, diarrhea, illness, and even later childhood obesity. No one argues with any of these benefits, but what the report neglects to mention, and what I have personally witnessed when counseling couples, is how breast-feeding can come between a husband and wife. (link)

Thoughts? Agree or disagree?

That article is a bit extreme. Breastfeeding does make you not in the mood as much BUT I think you can have both. It somehow worked out for my DH and me. I co-slept for six months and would put our son in his crib for awhile to have some couple time. It is not fair to take one extreme example to say what it's like for everyone. Who knows maybe they had problems before they had kids and now they have an excuse?

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I'm always missing my angels in heaven

I read the article and he sounds like a sexist idiot.

You gotta be kidding me. Is this the guy from Shalom in the Home? He's basically saying put a man before your children, at least that's how I took it

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Yes... please... lets worry about screwing our husbands more the giving the best we can to are children (if able to)... because... well, his needs are oh so much more important!

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I meant...
Yes... please... lets worry about screwing our husbands more then giving the best we can to our children (if able to)... because... well, his needs are oh so much more important!

Sorry... should correct my spelling

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Yuck, he sounds like Dr. Phil. What a quack.

I'm hooked on yahoo answers and a similar question came up. The question asked was would you put your children before your marriage..you won't believe how many people said their marriage. Their defense was that without a marriage their children would not be stable. I'm not a single mom but I know plenty of single mothers who have wonderful, well adjusted children. I can't believe anyone would put a man before their children..that's sick

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I talked to DH about this... his comment... Any married man that has decided to have children, should know the mother is going to need to care for the needs of the child. It's not that long of a time, and if they can't bridal their passion and wait... then they should not have had children in the first place.

I agree with DH... However I have never had an issue with my sex drive, and DH has never had to wait all that long. On the other hand my DH also thought BF’ing was/is beautiful and he has done nothing but support me in my decision to do so! He is a BIG BF'ing advocate and I admire that!

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