In today’s discussion with my close online friend, Leighton Keen, we both reflect on the ups and downs of our individual and unique feeding journeys. Leighton is a mama currently parenting two under two and is a part-time stay-at-home mom and part-time licensed marriage and family therapist. Her journey with recurrent pregnancy loss led her to specialize in reproductive and maternal mental health to support women walking through their own losses: infertility, challenges during pregnancy postpartum, birth trauma, or those becoming parents by way of adoption.
In a raw conversation, we dive into the many emotions of feeding your baby, whether by breast or bottle. Leighton shares that a decision she made at 23 consequently affected her feeding journeys with both of her daughters and reflects on the emotions—shame, guilt, grief—that have been a part of her journey to accept and embrace what is best for her babies and their health.
As I take the next step in the feeding journey of my own, we discuss the ways that we can acknowledge and appreciate the ways that we care for our kiddos, and reflect on how we can work through tough emotions that follow the tough decisions that come with feeding so that we can be the best mamas we can be.
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