{"id":5171,"date":"2019-03-13T20:50:21","date_gmt":"2019-03-13T20:50:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thebadassbreastfeeder.com\/?p=5171"},"modified":"2019-03-13T20:50:21","modified_gmt":"2019-03-13T20:50:21","slug":"badass-breastfeeder-blog-7-years-breastfeeding-advocacy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thebadassbreastfeeder.com\/?p=5171","title":{"rendered":"The Badass Breastfeeder Blog &#8211; 7 Years of Breastfeeding Advocacy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Jack asked me, \u201cMommy, is everyone born with something that they are really good at?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWell, sure. I guess. Probably more than one thing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat are you good at?\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"text_exposed_show\">\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>A wave of anxiety came over me. Shit, what am I good at? Holy shit. I\u2019ve prided myself on being good at so many things. Think of one. I found myself trying to think about me and my life. Something I don\u2019t do much of anymore.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m usually just an extension of Jack and Exley these days. I realize I don\u2019t think I am great at the things that have filled my days for the last 7 years. The parenting things. Staying calm, maintaining balance, providing them with a solid foundation to grow. I don\u2019t think I am good at those things. I don\u2019t think that\u2019s what he means anyway.<\/p>\n<p>Before kids, sure. I was great at advocating for my clients in court. I was good in a crisis. I got pretty good at being a team player. I\u2019ve helped a lot of people. All about my job. It\u2019s all I could think. I\u2019m thinking now I had just as hard as a time before kids finding balance, knowing myself, connecting to who I am.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHelping people.\u201d I blurted it out after way too long of a pause. Phew. I came up with something.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBefore you were born I had a job where I helped people. Kids. Kids that were having problems.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOh yeah, I remember. You helped kids without parents, right?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes, I did. I was good at that.\u201d I went on to tell him all about my job, the different jobs I had, getting my master\u2019s degree and places I worked. He hung on my every word and asked me lots of questions. It. Was. Awesome.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cActually that\u2019s what happened with The Badass Breastfeeder. It became an extension of what I have always done. Help people. Just now it\u2019s helping people breastfeed instead of kids in the system.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOh, it\u2019s pretty cool being the son of The Badass Breastfeeder.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Yeah. Jack, you made me The Badass Breastfeeder.\u201d His eyes got wide. \u201cOh my god. That\u2019s a million times cooler.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-5172\" src=\"https:\/\/thebadassbreastfeeder.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/IMG_2274-Copy-3-Copy-Copy-Copy-Copy-1024x730.jpg\" alt=\"The Badass Breastfeeder, Abby Theuring and Jack, breastfeeding with perfect latch. \" width=\"740\" height=\"528\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thebadassbreastfeeder.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/IMG_2274-Copy-3-Copy-Copy-Copy-Copy-1024x730.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/thebadassbreastfeeder.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/IMG_2274-Copy-3-Copy-Copy-Copy-Copy-300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/thebadassbreastfeeder.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/IMG_2274-Copy-3-Copy-Copy-Copy-Copy-768x548.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 740px) 100vw, 740px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I realized after I wrote this that this week The Badass Breastfeeder is turning 7 years old. I went back to my photos to find this one. 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