Rihanna
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Congrats to her! Can't wait to see how wonderfully fashionable and spoiled their little one will be!
ooooohhhhh........look at the little doll!!!! 
Slaughter me…: sad that she is not breastfeeding. Besides the obvious health advantages that would have been a great sign for her millions of young followers.
Even if she wanted to, which is entirely her own choice, there are numerous reasons why she would be bottlefeeding a newborn. It is extremely common for milk to not have come in at this point so the baby needs to start on formula or a combination of breast milk and formula, often there is latching difficulty, the breast milk may not be suitable due to any number of reasons such as medications etc.
I think this is her niece? I haven't seen anything about pics of her son.
Which might explain the pink outfit.
there is a pic i posted before this one - with her hand on him and you can tell it's a newborn baby with her hands because of the ink
Moms do the best they can. If that’s her newborn, she gets to choose… also it could be breast milk in the bottle. None of our business!
I used to be a breast feeding Nazi, preaching about how important it is and it's benefits (of which there are many!), until I had my own child that is. I had many medical issues during my pregnancy and my son was born quite small. Being the over achiever I am, I told myself I'm going to do everything I can to make sure he gains weight. I was gung ho, trying as hard as I could. I'd wake up every 1.5 hours (because I was told to feed him every 3 so of course I was going to do better), and would try to nurse for almost an hour every time. I would pump while he was sleeping, only to get minimal drops, barely enough to coat the bottom of one bottle. Fatigue and frustration led to post partum depression and my poor DH finally asked my dad (who knew very little about babies) to watch our son for an hour or two just to get me out of the house and into some sunshine. I ordered my father to NOT give him any formula. He asked me why and I said, "Because I want to be a good mom and only breast feed him". He was quiet, then gently asked me if I thought I was being a good mom by starving my child. That was like a punch in the gut. I didn't think to figure that out in my zealousness, I was actually not feeding my baby enough, which clearly explained why he hardly slept and wasn't gaining weight for 27 days. The second I started forgiving myself and giving him formula was almost the best day ever. I've read articles where babies have actually starved to death because moms have such pressure to breast feed. It scares me that my child could have been one in the article. There are lots of reasons why one does or does not breast feed. It's truly no one's business, IMO.
I can relate. Both of my sons were born small and as expected, lost weight over the first few days after birth (since most women are only producing drops of colostrum at first). I feel like it was a blessing that after struggling to do everything I could to increase my milk supply, pumping all night/bleeding and scabbed nipples/wresting with a screaming and struggling child who would not latch well even with assistive devices and lactation consultants, his pediatrician told us at his first visit that we needed to supplement with formula, because that medical decision took it out of my hands. I continued to pump for 2 years, but with the second baby I was happy to accept that we needed to add formula on day 2 instead of depriving him of nutrition, and when he got to one year I was happy to stop pumping completely. The younger one is healthier than his older brother and I am positive that he benefited more from our increased early gentle bonding time compared to his older brother who was sobbed over, had an exhausted and depressed mom and was wrestled with instead of gently cradled during feeding time just in the name of getting a little extra breast milk! Babies need a lot of things, and if breast milk is one of the things a mom can give, that is great, but in my opinion less important than quality bonding time with a mentally and physically healthy mom. Babies need a lot of things for their physical and emotional needs, and huge respect to parents for providing the ones they are able to!
For Rihanna, I think she knows herself well, and probably can decide for her own mind and body better than we can what method of feeding her child is best for her and for her baby. In the recent past women were shamed for breastfeeding publicly, and I’m glad that we are beyond that for the most part, but we also should not start shaming women who cannot or decide not to breastfeed.
Many people think breastfeeding is SO easy. Just latch that kid on..and presto! For a lot of us (thank you posters above) have traumatic experiences with it. We add on guilt, shame and humiliation. I get upset just thinking about how badly I was pressured. We are all just figuring it out, day by day..however a parent chooses to nourish their child is theirs alone.
Rihanna Bares Stomach & Twins With Asap Rocky In Jeans 3 Months After Baby’s Birth
Rihanna was every inch the fashion icon as she rocked a fabulous outfit complete with baggy denim pants, which her baby’s daddy sported as well.
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