What are some opposite words for breastfeed?
Antonyms for breastfeedbreast·feed
This page is about all possible antonyms and opposite words for the term breastfeed.
Princeton's WordNet
breastfeed, suckle, suck, nurse, wet-nurse, lactate, give suckverb
give suck to
"The wetnurse suckled the infant"; "You cannot nurse your baby in public in some places"
Antonyms:
bottlefeedSynonyms:
soak up, entertain, go down on, sop up, wet-nurse, fellate, hold, draw, give suck, absorb, suckle, take in, suck in, harbour, nurse, imbibe, lactate, blow, take up, suck up, harbor, suck
How to use breastfeed in a sentence?
Women’s choice to start or to continue to breastfeed is therefore constrained by the culture and community in which they live.
Women run. Women campaign for public office. And women breastfeed, these are all normal things women do, and the more often we see women do ordinary important things, the more quickly our expectations change.
A race that lasts several hours separates mom and baby for several feedings. This means a mother will either need to stop to breastfeed, or slow down to pump or hand express some milk. If not, she will be physically uncomfortable, and her milk supply will take a hit, you can't turn the breast on and off. Milk flows in response to normal breastfeeding routines.
Mothers require more than just encouragement to breastfeed, they need to have support at all levels of society, including multilevel support for policies and practices to protect, promote and support this basic human right.
The choice to breastfeed is strictly the mother’s choice, the mother will decide what’s best for her and her baby.
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