Baby Quote by Anna Quindlen

“Anyone who has breast-fed knows two things for sure: The baby wants to be fed at the most inopportune times, in the most inopportune places, and the baby will prevail… And so the baby should, and the mom, too. Sometimes a breast is a sexual object, and sometimes it's a food delivery system, and…” quote by Anna Quindlen — Download Open image

“Anyone who has breast-fed knows two things for sure: The baby wants to be fed at the most inopportune times, in the most inopportune places, and the baby will prevail… And so the baby should, and the mom, too. Sometimes a breast is a sexual object, and sometimes it's a food delivery system, and one need not preclude nor color the other.”

Anna Quindlen

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