Breastfeeding? Can Daddy be jealous?
Is breastfeeding beyond one year of age a problem? Today the mother is accused of keeping her baby in a state of dependency and raising him insecure. On the contrary, the initiative starts with the newborn baby, who is constantly asking her breast to drink her milk. The mother does nothing more than grant her request and, in so doing, creates a basis of security that allows the baby to develop a calm attitude towards the world around him. What about Dad? He can develop an attitude of jealousy. In fact, the mother's breast has the function of feeding and caring for her baby, but for the baby's daddy it also has an erotic meaning and this confusion, felt only by man, can generate jealousy. But that's not all. The father may also feel excluded from the almost symbiotic relationship that is created between mother and child during breastfeeding. Yet even the relationship between the father and his child is an exclusive one, as exclusive is his way of playing, of carrying him in his arms, unique is his voice and his perfume.
Daddy doesn't help Mommy nurse him or raise him, but he still takes care of his baby. He lets him play, cuddles him so that Mummy can take care of the house, takes him around with her. Sharing care and intimacy with the baby is important for both parents as it helps to recover the temporarily lost complicity.
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