Olivia Wilde: Breastfeeding should not be "forced" on moms
by Carolyn Robertson posted in Celebrities
Olivia Wilde is one of the more outspoken breastfeeding advocates in Hollywood. She posts nursing selfies with her newborn daughter Daisy Josephine, and even starred with her son Otis in a breastfeeding fashion photo shoot for Glamour magazine (how many moms can say that").
Despite her advocacy of nursing, though, she doesn't necessarily think that every mother has to go that route. Moreover, Olivia says there shouldn't be any pressure at all to breastfeeding.
?It should be a choice for everyone. I don?t like the idea of breastfeeding being forced on anyone or anyone feeling guilty,? the 32-year-old actress, who is engaged to Jason Sudeikis, tells PEOPLE. ?[Breastfeeding] is not easy ? it?s messy. Like 90 percent of the time you are soaked in milk. It is a difficult thing. But it is, personally for me, a great experience.? I like Olivia's perspective, and it's one that I share. I didn't really breastfeed my kids, but I fully support another woman's right to do so whenever and wherever she chooses. By the same token, though, we need to make space for mothers who choose to bottle-feed their babies. For some reason this discussion seems to often spiral into an "us versus them" debate, but it really shouldn't.
When asked about baby Daisy, now two months old, the former House star confessed that she's guilty of something she never dreamed she would be: So much pink!
?I?m way girlier than I thought I was,? she says. ?I...
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