The only people who can shame the Teat Nazis are the Adoptive Mommies.

It’s amazing.” (You owe it to your baby to lie.) Or you can go for the kill. One, when they ask if you’re breast-feeding, you can smile and say, “Yes. If you are confronted by a TN, you have two options. Unfortunately, she used these emotions to lash out at these women and call them 'Teat Nazis.' Tina Fey explains the common reaction that women have when they wanted to breastfeed but 'fail.' She felt defensive and grouchy whenever the topic came up, especially with women who successfully breastfed, or anyone who touted the benefits of breast milk. What Tina Fey, and most women, don't know is that they shouldn't feel disappointed in themselves, they should be disappointed in their culture and institutions that are pressuring them to breastfeed but setting them up to fail. She claims she pumped while watching Entourage while her baby was in the other room, which, while I don't know if this is true, was possibly the reason she wasn't able to pump very much milk.Īll in all, Tina Fey felt like she was 'trapped,' 'attached to a tit juicer,' and that she had 'failed at something that was supposed to be natural.' These are, unfortunately, frequently-heard reactions to the modern-day breastfeeding and early motherhood experience. She supplemented with formula, and then she decided to pump her milk, which she did for about 7 weeks before switching to all-formula. However, Tina Fey hit the usual Booby Traps, and only managed to breastfeed for about 72 hours. She says that she chose to breast-feed, that it was amazing, really changed her as a woman, and is the most gratifying thing she has ever done. She starts out discussing how, like most American women, she was overly exposed to infant formula but she also knew that 'breast is best'. Unfortunately, just as I was really laughing along out loud in my car to her book, things took a strange turn when she got to her chapter on breastfeeding: 'There's a Drunk Midget in my House.'

Ms bossy pants