Bekah Martinezinsists that her daughter isn’t “stealing” breastmilk from her son while tandem nursing.
TheBachelorNation member, 25, shared on herInstagram StoryThursday that during a pediatrician appointment earlier in the morning, she “found out Frank hasn’t really gained any weight since his last visit.” Martinez is mom to sonFranklin James, 5 months, and daughterRuth Ray De La Luz, 22 months, and has previously been open aboutnursing them both simultaneously.
Martinez added that the pediatrician “assured me he’s doing fine” and a phone call consultation with her lactation consultant “made me feel even better.” She wrote, “Lactation support is SO important.”
The mom of two went on to share a message she had received from a follower, suggesting Ruth has been “stealing his milk” leading to lower weight gain for Franklin, Martinez, who shares her children with boyfriendGrayston Leonard, stepped in to explain that isn’t how it works.
Martinez later laughed about one fan joking about imagining Ruth “scampering away in the night with her arms full of milk dressed like the Hamburglar.”
“When people ask how I handle some of these DMs…it’s because I also get tons of DMs like this 🤣🤣🤣,” joked Martinez.
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Back in September, Martinezdefended her decision to continue breastfeedingher toddler.
“I’ve said it beforeand I’ll say it again: there is NOTHING weird about feeding and soothing my toddler via breast. There is NOTHING wrong with sharing it via social media,” shewroteat the time. “So many moms stop breastfeeding earlier than they want because of stupid pricks like the people online who comment ‘isn’t she a little too old?’, ‘we get it, you breastfeed’ or even ‘that’s disgusting 🤢.’ "
Before that, back in July, Martinez shared a snapshot on Instagram that showed herbreastfeeding both of her children simultaneously. She took the opportunity at the time to fire back at commenters who called her parenting practices “disgusting.”
“If a child is voluntarily nursing … there is NOTHING psychologically damaging aboutnursing through and even past the toddler years,” Martinez wrote at the time. “We’ve got it soooo backwards now as a society. Children don’t have any concept of breastfeeding being sexual.”
Bekah Martinez breastfeeding her kids.Bekah Martinez/ Instagram
Martinez told PEOPLE earlier this month that though the pandemic “has been absolutely horrible” in many ways, Martinez said a silver lining is that it hasgiven her a chance to bond with her familyin a “special” way that she and Leonard may not have been able to otherwise.
source: people.com
