Diane Wiessinger > Quotes

“It’s okay to let go of the image of the perfect mother. It was never real anyway. Perfect is never necessary; good enough is always good enough.”
― Diane Wiessinger, Sweet Sleep: Nighttime and Naptime Strategies for the Breastfeeding Family

“(How can a baby sleep 18 hours a day and still keep you up 20 hours a day? It’s a time warp thing that no one can explain.)”
― Diane Wiessinger, Sweet Sleep: Nighttime and Naptime Strategies for the Breastfeeding Family

“In a different culture or a different time in history, nobody would think twice about you breastfeeding and having your baby in your bed, because that’s what most mothers would have done.”
― Diane Wiessinger, Sweet Sleep: Nighttime and Naptime Strategies for the Breastfeeding Family

“If there could be a little blue light on the rooftop of every home in your town where a mother is awake when you are, the town would be lit with little blue lights, coming on and off, but always lots of them. It might even help to picture it when you’re feeling awake and alone in the middle of the night.”
― Diane Wiessinger, Sweet Sleep: Nighttime and Naptime Strategies for the Breastfeeding Family