Here are two drawings I made as I breast-fed my first child, Paul. On the first one, he is at my right breast. My right arm cradles his head as he lays across my lap, and my right hand holds my sketchbook. My left hand holds the pencil, as I am left-handed.
I am wondering if this set of two drawings is unique. Are there more drawings of the mother's/artist's eye view of breast feeding, and have been done as the baby actually fed.
I remember my baby gazing into my eyes and smiling constantly as he drunk. Then he stopped to smile and gaze at me - so sweet! I'm so glad I made these drawings. It was summer 1960 in Waddington, Lincolnshire and my baby was 8 weeks old.
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