Breastfeeding Shaming... Need to vent!

Over the weekend my husband, myself, and our daughter (3 months old) stayed with our very close friends that we haven't seen since our babies were born. (They just had their 2nd child in August.) And while we were staying with them, I nursed my daughter and pumped as I always do, and our friends kept making funny remarks about how I was so attached to my daughter, protective, and that she needed to "get off the tit." We joke a lot with each other, so I brushed it off as just us bullshitting each other as always. But then tonight, I get a "joking" message from them about how all I do is "mommy" stuff and how my daughter isn't going to be independent because I breastfeed her. They also like to make jokes that she is spoiled and that she runs us... Of course I know this is all bogus, but what the hell? She's 3 months old! I'm her mother! I'm supposed to love her, snuggle her, and nurse her for God's sake! I get that they have 2 kids and have this parenting superiority complex, as well as probably some jealousy because they didn't give any effort to breastfeeding, but damn, where's the love? The support? Do they not realize how much work and love goes into nursing? It's bad enough I'm stressed out because my supply recently took a nose dive and I'm trying to get it back up, but to hear this really puts a cherry on top of it all.

These people are dear friends to us and I love them, but these remarks hurt and make me question my parenting. My husband tells me that I'm doing everything right and that I'm a great mother, but these kind of taunts coming from such beloved people in our lives really messes with my head.

I'm going to continue to nurse my daughter as long as I can and I will continue to care and love her as I see fit. I guess I'm just looking for some solidarity. Someone who knows the struggle to reassure me. Maybe even some advice on how to feel/deal with this, if I even should care or deal with it 🙁