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breast pumps
I have guets in my home and they have a 3 month old. Her is my problem she will not put her breat pumps away after she usees them they lay out on my counter , in my sink or in the dis drainer. I have asled ther nicely to put them away after she is done using them,What can or should I do to get them to know that this is wrong in so many ways.
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Your request is unreasonable. How do you see it as wrong is so many ways? Breast pumps are for feeding a baby. It's not a sex toy. It's a nessity for breast feeding mothers. If you have ever breast fed a baby and used a pump then you will know that you need your pumps easily available to you at all times. Now if she is leaving access milk dripping from them all over your sink, counter or what ever else then that is a problem that should be addressed but to pack them away after each use is near impossible and incrediably inconvient not to mention unsanitary. They must sit out to dry and putting them away will only contaminate them. When your breast fill up with milk they must be pumped right away. She doesn't have time to thouroughly wash them.
I'm not sure what sort of guest she is: relative, friend or what but if this is such an issue for you perhaps you should suggest she find a place to live where nursing mothers are appreciated. Being a mother to a newborn is incrediably hard emotionally, mentally, financially, and physically. The least you could do is be understanding of her trying to give her baby the healthiest start possible. Believe you me breast pumps sitting out will be the least of your problems when housing a family with a new born. So for your own sanity and the sanity of your house guests they really should find a new place to live because your lists of complaints have only just begun. This family needs a support system and you don't seem to be the right fit.
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If she's washed them they can't just be packed away somewhere; they won't be able to dry out and can get moldy, which is dangerous.
Is there a private area in your home they're staying (a guest room maybe) where you could set up a table with a towel? She could leave the pump there when she was done washing it.
Parents with young children often leave such supplies out on the counter. For them, it's as common as a coffee mug or a mixer. You may have said something along the lines of "make yourself at home" and for her, leaving the baby's supplies out to dry is doing just that. Rather than just saying "Put these away" offer a location that is "away" enough for your liking.
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