Breastfeeding is like...

[Moos]

Can we have some analogies for this unique activity?

I'll start: breastfeeding is like dressing an enthusiastic octopus in a poloneck.

[Ruth_Baldock]

Breastfeeding is like trying to have a meaningful conversation with two kittens fighting under a duvet.

(So said because in the early days when I used to try to hide my bits when I fed Baby Baldock in public, he'd squirm under any cover so much that it looked like there were a couple of animals having it out under there...)

[snowboarder]

In the early days I used to think it was like scratching a mosquito bite. But that is rather literal in terms of the physical pain and relief cycles of latching on and feeding...

[pebbles]

Not total breastfeeding but expressing was like milking a cow xxx