/// L’Endormie, or the (French) sleepyhead
nodded off over something she read.
What’s this sweet redhead reading?
It’s a tome on breastfeeding.
Baby woke her five times to be fed.

/// Hungry infant means Belle gets no rest.
Once each hour she must offer her breast.
Belle does wear her blouse loose,
but it’s not to seduce.
To save time, easy access is best.

/// Her exhaustion’s too real to be feigned,
but this “Sleepy Head” can be explained.
Waking up at all hours
when her milk he devours.
All that nursing is leaving her drained.

/// The new baby is still just a wee thing.
Belle gets joy just from watching him breathing.
While lactating her milk
leaks (she cannot wear silk).
And she’s grateful her child isn’t teething.

/// The child’s father can be of no aid.
His “help” stopped once the baby was made.
He believed that Belle’s bust
was for feeding his lust,
and should only for him be displayed.

/// What she reads is a source of intrigue.
The “last straw” that brought sleep from fatigue.
It tells, starting from scratch,
how to get babes to “latch,”
as explained by the La Leche League.

/// Public breastfeeding, back in the day,
being natural, it was OK.
If today she should try it,
men would start a small riot:
“Move your kid (‘cause his head’s in the way!)”