Why does it matter what anyone thinks is ‘the right time to stop’ for anyone else?
It’s a comfort thing for the kid and it’s a way to ensure she gets the best nutrients she can in the most natural form possible.
People who are ‘uncomfortable’ around a breastfeeding mother need to take a look inward. I personally think 5 or 6 is a little old, but that’s for my kids. I’m not going to judge a family who feels it’s appropriate for them.[/quote]
I agree with you about screwing what other people think and also with you and your wifes choice to breast feed your 2.5yr old as its an individual/family decision.
However when the breastfeeding becomes a comfort thing for the child or even for the mother then breast feeding ceases to be about nutrition and more about an emotional attachment. I know comfort and emotions are an integral part of breast feeding but when the childs nutritional needs are being met through whole food, which can take a long time i might add, it’s time to thinking about stopping. Thats just my opinion and I am not judging.
Now theres nothing wrong with having that physical attachment with your child or the child with the mother but I cant imagine weaning a toddler off of something as soothing as breast feeding. It must be tough!
Btw both my kids were breast feed up until 6 months and I would have preferred longer but circumstances prevented that. I just cant imagine my lump of a young lad breast feeding?
Now theres nothing wrong with having that physical attachment with your child or the child with the mother but I cant imagine weaning a toddler off of something as soothing as breast feeding. It must be tough!
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Cold turkey.
We threw a ‘goodbye ninny’ party (she called it ‘the ninny’). Had a big build up the week before that it was going away. Had a party with cupcakes etc, and that was that. A couple days crying and shit and done. lol.
Now theres nothing wrong with having that physical attachment with your child or the child with the mother but I cant imagine weaning a toddler off of something as soothing as breast feeding. It must be tough!
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Cold turkey.
We threw a ‘goodbye ninny’ party (she called it ‘the ninny’). Had a big build up the week before that it was going away. Had a party with cupcakes etc, and that was that. A couple days crying and shit and done. lol.[/quote]
Did ya ever think of usin HOT SAUCE on the nipple?..jk!
The lengths we go to to get the job done with kids is amazing! lol.
I would guess it’s just manufactured controversy to sell magazines. Make a cover with an image that makes people talk, gain free attention, sell more magazines. It’s like when every year Abercrombie and Fitch make magazines with racy pictures of pre-teens or whatever. Manufactured controversy and free advertising.
But it does raise the question when is it time to stop?
My son is 3 and he’s got a fine set of teeth in his head that incidently enable him to chew the steak I prepare for him or chomp through apples and carrots like they’re going out of fashion, which begs the question, why feed a child breastmilk when they are eating whole food just like an adult OR could rip a nipple off if the feeling presented itself jk? Why not have a teenage boy there instead?
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Why does it matter what anyone thinks is ‘the right time to stop’ for anyone else?
My wife tit fed all of our kids and my 2 year old is still on the tit. She eats food/meat just fine, too. Breast fed kids tend to be bigger and generally healthier than formula fed kids as they get all the antibodies of the mother.
Our last one went to 2.5 years, I think.
Our attitude is basically “fuck you, public”. Fuck anyone who is ‘uncomfortable’ with a breastfeeding mother. My wife doesn’t preach about it, she just does it dicreetly as possible. It’s a comfort thing for the kid and it’s a way to ensure she gets the best nutrients she can in the most natural form possible.
People who are ‘uncomfortable’ around a breastfeeding mother need to take a look inward. I personally think 5 or 6 is a little old, but that’s for my kids. I’m not going to judge a family who feels it’s appropriate for them.[/quote]
But it does raise the question when is it time to stop?
My son is 3 and he’s got a fine set of teeth in his head that incidently enable him to chew the steak I prepare for him or chomp through apples and carrots like they’re going out of fashion, which begs the question, why feed a child breastmilk when they are eating whole food just like an adult OR could rip a nipple off if the feeling presented itself jk? Why not have a teenage boy there instead?
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Why does it matter what anyone thinks is ‘the right time to stop’ for anyone else?
My wife tit fed all of our kids and my 2 year old is still on the tit. She eats food/meat just fine, too. Breast fed kids tend to be bigger and generally healthier than formula fed kids as they get all the antibodies of the mother.
Our last one went to 2.5 years, I think.
Our attitude is basically “fuck you, public”. Fuck anyone who is ‘uncomfortable’ with a breastfeeding mother. My wife doesn’t preach about it, she just does it dicreetly as possible. It’s a comfort thing for the kid and it’s a way to ensure she gets the best nutrients she can in the most natural form possible.
People who are ‘uncomfortable’ around a breastfeeding mother need to take a look inward. I personally think 5 or 6 is a little old, but that’s for my kids. I’m not going to judge a family who feels it’s appropriate for them.[/quote]
Damn fine post.[/quote]
Why, thank you, my sexy, bad-ass MF, studded leather brotha from anotha breastfeedin’ mutha!!
(this post will make no sense after you change that avatar lol)
I can remember being 5-7 and my mother feeding my brother (5 years younger) in public. It’s one of those few memories I have from that age. It was never an issue when I was younger, really. I remember seeing it often.
Now suddenly it’s an issue? Even in Spain I’ve read that some people are disturbed by it. DISTURBED? Giving birth in public could be disturbing (not like you’re going to postpone that!), but breastfeeding? Come on.
EDIT : I did a google search, in Spanish, about the topic. First one is a youtube video of a woman that was told, by the police, to stop feeding her kid in public. One of the comments? “If it’s because it’s a natural thing, I can have sex with my wife in public too, no?”.
Why do I bother…
Stumbled into a female forum and most agreed that it was fine. A bit embarrassing the first times, but “the baby’s hungry, that’s what it’s important”.
Although I admit to being a bit surprised as I got on the plane home from Costa Rica and this hottie was feeding her kid completely uncovered. No little blanket or anything, just pulled it out and stuffed it in the kids mouth.
But it does raise the question when is it time to stop?
My son is 3 and he’s got a fine set of teeth in his head that incidently enable him to chew the steak I prepare for him or chomp through apples and carrots like they’re going out of fashion, which begs the question, why feed a child breastmilk when they are eating whole food just like an adult OR could rip a nipple off if the feeling presented itself jk? Why not have a teenage boy there instead?
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Why does it matter what anyone thinks is ‘the right time to stop’ for anyone else?
My wife tit fed all of our kids and my 2 year old is still on the tit. She eats food/meat just fine, too. Breast fed kids tend to be bigger and generally healthier than formula fed kids as they get all the antibodies of the mother.
Our last one went to 2.5 years, I think.
Our attitude is basically “fuck you, public”. Fuck anyone who is ‘uncomfortable’ with a breastfeeding mother. My wife doesn’t preach about it, she just does it dicreetly as possible. It’s a comfort thing for the kid and it’s a way to ensure she gets the best nutrients she can in the most natural form possible.
People who are ‘uncomfortable’ around a breastfeeding mother need to take a look inward. I personally think 5 or 6 is a little old, but that’s for my kids. I’m not going to judge a family who feels it’s appropriate for them.[/quote]
Damn fine post.[/quote]
Why, thank you, my sexy, bad-ass MF, studded leather brotha from anotha breastfeedin’ mutha!!
(this post will make no sense after you change that avatar lol)
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TIME got exactly the response to that cover that they wanted.
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You’re correct. That doesn’t mean that it was the right thing to do though. People forget that with the internet these images last forever. So when this kid gets into school this is the image that the other kids are going to use to tease him. If this kid wants to step in front of a platoon of Marines then this is the image that’s going to be remembered. If this kid gets into politics then this is the image that’s going to be shown.
I would go as far to say that the mother was irresponsible for agreeing to be on the cover like that. It’s on thing to breastfeed in public or to agree to an interview in which you talk about breast feeding your child when they are 3, 4, 0r 5. But to pose in a provative manner on the cover of a major magazine that is going to visible for the rest of the child’s life is a selfish act.
Sometimes we have to temper our desire to voice our opinions and our desire for “doing whatever we want to” with some common sense and a bit of discretion.
TIME got exactly the response to that cover that they wanted.
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You’re correct. That doesn’t mean that it was the right thing to do though. People forget that with the internet these images last forever. So when this kid gets into school this is the image that the other kids are going to use to tease him. If this kid wants to step in front of a platoon of Marines then this is the image that’s going to be remembered. If this kid gets into politics then this is the image that’s going to be shown.
I would go as far to say that the mother was irresponsible for agreeing to be on the cover like that. It’s on thing to breastfeed in public or to agree to an interview in which you talk about breast feeding your child when they are 3, 4, 0r 5. But to pose in a provative manner on the cover of a major magazine that is going to visible for the rest of the child’s life is a selfish act.
Sometimes we have to temper our desire to voice our opinions and our desire for “doing whatever we want to” with some common sense and a bit of discretion.
james
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I don’t disagree with that.
I didn’t condone the cover, I just stated that it got exactly the response it was designed for.
TIME got exactly the response to that cover that they wanted.
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You’re correct. That doesn’t mean that it was the right thing to do though. People forget that with the internet these images last forever. So when this kid gets into school this is the image that the other kids are going to use to tease him. If this kid wants to step in front of a platoon of Marines then this is the image that’s going to be remembered. If this kid gets into politics then this is the image that’s going to be shown.
I would go as far to say that the mother was irresponsible for agreeing to be on the cover like that. It’s on thing to breastfeed in public or to agree to an interview in which you talk about breast feeding your child when they are 3, 4, 0r 5. But to pose in a provative manner on the cover of a major magazine that is going to visible for the rest of the child’s life is a selfish act.
Sometimes we have to temper our desire to voice our opinions and our desire for “doing whatever we want to” with some common sense and a bit of discretion.
james
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If I could +10000000000000000000000000 this post, I would.
[quote]Brother Chris wrote:
This seems to be caused by the fetishizing of female breasts.[/quote]
Yep. And the subsequent discomfort those with the latent fetish feel when confronted with a natural benign act like breastfeeding.
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Uh, breasts are there for the attraction of males. It’s why human females have continue to have them outside of nurturing young, unlike pretty much all other species.
[quote]Brother Chris wrote:
This seems to be caused by the fetishizing of female breasts.[/quote]
Yep. And the subsequent discomfort those with the latent fetish feel when confronted with a natural benign act like breastfeeding.
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Uh, breasts are there for the attraction of males. It’s why human females have continue to have them outside of nurturing young, unlike pretty much all other species.[/quote]
[quote]Brother Chris wrote:
This seems to be caused by the fetishizing of female breasts.[/quote]
Yep. And the subsequent discomfort those with the latent fetish feel when confronted with a natural benign act like breastfeeding.
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Uh, breasts are there for the attraction of males. It’s why human females have continue to have them outside of nurturing young, unlike pretty much all other species.[/quote]
