Extended Breastfeeding
I'm sick of militant and not so militant breastfeeders spouting off about the World Health Organization's recommendation the women breastfeed their babies for 2 years! All the health benefits of breastfeeding are done with very quickly and if your baby is eating regular food by a year, you can nip the breastfeeding in the bud! LOL! Seriously! If you live in a civilized nation with clean water and access to great food, you child is going to be healthy... You breastfeeding past the point of "babyhood" is merely a comfort tool for you and your baby. Teach your kid how to cope with scrapes with a hug or whatever and teach it how to go to asleep without sucking on mommy's teat!! And frankly, this breastfeeding-when-the-kid-can-talk is bordering on abuse to me. Exactly what is the cut-off for you??!! Seeing a kid draped across its mothers lap, with its feet nearly touching the floor and still sucking on it's mom is gross. You give proud, breastfeeding moms-breastfeeders of BABIES-a bad name!!
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1Once they can walk up to mommy, which is usually around a year, it's time to cover the boobies.
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2No, once they start inviting friends over for dinner, it's cut-off time.
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3I used to work in a daycare where this one lady would spend her lunch hour every day coming into the nursery to try and breast feed her 6 month old baby. Everyone there knew it was she who wanted to do it more than the baby. Unfortunately for her, the baby wasn't into it much, but everyone knew that she was also breast feeding her dramatically under developed 2 year old! Gross! It freaked me out to watch her. I think it's that the mom is sick in the head!
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4They need to be trained to lick, suck and other wise put their mouths on boobies at a young age so they can continue to do so into childhood.
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5^ adulthood I meant.
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6By the way: this is the person that posted about the daycare: I've never had a kid... can someone tell me, does it like feel good or something? What would make a mom want to continue on and possibly tell herself lies about the welfare of her child in order to still have this?
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7I knew a girl that was breastfed until she was 5 years old *gags*
#6, I don't have kids either, but I asked a friend "what if it turns you on?" because if that happened to me, I think I would give up right then lol. She said that they are really efficient suckers and it's almost too clinical. I think that the reason some women breast feed too long is because it's a comfort issue or they are too afraid to let go. I have watched episodes of Nanny 911 where the kids were like 6 or 7 years old and they still have soothers. But at that point, the kid freaks out when it is taken away and some parents just don't want to deal with it.
Wow, long comment, hehe
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8I wonder if I was breastfed for too long. I'm far too neurotic.
I would like to thank the original poster for voicing my own personal thoughts within their own message. Much obliged!
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9Sorry, but the fact that you can't handle breasts in any context but a sexual one sounds like a personal problem. Just because America has all kinds of 'great' (gmo, generally low quality) food doesn't mean kids shouldn't be supplementing it with yeah, breast milk. Has it escaped your attention that we're more fraught with health problems and allergies now than ever before? Did you know that our foraging ancestors had stronger bones than we do today, and they had no dairy for the rest of their lives beyond nursing (yes, until they were five).
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10up to 12 months... that's it.
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11"Sorry, but the fact that you can't handle breasts in any context but a sexual one sounds like a personal problem. "
But they didn't say that. In fact, they were in favor of nursing. Just not after the kid was a certain age. Sure, breastmilk is awesome to supplement after they're a year old but...
Considering a sippy cup is manageable then I'm not sure why they can't just pump and put the milk in the cup. I do that. My son is HUGE and after a while the fact that his legs hung halfway toward the floor made me uncomfortable feeding him that way.
Nursing until five years old was fantastic then, but not necessary now. Low quality food is out there but there's also all kinds of fantastic options out there. My son eats homegrown veggies chopped and steamed, fresh local grown fruits, and lean healthy meats. He doesn't need to be nursing to get the nutrients he needs, he's old enough to eat real food.
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12Perhaps not, 11 but I can see how the 'eww gross' tone might convey that idea.
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1311-that's what I meant. I'm all for breastfeeding and its benefits but those benefits-antibiotics, bonding etc the benefits are instilled in your baby within the first year. Even breastfeeding just for a couple of weeks is beneficial. That does not mean that breadtfeeding into toddlerhood is still beneficial. And hate to break it to you #9 but breast are sexualized in western culture and yes, it does make most people uncomfortable to see kids sucking on their mothers breast-even if I see it simple as the mothers own inability to "let go" and Your child may still be receiving some of your own nutrients and antibiotics but its totally not necessary and really, teach your kid other coping skills or ways to be close to their mother.
And yeah, I'm ranting cause it is gross-IMO!! to see kids that can walk and talk clamboring up on their mothers lap to casually suck on their mother's nipple-what's the cut off for you? Puberty? For me, it was when the kid was eating regular food-around 10 months.
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14yeah.. this does get kind of gross after a certain point. i don't have kids either, but i for sure can't see myself breastfeeding beyond one year unless there was some amazing research study that proved that my kid would be way better off if i breastfed them longer.
but that doesn't really look like it's the case.
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15Even if it did do something fantastic physically for a child, I bet it doesn't out-weigh the negative emotional effects. It can't be worth it. I mean... I'm just really glad I don't remember a single moment of breast feeding with my mom. 5 years old, #9?!?! You'd remember that shit! That is wrong on so many levels...
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