Thoughts about this??

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Registered: 07-23-2003
Thoughts about this??
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Tue, 03-27-2007 - 11:53am

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iVillage Member
Registered: 11-15-2006
Sat, 03-31-2007 - 12:31am

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You really should practice what your preach.

No one have claimed their opinion to be fact, in fact it has been made quite clear it IS opinion how they see it and you seem to have a REAL problem with that.

iVillage Member
Registered: 11-15-2006
Sat, 03-31-2007 - 12:33am
This is the biggest leap yet!
iVillage Member
Registered: 11-15-2006
Sat, 03-31-2007 - 12:50am
In elementary school? no, it really does not.
iVillage Member
Registered: 11-15-2006
Sat, 03-31-2007 - 1:09am
It is definetly rubbish to use as support {monkeys} ?
iVillage Member
Registered: 01-13-2006
Sat, 03-31-2007 - 1:45am
i totally agree with you on this. there is no way i would nurse my 8 year old. i wonder if those that think nursing a school aged child is fine, do they have an age where even if the child doesnt want to stop that mom says enough is enough - what about at 12 or 16?
Jennie
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Registered: 05-09-2006
Sat, 03-31-2007 - 6:14am

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Aren't you forgetting the nature of breastfeeding? that it's a matter of supply vs. demand? The physical act of nursing does far more to signal continued need for more milk production than does expressing milk, hence few women have the production capacity to continue breastfeeding via expressed milk once the child has reduced its feeds to 1 or 2 per day (a frequency previously agreed upon as probable for a 5 year old). If the mom were to begin expressing the milk, rather than breastfeeding, her supply could further reduce to prevent getting the needed milk.

Sure *some* women can keep up their supply by expressing milk, but not the majority of women. Further, you don't know if you're going to be one of those women until it's too late.

I see no reason for risking the relationship entirely just because someone somewhere who's never laid eyes on Mom or child might feel squiggy about their breastfeeding relationship.

iVillage Member
Registered: 05-09-2006
Sat, 03-31-2007 - 6:17am

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When you're Queen of the World, I'll keep that in mind. In the meantime, the mother and child in question are under no obligation to cater to other people's issues.

iVillage Member
Registered: 05-09-2006
Sat, 03-31-2007 - 6:18am
No. Why dirty dishes that needn't be dirtied?
iVillage Member
Registered: 05-09-2006
Sat, 03-31-2007 - 6:19am
No, a child doesn't need milk to be healthy. It's a choice. And there's no reason in the world why other people's discomfort should guide a Mom and child who are fully satisfied with their breastfeeding arrangement.
iVillage Member
Registered: 03-03-2007
Sat, 03-31-2007 - 6:37am

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Good one!

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