Thoughts about this??

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Thoughts about this??
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Tue, 03-27-2007 - 11:53am

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Registered: 11-15-2006
Mon, 04-02-2007 - 4:52pm
Yes, you did. :)
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Registered: 11-15-2006
Mon, 04-02-2007 - 5:03pm

< think people only see it as inappropriate because it's outside of the norm, and outside of their personal comfort level. But I don't see how anyone is being hurt by it, so why the need to cast judgement? >

If it seems like iam castin judgment, my bad. Ppl in my views can do whatever they want, within reasonable limits, my dear freind b/f her mentally retarted dd to middle or late elementary, she may still be nursing her, she does not say and i dont ask. it did not gross me out, but there was no logical reason or have i heard of a logical reason yet to breastfeed school aged children, it was inappropriate and not necessary.

To each his own.

Normally i get to a point when thigs are not appropriate or necessary i remove them from my life.

Why would a child entering middle school need their mothers breat to suckle for comfort?

There are many things parents do in provate, i respect that, however by the time the child is school aged for the well being of the kid, wean. I have a house full of boys who ALL nursed and still rub my boobs for snuggle, but they do not need to suck them to feel good about themselves. My dd extended b/f the longest.

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Registered: 11-15-2006
Mon, 04-02-2007 - 5:06pm
I mean inappropriate and unecessary for all families who have children who are nursing at eight.
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Registered: 11-15-2006
Mon, 04-02-2007 - 5:10pm

I agree with you, in a general term, but by eight he does have more than three friends who do stay over nite that know he has a blankie and cuddle friend and they have sahred their own experience in security and cuddle.

My ten year old has a pink kitty all his buddies have seen it.

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Registered: 11-15-2006
Mon, 04-02-2007 - 5:13pm
Why wouldnt he? His comfort zone and personal space is about him, not about what you do with him as parents in private?
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Registered: 03-03-2007
Mon, 04-02-2007 - 5:15pm

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If the child is old enough that he can wait until he's home and in private for a drink, then he doesn't really need to nurse anymore. Children who need formula or bm need it - ya know. They need it on demand. When they no longer need bm or formula to satisfy their needs, then it's time to stop. For their sake. I would just give the poor toddler a darn carton of milk or bottle of water out in public rather than delay his need for thirst being met so that I could force him to wait to breastfeed.

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How can any parent ever call a child's thirst out at a public place to be a "want?" Thirst is a need. Don't parents get to have a drink with a meal in public? But to require a child to wait to breastfeed until he's home smacks of depriving him of his needs. I hadn't realized this was going on. But I recall from breastfeeding my own that, supply follows demand. I hadn't realized the toddler's thirst needs were not being met too.

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Registered: 06-27-1998
Mon, 04-02-2007 - 5:16pm

Are you talking about my son or yours?


PumpkinAngel

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Registered: 06-27-1998
Mon, 04-02-2007 - 5:18pm

Again, why would he?

PumpkinAngel

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Registered: 11-15-2006
Mon, 04-02-2007 - 5:19pm
Right i know, that, i alredy pointed that out.
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Registered: 03-03-2007
Mon, 04-02-2007 - 5:20pm
Maybe you misunderstood. I'm not the one who breastfed a 3 yo. Since I haven't bf a 3 yo, can you explain how your questions are relevant to me? Thanks.

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