Joined: 10 Oct 2005 Posts: 1043 Location: Ohio, USA
Breast Feeding Children That Can Chew Steak??? Posted: 01-23-06 09:42am
Hi I thought this might be an interesting
topic for us to debate/ talk about. I
was surfing the web and came across a
story where a woman had her eight year old
son taken away from her because she was
breastfeeding him. I guess she got him
back. Its interesting to me why a mother
would breast feed a child that long...Isnt
that weird????
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gardenofeden
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 22 Jan 2006 Posts: 18 Location: Texas
Breastfeeding.... Posted: 01-23-06 12:57pm
That is pretty weird, but in most foreign
countries it's not unusual for a mother to
breastfeed until the child is nearly 5
years old. They say it makes the child
smarter. I breastfed my children until
they were two and I have no regrets.
They aren't old enough to go without milk
or a supplement until they're at least
one. I was too lazy to try to wean them
from a supplement or make bottles when I
could just hold them a little longer,
snuggle them for just a few more minutes.
It was a gradual weaning process, easier
on me and on them....As they got older,
the nursing became less and less to just
naptimes and bedtime. There's a lot of
emotional and physical bonding that
occurs...My kids and I still have a great
relationship and I think it was that
bonding.
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sandyallen
Extremely EHEALTHy
Joined: 02 Feb 2004 Posts: 4580
Posted: 01-23-06 13:24pm
Too many teeth (ouch! Lol!). When they
are five, most kids go to kindergarten
what do you do then and when they are
8(3rd grade, omg!)
a lot of women do not have that much milk,
it could be a little embarrasing too! It
maybe true that moms and children develop
a certain closeness while nursing but my
mom could not nurse us and she got cancer
when I was five and we were very close but
I believe it should be a pregnant woman
and her drs choice.
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Butterfly_05
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 05 Dec 2005 Posts: 72 Location: Ohio
Posted: 01-23-06 16:06pm
My mother breastfed me and my sisters
until we were a 1 1/2 years old. I think
that some women go on longer because it is
kind of like a sercurity issue. Like
some kids have stuffed animals and
blankets that they can't sleep with out,
in their case its their mother. I do
think that it is a little over the top
breastfeeding past 3 years old. I think
it is kind of wierd and I know that it is
a boding thing but think of what the child
has to go through at school. Like if he
ever invited a friend over was he
breastfed then? What would the other kid
think?? I think that once the child is
old enough to feed themselves i.E. 1-2
years old then breastfeeding should stop.
They should be eating finger foods and
drinking out of sippi cups.
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gardenofeden
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 22 Jan 2006 Posts: 18 Location: Texas
Sandyallen Posted: 01-23-06 20:46pm
Sorry, sandy...I wasn't meaning to step on
toes....I realize that moms can have a
very close, bonding relationship without
nursing....I just used it as an excuse to
snuggle a little longer. I'm sorry to
hear about your mom, it's great that you
were close.
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Lilypad
Extremely EHEALTHy
Joined: 10 Oct 2005 Posts: 1043 Location: Ohio, USA
Posted: 01-24-06 09:39am
I think breastfeeding is a wonderful idea
if the mom is willing/able to but the idea
odf an eight year old being breast fed
seems strange to me, just picturing it
even.
Back in olden days when food was more
scarce I can understand why a woman would
breastfeed children even up to five- I
guess but now a days I personally can
imagine breastfeeding beyond the age of
two at the lastest!
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Jolie_3110
Extremely EHEALTHy
Joined: 04 Dec 2005 Posts: 1755 Location: Essex, England
Posted: 01-26-06 18:05pm
Blimey! Still breast feeding at 8yrs is
abit excessive isnt it! My oldest son is
4yrs and I couldnt imagine him putting up
with it let alone me! Lol! I couldnt
breast feed any of my children :( but I
only imagined doing it till they were
about 18mths at the most!
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Malory
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 26 Dec 2005 Posts: 95 Location: York, England
Posted: 01-28-06 16:38pm
Once I saw a woman breast-feeding a
four-year-old. He was running around,
playing with a group of other kids like
any normal four-year-old, then walked over
to his mother and she just stuck her boob
out and breast fed him.
It was bizarre seeing someone being breast
fed while being fully clothed and standing
up.
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Jolie_3110
Extremely EHEALTHy
Joined: 04 Dec 2005 Posts: 1755 Location: Essex, England
Posted: 01-28-06 16:42pm
Just looked in the t.V guide and theres a
program on this wednesday (in england)
about a woman who still breast feeds her
7yr old daughter! I'll be watching in
amazment! Lol!
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Lilypad
Extremely EHEALTHy
Joined: 10 Oct 2005 Posts: 1043 Location: Ohio, USA
Posted: 01-30-06 03:44am
Oh my. I think breast feeding is a
wonderful natural thing between mother and
child but at what age does this become
almost perverse versus beautiful and
natural?? Unless they live in a society
where food is scarce I just cant imagine
breastfeeding a child that can chew steak.
