Damn, its down for maintenence, apparently the entire country wants another look at mom.

Because its creepy.

My son began reading at 4 so he was speaking well at 3.

My son was off the bottle at 1. Most kids are off the bottle at 2

Why the hell would you continue to let them feed on a tit at 4?

I saw a story a few years back about some mom who was stil breastfeeding her 7 year old kid. Crazy.

My wife nursed our first, but she was off the booby at around 13-14 months.

Have they done any studies about how/if this screws up a kid mentally when it comes to independence?


I can just see a study coming out: 90% of kids that breastfeed past 4 years of age live in parents basement until 30.

If the kid is old enough to verbally ask for it or walk up and grab it, he/she is entirely too old.

Had a friend that his girlfriend breast fed until their daughter was like 3/4 years old.....always a WTF moment when the daughter asked "Mom, I want some milk" and the tit came out.

Agreed. Creepy.

"Milk Time......SCORE!!"

http://thechive.files.wordpress.com/...pg?w=500&h=373

I guess I'm in the minority. I don't understand what's creepy about feeding your child. The picture is shocking because you don't see it often (or at all), and was shot in such a manner to put it out there front and center. It's no coincidence they chose a shot of the woman breastfeeding a standing child.

And why should the mother have to go to a bathroom or private place to give her child nutrition? There's nothing obscene about it. I'd venture to guess most people on this board were breastfed. And if it's nutritionally sound and the parents/child are comfortable with it, what's the big deal if the kid is 3 or 4?

It's not creepy, it's been the standard for human development for thousands of years, and still is in most places not called America. It's the best food possible for children, so why should they not? I see no reason to use speaking as a determination for appropriate weaning time, other than you wanting to use it.

That chicks pretty hot but not as hot as the Afghan chick who had half her face melted off.

Are you going to let you kid crap in the hallway just because he's got to go, and it's a natural function?

What part of CIVILIZED SOCIETY don't you get? :shake: This isn't the ****ing Congo.

At 4, it is.

If the kid can ask for the tit, its creepy.

Hey, I was breastfed. But my mother stopped when I was around 1.

IMO, 3 is too old to be on a bottle, much less a breast.

Creepy.

You realize that's aimed at nations with fewer resources, right?

And specifically, they say:

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http://www.who.int/maternal_child_ad.../en/index.html

Sorry. If your kid is talking and dressing himself, he doesn't need the tit any more.

(He also doesn't need that ****ing bag of chips and a 2-liter of Pepsi.)

I haven't been there in a 4 years, but even bottles are done by 12 -18 months and you are starting on actual foods right? Or was that just my kids?

If you can bring any sort of evidence to the table to support your opinion, please do. However, you shouldn't be surprised if parents choose to do what's best for their child rather than taking into account the opinion of some random uninformed person who thinks it's "creepy."

How did you miss the "or beyond"? It's right there, in the quote, right behind the words you put in bold.

My son was done with the bottle just after 1. We just slipped in a sippy cup. It was seamless lol.

Uninformed? I have a 13 yr old son, dumbass.

Would you let a 5 yr old walk around with a bottle?





The answer to that should be **** no.

I'm sorry. I guess I was unaware that breastfeeding was uncivilized. Sorry a tit offends your delicate sensibilities, Francis frazod.

Maybe that's why my wife & I had little chubby babies....moved them to actual food around 14 months.

Masturbation is a natural function, and proven to be good for you. ****ers keep kicking me off the bus though. WTF?

Love the ridiculous comparisons of breastfeeding to pooping on the floor and masturbating in public.

:shake:

Pretty sure the "or beyond" is for instances where there is not a better source of ****ing nutrition. You know...like when you live in the middle of a damned wasteland. Not when there's a ****ing Whole Foods or a Kroger 3 blocks away.

Yeah, you're doing a great job showing your knowledge of the subject by constantly repeating "creepy."

I don't see what a bottle has to do with breastfeeding.

Eh, tit for tat.... :D

I dont remember when we incorporated regular foods. Baby foods, certainly.

Sorry....I meant baby foods. Not like steak & eggs. LMAO

Wow. You are incredibly dumb.

It's perfectly natural.... :evil:


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LMAO

Future "Occupy Wall Street" parasite being groomed:rolleyes:

Pretty sure, huh?

Exactly what food are you going to get from Whole Foods or Kroger that is a better source of nutrition for a 3 year old so that breastmilk should be completely eliminated from the diet?

If you actually care, the answer is: there is no food that can replace all the things that breastmilk does for a child. I don't think the focus in your point of view has much to do with what's best for the child, though.

As my dad always says, "When you gotta spit you can swallow, but when you gotta go, you gotta go."

LMAO

Please expand on this thought.

I'm not sure if you're being deliberaly obtuse or if you're just this ****ing stupid.

I'm not sure what your angle is.

Again, what part of CIVILIZED SOCIETY don't you get? We all get hungry, we all get thirsty, we all have to piss and shit. THERE ARE TIMES AND PLACES TO DO THESE THINGS. It's not like a baby's going to starve to death if mom doesn't haul out her tit and start feeding it the middle of a crowded room RIGHT THIS MINUTE. We are human beings - we have the ability to control our bodily urges. We can wait a bit to eat, we can go thirsty for a bit. It's one of the things that separates us from animals.

And I like a nice tit as much as the next guy, but again, that's not the point.

That has to be the stupidest f**king thing I've ever read.

I breastfed our almost 3 year old to nineteen months and only weaned because of my high risk pregnancy with her little sister. I am now nursing our ten month old, and will until she is ready to wean even if that means we are approaching her third birthday.

A comparison cannot be made between bottle feeding and breastfeeding. Formula is manufactured in factories and does not change as a child grows, so it is no longer compatible with a toddler's system. Breastmilk changes with a child making it the perfect food for that child from newborn through toddlerhood. A bottle's nipples are bad for a child's teeth. Natural nipples do not impede dental development.

Would I pose for a magazine? No. But you better believe I have and will continue to nurse in public any time my child needs milk.

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You talk civilization, I talk biology.

We have been conditioned in the US to demonize women's bodies. Period. Go anywhere else in the world (not just Africa dumba**) and this is accepted as normal. Only here, do we call this unusual.

I'm sure you'd rather a woman go into the nearest disgusting public bathroom to FEED her baby.

Now, caveat, subtlety is nice for breast feeding moms to have. It's quite easy to drape a simple cloth cover over the baby while it nurses.

Frankly, I'd rather my baby have breast milk than formula that has all kinds of chemicals and preservatives in it (including aluminum).

Would you rather a baby scream and cry from hunger? Babies cannot control when they need to eat, nor can they understand that they have to wait. When a baby is hungry he or she needs to eat NOW.

I was going to say the same thing about you.

So a baby's need to eat is less important than a grown man's need to not see a boob? It seems like the more mature adult could maybe put aside their feelings to accomodate a baby.

I'll bet money that the female is a model who has never sniffed pregnancy. The kid is just lucky fellow who will have unlimited street cred by the time he's in middle school.

I think we need to distinguish what we are all talking about.

Babies, say less than 18 months, I have no issue with a mother breast feeding in front of me - nor doing it in public. Doesn't bother me.

Toddlers, kids that can walk & talk & ask for breast, that's a bit extreme to me to do that in public. And it's not the exposed breast itself that makes it an uncomfortable situation, it's the 3-4 year old still breast feeding.

That's a personal opinion. I won't say whether I agree or disagree with you, because that's not important.

Who are you to decide that a 3-4 year old is too old to breastfeed? Why should your comfort level with the situation have any bearing on the decisions made by a mother about feeding their child? Seems like it's up to the mom to make those decisions, not anyone else.

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Hell, I'd feel uncomfortable if I saw a 4 yr old on a bottle.

I agree. It is fully up to the mother when is the appropriate time to stop breast feeding. But, I also think taking into account the place you are at & those around you is important. Then again, I've never been a "**** everyone else, I'm doing it because I want to do it" type of a person.

If women want their 3+ year old breast feeding in public, fine. Just don't expect anyone around you to not have a WTF look on their face or excuse themselves from the room.

Why does it make you uncomfortable? Also, why should your discomfort matter at all?

Had another friend that just in the last 3 months took her 4 year old off of the bottle. LMAO

If it makes me uncomfortable to see someone eat a granola bar in public, is that my problem, or theirs?

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I'm embarrassed for them.

To me, a 4 yr old on a bottle or breast just screams laziness.

They dont wanna hear the kid scream when the tit or bottle is taken away, so they just keep giving it to them.

That would fall in line with this....





It's a stupid ****ing comparison.

LOL Yeah, that's the same thing.

It's funny seeing some of you act like you have absolutely no idea how breastfeeding a walking talking child could be viewed as out of the norm.

Breastfeeding at 3? SMH.

Well, I am saying it about you, you stupid ****. Hope this clears things up for you.

Um, yes. It's how babies eat. It's a vastly more appropriate comparison than pooping in the hall or masturbating on a bus, and those have both been used. My point isn't that it's the same, anyway, it's that using other people's opinions of what is normal to determine how to meet your or your family's needs is incredibly stupid.

Just did a google search of "best age to stop breast feeding" and found forums of people advocating breast feeding until 7/8 years old. WTF?

Again, are you talking about BABIES period, or are you including toddlers. There is a huge difference.

Probably the same ****ing dildos who think discipline is wrong.

Let's take them right from the tit to ridilan! WOOHOO :shake:

Yikes

Never said I didn't see it as out of the norm. I said I don't think it's creepy, it's not obscene and that it's not a big deal.

I can see how it would be viewed as out of the norm. I strongly disagree and find it stupid that people think it's weird, but I understand that some people think that way.

A friend of mine married into a family where this is the norm. When he started dating this chick, she had a little brother who was 5 who was still breastfeeding.

That being said: Anyone who argues for formula over breast milk is smoking rock. Women breastfeeding in public is also fine by me. Of course... that being said, I'd be a little uncomfortable watching a mom breastfeed a 5 year old in public.

Wow.

My son started Kindergarten at 5.

Creepy.

Why do you feel that there is a huge difference? It's the best food possible for babies and toddlers.

I find it odd that you've taken it upon yourself to make those decisions for nursing mothers. I'm sure they'd give you a nice collective 4321 if they heard your opinion. Or they could care about your opinion about as much as I do, zilch, zero, nada.

I'll say again and again, yours or anyone's comfort level with a mom nursing is your problem not theirs.

So do you have kids?

I don't think anyone has been - unless I missed it - arguing formula vs. breast milk. My kids were all formula fed and I know breast milk is simply better for the child.

For a number of reasons. And I agree.







I also think that like other natural things (farting, urinating, sex) it should not be done in public...

Not in a melon years would this be ok in my house.

At that age?





NEIN...:shake:

So you'd tell your wife that this behavior isn't allowed? I feel sorry for you if your wife feels strongly about this.

Oh, and I love the pun. Heyoooooooo.

So do I.

That's jugs too old for a kid to be nursing, imo.

I kind of agree with this:

http://www.salon.com/2012/05/10/why_times_cover_shocks/

Then quit responding to it, dickbreath.

And no, I don't have kids. But rest assured, if I did, they wouldn't be breastfeeding in public at age six, regardless of how many envelope pushing imbeciles like you think it's okay.