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As a mother, I am totally disgusted and grossed out with an old friend who still breastfeeds her five-year-old son. What the fuck is she thinking??? Don’t tell me this kid won’t have issues. —When The Ankle Biters Have Teeth, Breastfeeding Should Stop
This article appears in Sep 6-12, 2012.
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I am an adamant supporter of breastfeeding and would (if asked) encourage any woman who can do it, to do it.
However, I have extremely clear memories from the age of 4-5. I am sooooo glad that I do not have to remember sucking on my mother’s boobs. So glad. I don’t think this is something that anyone should have permanently etched into their memories.
So, maybe cutting it off prior to 3 or 4 is a good idea for mental health’s sake.
It’s none of your fucking business op, just like its none of your business if said 5 year old still falls asleep in bed with mom and dad. I’m guessing you didnt breastfeeding or aren’t a mother. I was like you once, as a teenager I really thought breastfeeding past 6 months was creepy. Then I got pregnant, I got educated on the benefits of breastfeeding, baby led weaning, attachment parenting co sleeping etc. and I made the decisions that felt right for MY family. I breastfed longer than I thought I would with both my children and I might have continued even longer if it weren’t for fear of what nose bags like you would say about it. I don’t think doing something nurturing out of love will “mess the kid up” I think a cruel harsh and uneducated outlook on life might do the trick though.
Lindsay Wagner ….. ’nuff said
Well done, Maidein.
Is love for tittays an issue?
Stupid isn’t the word to describe breasfeeding kids over the age of a year or so. That picture in the Life magazine cover awhile back was totally disgusting. What kid walking around at that age is still attached to his mother’s breast. come on now. I think the pedophiles are using it to get their jollies, that’s what I think. this day and age and taking breastfeeding to that extent is JUST PLAIN DUMB. Anything for attention! I pity that poor kid when he grows up and then you wonder why the young people today are so screwed up. Break out the sippie cups and stop putting on a free show in public for the sickos. Plain and simple.
yeah, you’d think she’d be dying to get that kid a bottle and get back on the hooch train.
I have clear memories from age 3… and granted they’re disturbing but not quite in this way, thank dog.
You are what’s wrong with America, wog.
Why do you care Op? Do you have to watch her do this. If not then its not your buisness or problem. Each parent has there own way of taking care of their child. I never breastfed mine. It was something I never felt comfy with.
OP probably cares because it is total nonsense that’s why. And as far as sleeping with mom and dad, that’s sick too. Put the kid in his own bed with a drink of water from a sippie cup. Stop all this nonsense and get on with the important things in life. Stop ruining our kids because YOU want attention. Cheesh….
breastfeeding is good for ma and baby but it’s not for everyone. i personally think that after a year, it should be phased out
It’s interesting that you would bring up ‘young people today’, wogdog. Apparently breastfeeding has been on the steady decline over the past couple of decades (which is the reason behind so many movements related to increasing breastfeeding awareness lately)
Based on your viewpoint, the evidence would then say that the lack of breastfeeding is the reason for ‘kids these days’ being so screwed up.
Also…
-They do it to feed their kids, not for attention
-It’s usually done in the comfort of their own home
-It’s been proven to aid in the development of a child
-There’s isn’t any pedophiles hanging around a family’s living room or bedroom
-What’s disgusting is that your post reflects the first conclusion your mind jumped to.
I’d call you a caveman, but they obviously knew the benefits of breastfeeding, and they didn’t get all queasy about a bit of nudity. It’s a GOD DAMN BOOB! Get over it people!
One thing tho, I’m a little apprehensive to support breastfeeding in children as old as 4 and 5. I feel that IS pushing the limits.
“Stop ruining our kids because YOU want attention. Cheesh….”
Actually, it’s THEIR kids, don’t say ‘our kids’ because you have nothing to do with it (thankfully). And I feel you’re just blowing hot air because you never got enough attention from mommy growing up. A lot of cold lonely nights in the crib for wogdog? I think a little extra boob juice would have helped with your mental development, god knows you need it.
There are a lot of things some parents do others don’t agree with or is “disturbing”. But hey each to their own. If it doesn’t impact your way of life then not worth it to worry about.
I wish they would do it in the privacy of their own homes but a lot of times they don’t. I have sat in public places while a mother hauls er out and feeds this kid that previously was running around the office. All the men in the joint focus all their attention on the woman. Yes, Please Do It in the privacy of your own home IF you are going to breastfeed. No one wants or needs a free show. Do it for the purpose in which it was designed for not for public attention and free shows for the pervs. End of it.
Breastfeeding is a very natural, nurturing practice for sure! 5 years old though?? That’s school-aged people, think about it! Parents should raise their children as they see fit, but I can’t imagine the social repercussions for this boy if his peers knew he was still on his mother’s titty…
FEAR THE PERVS
THEY ARE ALL AROUND US
I hope the kid doesn’t trade his milk to some unsuspecting child at first grade lunch break…
IIRC, the WHO (the World Health Organization, not the rock band :P) recommends ending breastfeeding at around 3 or 4 years.
That’s right wog, a mother breast feeding her child in public is so OBVIOUSLY a cry for attention. She’s so desparate to just flash her boob in public in the off hopes that men, (the big ‘children’ that we are), will still find her hot. Plus, the thought of us depraved, perverted men, unable to contain our arousal any longer, going home to wank to the image of her breastfeeding, (imagining it’s us sucking on her boob and not the kid), get’s her all hot and bothered. The attention seeking whore! It’s all so….so….unlady-like!
Oh DO fuck off, Wog! Do you seriously read what you type?
and this is one of the reasons these kids grow up to be such fucking little pansies. jesus fuck women, give the kids the kick when they turn about three months old. i was never on the tit, but i turned out to be one healthy motherfucker. i go trapping,hunting, fishing swimming and a whole lot of other shit. and you know something else, i have no fucking wussie alergies either. i think that is part of the problem there too.
they pick this shit up from the tit holder and passed on thru the brain at a very early age. auto suggestion is pretty strong in young minds.
you moms that let your kids hang on a tit for too long, they will become fixated with them, and maybe turn out to be a serial rapist when they get older. get them the fuck off early.
Blow: I wish you would learn how to express your thoughts without so much profanity. A few here and there by come on now. Your posts are disgusting to people who have half a command to the English language. Seriously. Learn some English man instead of all the gutter talk. What a turn off.
RUNNER! Get a command to the English language. We attack at dawn!
Oh my why the hate on my comment? For the record I don’t think breastfeeding 5 year olds is necessary and it’s not something I would do personally. Then again there are lots of things I don’t find necessary or won’t do in my daily life that have proven health benefits, excercise for example. We all make choices in life and if our choices are made for the right reasons with good intentions and are not hurting anyone why on earth should someone else have their panties in a twist over it. Save your disgust and anger for someone who deserves it. If your friend nurses her 5 year old in public uncovered because she’s a depraved pervert attention whore pedophile than carry on, otherwise I just don’t see what the big deal is, everyone is wierd somehow.
HA!
Such subtle humor, avast… exactly my style.
are you ytrying to get on my good side woggie, well dear girl? i don’t have one. but i will agree with you on a couple of points tho. that moms should try to be a little more disgreet in handing out the tit to child on a packed bus.
and that the age is also important to cut off. when teeth come in, nipple goes out. my ex wife of my two daughters cut them off at 5 months and 4 months for the youngest. and guess what, my two babies turned out to be fantastic moms in their own time.
no allergies, no issues with sanity, just normal as fuck kids then teens, then adults. so no one give me the shit about developement and crap. most parents today don’t have clue fucking one about raising their child. they just pop them out and let the state take care of them. and that’s where the trouble really starts.
woggie, i say what i think and feel at the moment, if you or anyone else has a problem with that. then you are welcome to skip over my comments, but the majority don’t. and i guess you are one too.
the little deity won’t intervene of the child’s behalf, only their own sense will guide them. yes, we are an immoral animal, and that is what makes us HUMAN.
you skipped a step gary.
…just normal as fuck kids then teens, then parents, then adults.
They invented baby bottles for a reason. Breastfeeding leads to mental illlness… google it if you don’t believe me
good grief, the OP didn’t even say she had seen the breastfeeding, just grossed out about it. her ‘old friend’. not for much longer i expect. gad, you’re entitled to your views, so say it then shut up. MYOB.
woggie, what’s your problem with it? what if the mom was wearing ‘yards and yards’ of clothing?
and geeze blow-up….you AVOID allergies if you get breastfed. you don’t pick them up from it. you get antibodies from your mom.
If done discreetly in public then go for it up until a decent age for the kid. Discreet is the operative word here Good Dog.
Blow: You just about made sense then the profanity cut in and I disregarded everything from that point on. O well, you are getting somewhat better but you have a ways to go. Always room for improvement I guess.
If your kid wants to suckle a fire hyrant, that’s your own beeswax. I’m so fucking glad I didn’t breastfeed – yeech! And absolutely NO regrets.
I’m afraid you’re wrong.
Paleolithic women breastfed their children until the age of FOUR or FIVE. Because the BEST DIET FOR OUR GENETIC MAKEUP requires we eat foods that cannot be consumed in huge amounts for the first few years.
it is only with the advent of a farming, sedentary and frankly, unhealthy lifestyle that this trend ceased.
What’s especially nasty is that humans continue to drink milk into adulthood. Something that is absolutely unhealthy. See, you’re assuming these kids will be traumatized because you’re erroneously associating breastfeeding with some sort of sexual activity. Which is COMPLETELY fucked..
i don’t wanna be a paleolithic women http://i.imgur.com/3KyoC.jpg
First nice to see you again crayons, it’s been a while. I am not sure there is any conclusive proof as to what age paleolithic (stone age) women breast fed their children. I would assume, since paleolithic people were on the move a fair bit and moved on a seasonal basis, they breast fed while they carried their child and weaned them when the child could walk with the rest of the group and keep up.
Weaning and ending the breast-feeding is important for fertility and repopulation so I doubt the child was on the teat for too many years.
As for the specific topic here, I really don’t know what the cut-off age should be. I would think once the teeth are in but I’m not a mother, it’s not my tit. Not yet anyway.
http://shine.yahoo.com/parenting/breastfee…
Nope. I actually don’t associate breastfeeding with anything sexual. Still wouldn’t want that memory. *shudder*
you right fire bro. and woggie, what i was trying to point out is that there are moms who put things in their bodies, that kids actually get from their milk.
drugs, alchohol, yes, even nicotine. i was reading something about 3 years ago, that said that moms put something like 10 % of their smoke into a baby, before it turns a year old. that is fucking terrible.
and yes i smoke, but not around my grand daughter. i also like to have a schapps every now and then. ivan, i killed a a wee bottle of the baileys irish cream last night, first time i tried it, was decent. and o.p., sometimes you just have to feed in public, but most moms are discreet, some are just slutty. crayons baby, welcome home sweet cakes.
Milk is SO unhealthy…
that’s why you won’t find it on the Canadian Food Guide anywhere.
oh wait, it has it’s own section.
Your bad.
still, it’s always good to be informed:
http://milk.procon.org/view.resource.php?r…
Milk is a good source of calcium but from what I understand the only milk any species should ingest is its own. Yes milk has things we need in it but as a mothers milk is designed to nourish her child a cows milk is designed for a calf. Cows milk is hard on our bodies and hard to digest because we are not meant to drink it. Probably in the future when cows get banned because the ozone is gone they’ll ship all the rejects from 16 and pregnant to human milk farms and we will drink that. You can say gross but a friend of mine told me some disgusting stuff about cows milk and I can’t bring myself to drink it anymore except in tea or cereal.
Yeah that’s sliiiiightly creepy. I think it’s time to get him on 2% out the cartoon, nasty byitch. Or atleast pump that shit into a bottle.
It’s not like they are going to view their mothers breasts as a sexual thing (unless someone else instills that into them.) So there is no harm. Children aren’t really aware of sexual things like that until later on. And besides, it is the best brain food the kid can get.
No later then 5 years old though…
Also, women are not “milk machines” and it is weird that you would expect the child to be ‘traumatized’ as if breastfeeding is, in any way, a sexual experience.