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[One Girl In All The World]

May 10, 2012 15:15:51 GMT -5 @barefootbarista said:

On my Local mommies board, there are some women that are dry nursing their 6 year olds. Isn't that just called sucking boobies?

Dear god, that's just disturbing.

[eclaires]

Dry nursing = me dry heaving

I am definitely NOT mom enough to dry nurse.

Sidenote: that kid in the picture looks way older than 3. He doesn't even have that toddler-y baby fat look to him that I think most 3YOs still have. He looks older than Jackson to me.

[GailGoldie]

do we know that the kid on the cover is the model's kid? b/c if not- then i'm even more creeped out.

dry nursing? ewe. I didn't need to hear that. i think past 3yo, nursing is just gross. Sorry- that's how i feel. Once they turn 3 they have lost that toddler/baby feeling all around to me - so sucking boob just becomes odd then to me. There are plenty of other ways to bond with your children.

[eclaires]

Actually, the mom on the cover writes for this blog... www.mommyhateschemicals.com/

One of my FB friends is friends with one of the blog authors and posted the link to the blog.

[emisi]

That pic does BF a disservice. It's odd looking (that is a really big 3 year old, I thought he was 6) and disturbing. BF is a biological norm, but I question how much of one when they're almost 4. He should be weaned by now. When your kid is ready to start kindergarten in the next year and he's still latching onto your boob, you've gone way overboard, honestly.

[caden]

May 10, 2012 19:35:52 GMT -5 emisi said:

That pic does BF a disservice. It's odd looking (that is a really big 3 year old, I thought he was 6) and disturbing.

Agreed. This doesn't promote extended BFing IMO. It just make it look extreme and weird.

[meg]

I agree that this isn't really going to read as supporting BFing at all. Id rather they showed a photo of a nursing 18 month old if they want to normalize extending BFing, or a 1yr old or something. Nursing much past 2 is really pretty fringe. I just think that this is going to turn people off, be more like a sideshow or something if that makes sense. THIS photo is not what nursing - even extending - is about, but stuff like this being out there colors the public;s opinion about extended-BFing, and BFing in general. Plus anyone who is still nursing a 3 year old is probably doing it nights and early am only... not in public and not with the kid standing on a stool.

That said, I will totally pick this issue up to see what they are saying so, for that I guess, they are successful.

[GailGoldie]

May 10, 2012 19:35:28 GMT -5 eclaires said:

Actually, the mom on the cover writes for this blog... www.mommyhateschemicals.com/

One of my FB friends is friends with one of the blog authors and posted the link to the blog.

so, that's NOT her kid? it says they flew HER out - not her and her son.... i'm even more grossed out. That child looks about 5yo to me - he's even bigger than my huge almost 3yo that everyone thinks is 4+... very creepy.

and yeah- does not help the cause at all. I'm all for nursing - anywhere, uncovered - go for it... but 3+, freakish.

[myst]

Dry nursing?!?!

[myst]

Oh, fuckfuckfuck. I just googled dry nursing and the number one hit back was a fetish meet up site. Apparently I've had too much wine to google responsibly.

[caden]

Wait wait wait. That's NOT her kid???

[One Girl In All The World]

May 10, 2012 20:34:52 GMT -5 GailGoldie said:

May 10, 2012 19:35:28 GMT -5 eclaires said:

Actually, the mom on the cover writes for this blog... www.mommyhateschemicals.com/

One of my FB friends is friends with one of the blog authors and posted the link to the blog.

so, that's NOT her kid? it says they flew HER out - not her and her son.... i'm even more grossed out. That child looks about 5yo to me - he's even bigger than my huge almost 3yo that everyone thinks is 4+... very creepy.

and yeah- does not help the cause at all. I'm all for nursing - anywhere, uncovered - go for it... but 3+, freakish.

Dude. Where's the pukey face when you need it.

[meg]

re; dry nursing... I don't know I could be wrong but don't most women dry up for a portion of pregnancy?like week 15-25 or something? So anyone who nurses through pregnancy (which if you have 2u2 etc isn't that crazy) may be doing this - not just the 6 yr olds or whatever.

While nursing much beyond 2 isn't something I'm interested in, I don't really care what others do. I do think that nursing is more than just providing nourishment though, ESPECIALLY to toddlers. That is why IRL i prefer the term nursing to BFing. Because even if you aren't 'dry' there are times your child nurses for comfort, closeness, pain relief etc and may not be getting much.

Meh. That part doesn't bother me. I can understand why it would bother others though.

[meg]

yeah... an elem aged kid at the teat milk or not is NMS ;-)

[pig's eye]

My initial reaction is to judge this woman but really, what the hell do I know about extended breastfeeding? I'm breastfeeding DD at 9 mos and I don't see us stopping any time soon.

[ttt]

If that is not her kid, um.....

Actually, even if it is her kid, that's awful. Poor kid, immortalized in print with his mouth on his mom's boob.

[eforbusher]

The MSN article says it's her kid.

[laurenpetro]

Call me a bitch but it's a disservice to your child to nurse them to the point that they actively remember it in adulthood.

And seriously, that picture is going to follow that kid for the rest of his life. In a strange way, I kind of hope he's NOT her kid, KWIM?

[pixy0stix]

Dry nursing?!? Just... no.

As for being AP or mommy enough, I'm doing what I've got to do and I hope I don't screw up my kid. I wish there was a trendy name for that.

[snarkymalarky]

May 10, 2012 21:18:08 GMT -5 pixy0stix said:

Dry nursing?!? Just... no.

As for being AP or mommy enough, I'm doing what I've got to do and I hope I don't screw up my kid. I wish there was a trendy name for that.

That's my parenting style...survival

[Deleted]

It is her kid.

www.facebook.com/iamnotthebabysitter

will that link show up clicky? let's see!

[KB]

May 10, 2012 15:15:51 GMT -5 @barefootbarista said:

On my Local mommies board, there are some women that are dry nursing their 6 year olds. Isn't that just called sucking boobies?

What is dry nursing? Sounds like a human pacifier.

[Deleted]

Did anyone see this woman on the Today Show this morning? The segment was awful. She was completely inarticulate and spent the whole time wrangling her squirmy toddler. Not a great spokesperson for attachment parenting.

[lyssbobiss, Command, B613]

May 10, 2012 12:06:30 GMT -5 @writergal49 said:

Personally, I'm a big fan of the "Are you mom enough?" headline. Because, really, how better to celebrate motherhood during the week of Mother's Day than by asking Mom if she's truly doing her best.

Sorry I'm cranky, but I am so sick of all the mothering/motherhood crap that's been showing up in blogs and articles all over the place. 95% of them are judgmental shill and I'm over it.

THIS.

[eclaires]

May 10, 2012 21:20:09 GMT -5 snarkymalarky said:

May 10, 2012 21:18:08 GMT -5 pixy0stix said:

Dry nursing?!? Just... no.

As for being AP or mommy enough, I'm doing what I've got to do and I hope I don't screw up my kid. I wish there was a trendy name for that.

That's my parenting style...survival

I call it MacGyver style parenting.

[copzgirl1171]

All I know is that the kid on the front is about the same size as babycopz and I did the skeeve on that alone.

[copzgirl1171]

I have no problem with dry nursing but it better be with a grown man at my boob....just sayin

[ttt]

May 11, 2012 8:59:20 GMT -5 @redbellpeppers said:

Did anyone see this woman on the Today Show this morning? The segment was awful. She was completely inarticulate and spent the whole time wrangling her squirmy toddler. Not a great spokesperson for attachment parenting.

This is hilarious - I am looking for the clip online now.

[Deleted]

May 11, 2012 9:52:51 GMT -5 ttt said:

May 11, 2012 8:59:20 GMT -5 @redbellpeppers said:

Did anyone see this woman on the Today Show this morning? The segment was awful. She was completely inarticulate and spent the whole time wrangling her squirmy toddler. Not a great spokesperson for attachment parenting.

This is hilarious - I am looking for the clip online now.

Here you go: moms.today.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/05/11/11658637-time-cover-mom-defends-breast-feeding-3-year-old-son?lite

[ttt]

May 11, 2012 10:08:49 GMT -5 @redbellpeppers said:

May 11, 2012 9:52:51 GMT -5 ttt said:

This is hilarious - I am looking for the clip online now.

Here you go: moms.today.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/05/11/11658637-time-cover-mom-defends-breast-feeding-3-year-old-son?lite

Thank you!

And that kid looks like every single negative stereotype of attachment parenting children rolled into one.