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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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today we were in a café and a lady got her breast out to breastfeed the thing was her child was 6 or more. it looked very odd to see a walking talking child on the breast. what do peeps think? |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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IMO, if it was a baby who needed feeding in a public place I'd have no issue with it. However, a six year old doesn't need it in a puboic place... I understand if it might be a comfort for the child but I can't help thinking that in public isn't the time or place. |
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"IMO, if it was a baby who needed feeding in a public place I'd have no issue with it. However, a six year old doesn't need it in a puboic place... I understand if it might be a comfort for the child but I can't help thinking that in public isn't the time or place."
I think it would make a lot of people feel uncomfortable. |
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By *uxom redCouple
over a year ago
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I feed my daughter till she was nearly 3 that was plenty long enough and the boy child till he was 1.
It was more of a comfort thing for my daughter. I can't see the benefits for older children but each to their own. |
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By *phroditeWoman
over a year ago
(She/ her) in Sensualityland |
No issue with me at whatever age... personal choice etc.
That said, out of respect for people who might be offended, (and they have the right to feel different about this) it should be done discreetly and not "I am making a point here" |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"today we were in a café and a lady got her breast out to breastfeed the thing was her child was 6 or more. it looked very odd to see a walking talking child on the breast. what do peeps think?"
Their kid. Their breasts. Their business. You have this wonderful swivel thing that makes your head turn away if you don't wanna see.
The average world wide age for weaning is 4 years old. 10 years is not uncommon in Mongolian society.
Bodybuilders buy breast milk online got its regenerative powers and it is beine used to halt some cancers. Magic stuff.
Don't diss the boobie milk! |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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I fed mine until they were nearly 3. And they still weren't happy about stopping. I mostly stopped due to peer pressure and society's views of extended breastfeeding.
Anthropologically though, the average weaning age for humans is around 7 years.
If I was still feeding mine they would be better off nutritionally because they are incredibly picky eaters.
But I didn't want them to get picked on at school/remember it because of the general perception of extended bf.
Oh well.
(And I was so glad to stop as its knackering! Anyone who says mums feed for their own benefit is a lunatic.) |
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By *phroditeWoman
over a year ago
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"I fed mine until they were nearly 3. And they still weren't happy about stopping. I mostly stopped due to peer pressure and society's views of extended breastfeeding.
Anthropologically though, the average weaning age for humans is around 7 years.
If I was still feeding mine they would be better off nutritionally because they are incredibly picky eaters.
But I didn't want them to get picked on at school/remember it because of the general perception of extended bf.
Oh well.
(And I was so glad to stop as its knackering! Anyone who says mums feed for their own benefit is a lunatic.)"
ANd you absolutely have the right to do so, I quite agree.
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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I think it's nice the kids still want to connect to their parents. I stopped bf mine when they got teeth and it hurt, probably could have gone past that pain and continued feeding them but they were on solids by then so i felt it was ok to stop for my sake. |
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By *phroditeWoman
over a year ago
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"A six year old doesnt need breast milk. Of course its natural but they start getting an ego and show embarrassment from age 6, so I wouldnt put my child through that, not when ge can eat a three course meal. No need.  "
Made me chuckle in a nice way...because somebody suggested earlier that grown men should have a bit...  |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"A six year old doesnt need breast milk. Of course its natural but they start getting an ego and show embarrassment from age 6, so I wouldnt put my child through that, not when ge can eat a three course meal. No need. Made me chuckle in a nice way...because somebody suggested earlier that grown men should have a bit...
yeah breast milk is the best of course no doubt about that im not sure about the body builders buying it though... just not in public. no thanks. "
I know for a fact that body builders by it.
I stopped feeding my 3 year old less than a month ago, I am sad to admit because my family and friends made me feel so ashamed. 
I have been a peer supporter all this time and if anyone wants proper information feel free to pm me and I will direct them to the facts from medical journals rather than urban legend. |
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I just don't see it's anyone else's business. Don't like it, don't look. If you're uncomfortable, those feelings are yours, own them and deal with them without shaming the mother for doing what is completely natural. Society in general definitely has the breastfeeding thing all wrong still.
I still breastfeed my LO who turns 2 in 2 days and I'm very proud of it.
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By *igSuki81Man
over a year ago
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"today we were in a café and a lady got her breast out to breastfeed the thing was her child was 6 or more. it looked very odd to see a walking talking child on the breast. what do peeps think?"
Excuse my doubtfulness but is this for real or a fun thread 
Nowt wrong with nursing a child even in public (unless you are a squeezing your nipple and the child has to catch the squirts  ) but at 6 i personally think that's a bit too old for them to still be breastfed. |
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"today we were in a café and a lady got her breast out to breastfeed the thing was her child was 6 or more. it looked very odd to see a walking talking child on the breast. what do peeps think?
Excuse my doubtfulness but is this for real or a fun thread
Nowt wrong with nursing a child even in public (unless you are a squeezing your nipple and the child has to catch the squirts ) but at 6 i personally think that's a bit too old for them to still be breastfed."
You're familiar and well read with the WHO guidelines and average weaning ages then.....?
Personal opinion luckily doesn't trump medical fact and research.
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By *igSuki81Man
over a year ago
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"today we were in a café and a lady got her breast out to breastfeed the thing was her child was 6 or more. it looked very odd to see a walking talking child on the breast. what do peeps think?
Excuse my doubtfulness but is this for real or a fun thread
Nowt wrong with nursing a child even in public (unless you are a squeezing your nipple and the child has to catch the squirts ) but at 6 i personally think that's a bit too old for them to still be breastfed.
You're familiar and well read with the WHO guidelines and average weaning ages then.....?
Personal opinion luckily doesn't trump medical fact and research.
*Her* "
No i am not and never claimed to be. This is an open forum where people are entitled to voice their opinion. The OP asked for peoples thoughts on the matter and i gave mine. If the OP had asked for medical facts then by all means bring me up on it.
You can continue to nurse your child for as long as you want, nowt to do with me but if an open thread asks for peoples thoughts people will gibe their thoughts  |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"(unless you are a squeezing your nipple and the child has to catch the squirts ) "
One of mine did that once and I nearly wet myself laughing!
Nursing acrobatics, its when they twist upside down to shove their foot up your nose midlatch. I tandem fed too. I must be mad... |
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By *igSuki81Man
over a year ago
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"(unless you are a squeezing your nipple and the child has to catch the squirts )
One of mine did that once and I nearly wet myself laughing!
Nursing acrobatics, its when they twist upside down to shove their foot up your nose midlatch. I tandem fed too. I must be mad..."
ha ha ha ha ha ha |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Robin Arryn was still getting breastfeed at the age of 10.
I think breastfeeding at the age of 6 is rather unusual. That being said it wouldn't bother me if a mother decided to breastfeed her child at that age in public or private alike.
I am actually mind-boggled by the fact that, people now view breastfeeding in public as gross. |
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I find people eating with their mouth open, scratching their crotch, pissing up walls, foul mouthed and the open objectification of women in public far more offensive than something that is biologically normal until adult teeth and jaw development stop it.
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By (user no longer on site)
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"I find people eating with their mouth open, scratching their crotch, pissing up walls, foul mouthed and the open objectification of women in public far more offensive than something that is biologically normal until adult teeth and jaw development stop it.
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Exactly.
There is a reason why 'milk teeth' are so called x |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"I find people eating with their mouth open, scratching their crotch, pissing up walls, foul mouthed and the open objectification of women in public far more offensive than something that is biologically normal until adult teeth and jaw development stop it.
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Oh....
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I'm guessing you don't fancy a Friday night out in Manchester then |
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"we did not say we was offended by breast feeding we don't mind at all just said it did look a bit weird being that old. "
I think most of us would find it a bit unusual, it's not something we're used to seeing it doesn't mean we're against it. |
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