What does your nursing toddler call your boobs?

[Anonymous]

Whenever I see this type of discussion pop up, I always think of "Little Britain".

"I want bitty"!


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l8orUaCJ0GY

[Anonymous]

So, the breastfed kids are the smartest?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The WHO recommendations are for countries with poor water sanitation and food scarcity. is it really so hard to see why this does not apply to upper middle class white ladies in DC?

I am totally stealing this quote for further use.

[Anonymous]

New PP here. DS has severe milk allergies (need to carry EPI pen with us all the time). I am worried about the estrogen in soy milk. He clearly enjoys nursing, so I am still nursing him. He just turns 2. It is mind boggling to me that so many people are so judgmental come to this topic. I don't care how or what you feed your kids, I ask that you respect my decision too since it does not affect you.

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Anonymous wrote:Not true-- there is no link between the two. I just think these extended nursers have trouble admitting that they are doing this for themselves, not necessarily for their kids. Period. That's fine, but at least admit it and acknowledge it. Don't be all high and mighty that you're so altruistic or whatever. Your kid is asking for it because they don't know any better. Teach them to use words to express their frustrations instead of plugging them up with a breast...it's for your own comfort or convenience, just as much!

This comment and many others about how extended nursers are all "high and mighty" have me baffled. OP asked a simple question about a -- what was it 13 month old (not trully extended nursing even by fairly conservative standards) -- having words for nursing or for breasts. In response she got a half dozen "eww" "gross" "grody" "makes my skin crawl within the next 10 minutes. So are we acting "high and mighty" or are we defending and sometimes patiently explaining why our choices work for us. It doesn't matter whether or not you agree with us; we have the right to do it. Do you seriously think you're such a clairvoyant that you can say with absolute certainty why another mother is making ANY of her choices, including breastfeeding for however long? That's exactly the same as me saying that formula feeding mothers don't breastfeed because they're lazy and love their children less. I'd never say that because I realize the decision to not nurse (just as the decision TO nurse, and how long to nurse) can be incredibly complex for some people.

So enough with the judgment and meanspiritedness. Honestly, the more you "grossed out" people talk, the more it sounds like envy.

Kudos to the PP a few posts back who said "yeah, I'm grossed out but I recognize it as a societal norm thing." That's really the smartest post on this board and I appreciate her saying it.

[Anonymous]

Why does anyone here give a shit if someone else wants to nurse their child beyond infancy? I'd rant more about it, but I've got a 25-month-old begging for milkies.

[Anonymous]

Women who are still nursing after 24 months need serious psych help, or maybe another baby to fill that void. Gross!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The WHO recommendations are for countries with poor water sanitation and food scarcity. is it really so hard to see why this does not apply to upper middle class white ladies in DC?

I am totally stealing this quote for further use.

You "totally" can steal it if you want but it is one of the most ignorant and ethnophobic statements I've seen lately...

WHO standards and recommendations are for the the world; not just developing nations. Other developed countries use these standards as well (ever heard of the continent of Europe? They have countries there too with clean water and food. If you can believe it, some countries in Latin America and Africa also have water and food. And then there is that pesky country Australia ) Also, not everyone who ads this website is white or middle class. Obviously, since she is referencing those fitting that description, the rest of us can feel free to breastfeed our toddlers.

To answer the original question, my DC who is only 13 mo but by definition toddler says "milks". It was also her word for formula and now whole milk.

[Anonymous]

It's extraordinary how much mothers judge mothers. Nurse as long as it works for you and your family.

All these "gross" responders = bunch of busy-body perverts, saying extended nursing is for the mother.

Infuriates me that nursing mothers have to deal with everything from those who are squeamish around breast milk ("gross -- you put that in the fridge with the regular food?!?!") to people who think nursing should only happen in the privacy of our own homes.

My kid calls it milk.

[Anonymous]

I didn't read the 14 pages of previous posts. I nursed until 18 months, but just wanted to advise you not to call it "milk" like I did. I would say, "let's have some milk now" and then when the time came for her to drink cow's milk, she looked at it like "THAT is not milk, mom."

I wished I had called it something made up. Just my 2 cents.

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Anonymous wrote:"Mother, could you please lift your bra so I can latch onto your areola/nipple and suckle from your breast for comfort?"

I just can't stop laughing at this!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Why can people just agree to disagree? I think there is nothing worse than nursing a 2.5 year old just so you don't have to bond with them in a another way or so you can feel like a better mommy. Well, maybe calling them your "33 month old" might be just as gross.
However just because I don't agree with it and think that most women that do it past 18 months are only doing it for emotional validation, I could are less what you do with your boobs. But I AM entitled to my opinion, whether you agree with me or not.

I couldn't disagree more with this. You are not entitled to your opinion about what my toddler and I do, or don't do, vis-a-vis nursing. Likewise, I am not entitled to opine on your choice to wean, or for that matter not BF at all.

I don't understand why someone who doesn't nurse a 2.5yo gives a moment's thought to those who do, and why they and/or their child might make that choice.

What is there for the non-extended-nurser to "agree with"?

What is it to you?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So, the breastfed kids are the smartest?

Statistically, yes.

[Anonymous]

I couldn't disagree more with this. You are [b]not entitled to your opinion[/b] about what my toddler and I do, or don't do, vis-a-vis nursing. Likewise, I am not entitled to opine on your choice to wean, or for that matter not BF at all.

I don't understand why someone who doesn't nurse a 2.5yo gives a moment's thought to those who do, and why they and/or their child might make that choice.

What is there for the non-extended-nurser to "agree with"?

What is it to you?



Actually everyone IS entitled to their own opinion and you are entitled to not like their opinion.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:
I couldn't disagree more with this. You are [b]not entitled to your opinion[/b] about what my toddler and I do, or don't do, vis-a-vis nursing. Likewise, I am not entitled to opine on your choice to wean, or for that matter not BF at all.

I don't understand why someone who doesn't nurse a 2.5yo gives a moment's thought to those who do, and why they and/or their child might make that choice.

What is there for the non-extended-nurser to "agree with"?

What is it to you?

Actually everyone IS entitled to their own opinion and you are entitled to not like their opinion.

By this logic, you are entitled to have an opinion on others' sex lives, too.