Uh......breast feeding at 8? yuck

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  • GreenTeaDisease
    GreenTeaDisease Posts: 3,359
    prljmngrl wrote:
    Just as a child will naturally wean from the breast when they are ready. Most children however wean off the breast because the mother no longer wants to breastfeed. Which is why we see a younger trend.

    couldn't someone then breastfeed way into adolescence or adulthood then?
  • NMyTree
    NMyTree Posts: 2,374
    I don't understand why anyone would find this as disgusting or repulsive.

    I don't get it.

    It's a natural as it gets.

    It's actually a very physically healthy approach for the kids, as well as emotionally healthy. And there have been many studies that show kids breastfed for several years are healthier in both the physical and emotional sense.

    Gotta' love this woman and her doing what she feels is right and not giving a crap what other people think.

    BTW, this is not in way, shape or form a sexual act or linked to sexuality. Breastfeeding is not sexual. Only someone with a twisted mind would consider breastfeeding as sexuality.
  • NMyTree
    NMyTree Posts: 2,374
    in_hiding79 wrote:
    Breastfeeding a kid that is eight years of age is gross.....something is deeply wrong with the mother...:mad:


    Nah, just something wrong in the way your mind percieves it. I think it's obvious you're attatching something else to the act of breastfeeding; which is not there. It's in your head.

    A breast actually has a very important function to perform in the life of a child.

    While I certainly enjoy breasts for pleasure, I'm well aware of the significant role the breast plays in the nourishment of a child.
  • Kann
    Kann Posts: 1,146
    NMyTree wrote:
    I don't understand why anyone would find this as disgusting or repulsive.

    I don't get it.

    It's a natural as it gets.
    Only someone with a twisted mind would consider breastfeeding as sexuality.

    I think you can find this unnatural without having to consider the sexual part. Obviously breatfeeding 8 years old is not a medical/biological necessity, and if it's not necessary why is she still doing it? I'd like to hear a non awkward answer this question.
  • Kilgore_Trout
    Kilgore_Trout Posts: 7,334
    i was waiting for her to pop her tit out at the dinner table at and fill a few glasses at the end there :p
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  • Medicated-Genius
    Medicated-Genius Posts: 359
    LeatherMandi wrote:
    I just meant women ive personally known... but i see what your saying.. that makes sense.



    The visuals are what makes this story so odd... Plus , i thought the rule was when teeth start to grow, the feeding has to go.. or some shit like that lol
    Its completely natural for the children to be curious about their mother's breast but the fact that the children seem almost obsessed with them strikes me as odd.


    Well, personally I BF my kids for a little over two years, they definitely had teeth long before then. And man, those lil critters hurt when they bite!! And I didn't mean any offense by my comments, just that so many women are misinformed about all kinds of things, including breastfeeding. It really is sad.
  • YieldvsVitalogy
    YieldvsVitalogy Posts: 6
    Mmmmm that is not a nice link to click just before lunch....
  • cornnifer
    cornnifer Posts: 2,130
    It some cultures it is not that uncommon for mothers to nurse their children until 7 or 8. I'm not necessarily condoning it, especially in the United States. i'm only saying that cultures are different and there are factors that need to be considered. In many of these cultures where it is common to nurse babies for amounts of time we see as inappropriate, food is not always, shall we say, readily accesible. Nursing is a guaranteed way to provide fairly inexpensive nourishment to the child.
    Again, i agree that in the United States, there is no reason to nurse a child past the point where they could bite off a nipple, but in some other cultures, it just isn't that uncommon for several reasons.
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  • SilverSeed
    SilverSeed Posts: 336
    Is it not normal to be breastfed til 8? Shit...

    No there's some weird shit out there. I just heard a story about a mom who, seriously now, gave her son blowjobs til he was 8 or 9 to go to bed.

    What the fuck?
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  • my2hands
    my2hands Posts: 17,117
    i wish jessica simpson was my mom... i would still be breast feeding at age 29 ;)
  • NMyTree
    NMyTree Posts: 2,374
    I don't want to actually be breastfed (milk). But I do enjoy going through the motions, when the well is dry:D
  • Medicated-Genius
    Medicated-Genius Posts: 359
    cornnifer wrote:
    It some cultures it is not that uncommon for mothers to nurse their children until 7 or 8. I'm not necessarily condoning it, especially in the United States. i'm only saying that cultures are different and there are factors that need to be considered. In many of these cultures where it is common to nurse babies for amounts of time we see as inappropriate, food is not always, shall we say, readily accesible. Nursing is a guaranteed way to provide fairly inexpensive nourishment to the child.
    Again, i agree that in the United States, there is no reason to nurse a child past the point where they could bite off a nipple, but in some other cultures, it just isn't that uncommon for several reasons.


    What is really interesting, is that while so many would condemn breastfeeding a child beyond 12 months, in our society it is completely acceptable to then feed that same 12 month old baby with cows milk. We are the only species on the planet who firstly, wean their young before they are ready to, and then supply them with the milk of another animal. I just don't get this.
    People would be outraged if a woman was expressing milk from a cat/dog/pig/horse, or any other mammal to give her child. They are appalled by a woman providing the milk that was designed for her child, her own, beyond a certain "acceptable" age. And she gets a pat on the back for filling her child up on "nourishing" cows breastmilk. And if she decides NOT to do this, and lives a vegan lifestyle and refuses to feed her child with anything that nature didn't intend for it to have, she is condemned and told she's irresponsible and depriving her child of valuable vitamins and minerals.
  • Abookamongstthemany
    Abookamongstthemany Posts: 8,209
    Medicated-Genius wrote:
    What is really interesting, is that while so many would condemn breastfeeding a child beyond 12 months, in our society it is completely acceptable to then feed that same 12 month old baby with cows milk. We are the only species on the planet who firstly, wean their young before they are ready to, and then supply them with the milk of another animal. I just don't get this.
    People would be outraged if a woman was expressing milk from a cat/dog/pig/horse, or any other mammal to give her child. They are appalled by a woman providing the milk that was designed for her child, her own, beyond a certain "acceptable" age. And she gets a pat on the back for filling her child up on "nourishing" cows breastmilk. And if she decides NOT to do this, and lives a vegan lifestyle and refuses to feed her child with anything that nature didn't intend for it to have, she is condemned and told she's irresponsible and depriving her child of valuable vitamins and minerals.

    Very true! Cow's milk isn't even the closest compatible mammal milk for human digestion! It often causes problems for lots of people during digestion. Society has it's priorities mixed up too often and has gripes with stuff that isn't all that bad if at all and then accepts tons of crap that should be concerning.
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  • blackredyellow
    blackredyellow Posts: 5,889
    Medicated-Genius wrote:
    And if she decides NOT to do this, and lives a vegan lifestyle and refuses to feed her child with anything that nature didn't intend for it to have, she is condemned and told she's irresponsible and depriving her child of valuable vitamins and minerals.

    A vegan diet isn't necessarily "refusing anything that nature didn't intend it to have". Humans have been omnivores since the caveman days, so it's not like we were never intended to have meat.

    But I do agree with your point about substituting cows milk for breast milk for kids. Although I do enjoy a cold glass of milk once in a while :)
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  • Medicated-Genius
    Medicated-Genius Posts: 359
    blackredyellow wrote:
    A vegan diet isn't necessarily "refusing anything that nature didn't intend it to have". Humans have been omnivores since the caveman days, so it's not like we were never intended to have meat.

    But I do agree with your point about substituting cows milk for breast milk for kids. Although I do enjoy a cold glass of milk once in a while :)


    True what you say about the vegan diet. And it's quite possible that those who eat meat can see the pointlessness of giving other mammalian milk to a youngster after weaning. As for the human being omnivore, thats a huge debate. There are those who think human are omnivorous, those who think we're herbivores, and yet others who believe we're frugivores. To look at our biology, as in our teeth, our gastrointestinal tract etc, it appears we're put together to be mostly vegetarian. I personally don't think we need the amounts of meat in our diet that so called nutritionists tell us we do.
    Looking at our closest animal relatives, the chimpanzee, they've been known to kill and eat meat in the wild, but it's a rare occurrence and seems to be something they need only from time to time.
    The iron we are supposed to get from red meat is hardly utilised by the human body. We absorb iron from vegetables a lot better than we do with meat because our digestive system isn't built to consume large amounts of it. Thats from one side of the fence anyway. There are plenty who believe the complete opposite and they're entitled to.
  • Kann
    Kann Posts: 1,146
    Medicated-Genius wrote:
    There are plenty who believe the complete opposite and they're entitled to.

    If we're able to eat and digest meat it means that we were intended to, at least our ancestors worked for that - though we definitely eat far too much of that stuff. But, without going through specie comparison, I seriously doubt the mothers approach, she isn't doing that out of a physiological need but out of psychological necessity. And that just feels weird.
  • Nothingman54
    Nothingman54 Posts: 2,251
    I know a guy that was breast feed until he was 12. Pretty nasty. I would hate remembering that I was sucking mommys tit when I was in 6th grade.
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  • facepollution
    facepollution Posts: 6,834
    I haven't read through all of the thread, so I'm sure someone else has already said this, but I think the fact the child is still being breast fed at age 8, is far more to do with the mother's attachment than it is to do with the child's.

    I understand that some people think that it's cool that some people don't care what society thinks, but, as others have pointed out, there is no benefit in breast feeding a child past infancy. It is also important that children develop a real sense of independence from this age too, which could be hindered from such an intimate bond. Couple that with the bullying or social stigma that would go along with breast feeding at such an old age, and you have to ask the question: who is actually benefitting from it? Attachment parenting truly frightens me.
  • NMyTree
    NMyTree Posts: 2,374
    Medicated-Genius wrote:
    What is really interesting, is that while so many would condemn breastfeeding a child beyond 12 months, in our society it is completely acceptable to then feed that same 12 month old baby with cows milk. We are the only species on the planet who firstly, wean their young before they are ready to, and then supply them with the milk of another animal. I just don't get this.
    People would be outraged if a woman was expressing milk from a cat/dog/pig/horse, or any other mammal to give her child. They are appalled by a woman providing the milk that was designed for her child, her own, beyond a certain "acceptable" age. And she gets a pat on the back for filling her child up on "nourishing" cows breastmilk. And if she decides NOT to do this, and lives a vegan lifestyle and refuses to feed her child with anything that nature didn't intend for it to have, she is condemned and told she's irresponsible and depriving her child of valuable vitamins and minerals.

    Well said!!! Bravo!!

    I agree completely!
  • GreenTeaDisease
    GreenTeaDisease Posts: 3,359
    facepollution wrote:
    Couple that with the bullying or social stigma that would go along with breast feeding at such an old age,

    I believe that when there is a social stigma attached to something just because it's different, that it is society's responsibility to change, not the victim's. That being said, I can't IMAGINE being the one 8 year old in town who's breastfed. I mean, can you IMAGINE what the kid must go through with other kids once they find out?? She must get her ass kicked on a daily basis.

    Also I have a question that no one has addressed, and I sort of got to earlier: if you go this far with breast feeding, when do you stop? In high school? when they leave for college? Like where is the line drawn? I mean in a couple years the daughter will be in puberty.

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