News, 'I'm doing nothing wrong': Mother defends decision to breastfeed five-year-old son and other people's babies. (infant, pacifier)

[Ceece]

Here is the thing, breastfeeding doesn't make someone immune from being weird. Some gals do wierd things, and breatfeeding beyond a certain point can be weird.

[Dorthy]

Originally Posted by Ceece

Here is the thing, breastfeeding doesn't make someone immune from being weird. Some gals do wierd things, and breatfeeding beyond a certain point can be weird.

How long is too long?

[tcrackly]

When the child has several teeth. Ouch!

[Dorthy]

Teeth don't really interfere with breastfeeding. Will you get bit? Yep. Will it hurt? Yep. The thing is, it happens so rarely and it only hurts for few seconds. It really isn't as a big of a deal as one might think it would be.

[NY Annie]

My son was only 6 months old when he bit me - yes, he got his first tooth early. But then he was walking at 9 months. A child only bites once. A big OUCH and removal is a good disciplinary tool.

[Colddiamond102]

Originally Posted by myjulylily

Is it the act of drinking from the breast or the consumption of breastmilk itself that is so gross to people?

To me, yes. The entire idea of drinking/eating from a body part to me is gross. Seeing it is worse.

Originally Posted by manderly6

From a creepiness perspective, it's off the charts.

Agreed. A 5 year old sucking on a boob is creepy.

[no kudzu]

cold diamond- what is creepy to me is a grown person - assuming you are grown- thinking nurturing and bonding with a child of any age is "sucking on a boob". They are breasts and were not put there for sexual pleasure but for feeding and cuddling with a child. If you are male, I think you would probably be the type who would be against your wife nursing because of jealousy. You would think of her breasts as your "property".

creepiness is in the eye of the beholder.

[Dorthy]

Originally Posted by Colddiamond102

To me, yes. The entire idea of drinking/eating from a body part to me is gross. Seeing it is worse.

That's how mammals eat. They drink from their mother's breasts. It's also a source of comfort and bonding.

From the American Academy of Pediatrics: "There is no upper limit to the duration of breastfeeding and no evidence of psychologic or developmental harm from breastfeeding into the third year of life or longer."

If you consume dairy, just remember where it came from.

[crazyme4878]

Originally Posted by mistermister

im not saying that breastfeeding is sexual. im simply stating the theory that some women or this woman may have a breastfeeding fetish.

there have been recorded cases when women assault children sexually in a "mother like" setting. where they enjoy breastfeeding, bathing the child in the nude, etc.

Enjoying breastfeeding and bathing your child is sexual assault??? Give me a break and grow up.

It is the sexualization of breasts that is abnormal, sick, twisted, and leads to sexual assualt of women and girls from men.

Originally Posted by Dorthy

That's how mammals eat. They drink from their mother's breasts. It's also a source of comfort and bonding.

....If you consume dairy, just remember where it came from.

That is the 'ewww' part for me (even though I do eat/drink dairy). Yuck. I agree, all those who think a child drinking from his mother's breast is so hugely gross... either stop using dairy or maybe you want to try milking a cow by hand.

[manderly6]

Would it be "creepy" or "innapropriate" for a 12 year old to still be breast feeding?