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by **Victorian Squid** » Fri May 11, 2012 1:24 pm

Someone's a little cranky and needs to be calmed down.

too bad there's a line

by **oogy** » Fri May 11, 2012 1:26 pm

LobsterJ wrote:
If I had a kid who was breastfeeding at that age I wouldn't admit it to anyone let alone fight about it with you all day.

No offense meant to oogy.

I have no problem "admitting" that my 2-1/2 year old still nurses, because I see absolutely nothing wrong with it.

Aside from telling people that they actually need to pay attention to their children and not let them run around like little shits causing havoc, I try to never tell people how they should raise their kids.

by **oogy** » Fri May 11, 2012 1:31 pm

Victorian Squid wrote:Someone's a little cranky and needs to be calmed down.

too bad there's a line

You're right, I am a little cranky. That last line in that post was a little harsh. I've got a terrible headache and I'm having to deal with some bullshit at work that is making my mood a bit foul. I should have just stayed away from this thread.

by **Victorian Squid** » Fri May 11, 2012 1:35 pm

oogy wrote:You're right, I am a little cranky. That last line in that post was a little harsh. I've got a terrible headache and I'm having to deal with some bullshit at work that is making my mood a bit foul. I should have just stayed away from this thread.

I was just kidding though, it's a real touchy subject for most people (parenting).

Actually, I didn't even realize you were working again, congrats there. Were you able to keep your son in some daycare then after all? (I remember you didn't like having to withdraw him.)

by **dairydead** » Fri May 11, 2012 1:36 pm

oogy wrote:You're right, I am a little cranky. That last line in that post was a little harsh. I've got a terrible headache and I'm having to deal with some bullshit at work that is making my mood a bit foul. I should have just stayed away from this thread.

out of general curiosity, and i dont think this has been addressed, but why breastfeeding? To you and your wife, what are the benefits of breastfeeding at that age?

by **Victorian Squid** » Fri May 11, 2012 1:38 pm

Also, this was everywhere today, even BBC News had interviews with mothers for and against it. And they were so very polarized, the mothers who think it's not appropriate just seething with disgust and condemnation while the mothers for it wanted to describe it as "cuddling".

by **guitarsmashley** » Fri May 11, 2012 3:22 pm

This was a story I saw a few years ago.

by **oogy** » Fri May 11, 2012 3:33 pm

Victorian Squid wrote:
I was just kidding though, it's a real touchy subject for most people (parenting).

Actually, I didn't even realize you were working again, congrats there. Were you able to keep your son in some daycare then after all? (I remember you didn't like having to withdraw him.)

He has remained in daycare this whole time. I was only unemployed about a month, and between the 3 weeks of PTO that I was owed and the unemployment, we never had to worry about money.

dairydead wrote:out of general curiosity, and i dont think this has been addressed, but why breastfeeding? To you and your wife, what are the benefits of breastfeeding at that age?

Are you asking why breastfeeding in general, or why breastfeeding still?

by **DMM** » Fri May 11, 2012 3:37 pm

I don't know--I guess as long as her body is still producing the milk, might as well use it. Or does the body simply keep producing milk as long as there is somebody sucking the tit? But that would mean that enough sucking would cause any breast to start producing milk, regardless of whether or not a baby is involved.

by **DMM** » Fri May 11, 2012 3:38 pm

I wonder what science has to say about it? Like physiologically, is the milk still good for an older child, or is it too rich and fatty for them? Does it cause breast cancer or anything like that?

by **DMM** » Fri May 11, 2012 3:39 pm

I'm pretty sure in mother nature, the mom's make the kids stop once they start biting.

by **dairydead** » Fri May 11, 2012 3:41 pm

oogy wrote:
He has remained in daycare this whole time. I was only unemployed about a month, and between the 3 weeks of PTO that I was owed and the unemployment, we never had to worry about money.

Are you asking why breastfeeding in general, or why breastfeeding still?

why still , i suppose. I should've clarified. Do you or your wife see any personal benefit? Why not find something else that calms him down i guess.

by **Eli Katz** » Fri May 11, 2012 3:59 pm

DMM wrote:I don't know--I guess as long as her body is still producing the milk, might as well use it. Or does the body simply keep producing milk as long as there is somebody sucking the tit? But that would mean that enough sucking would cause any breast to start producing milk, regardless of whether or not a baby is involved.

Yes.

by **Benderbrau** » Fri May 11, 2012 7:38 pm

Breast-feeding: Too much of a good thing?

CNN - It's hard to avoid staring at the cover of Time Magazine this week. If you're on social media like Twitter and Facebook, the widely shared image may have arrived on your screen before you ever saw it in the supermarket.

The provocative cover shows Jamie Lynne Grumet, a 26-year-old mother from Los Angeles, breast-feeding her son. This isn't your typical mom-and-baby shot: Grumet's son is 3. In case you were wondering, Grumet told CNN's Erin Burnett that her son is actually breast-feeding in that now-iconic image.

Grumet said her own mother breast-fed her until age 6, and Grumet still remembers it. "I'm proud of her," Grumet said.

The picture promotes an article about the growing popularity of "attachment parenting", a theory first advocated by Dr. Bill Sears and his wife, Martha, in their 1992 best-selling guide “The Baby Book.”

The Searses argue that co-sleeping, “baby wearing” (where the baby is attached to the parent with a sling) and extended breast-feeding will help parents respond better to the individual needs of their babies.

Celebrities such as Mayim Bialik of "The Big Bang Theory" are also promoting ideas about attachment parenting. Bialik said on Friday that she still breast-feeds her 3-year-old son. "He's not done breast-feeding, and I'm not ready to tell him not to," she said.

Many moms and dads have strong opinions about these practices, especially the breast-feeding advice. The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends babies be breast-fed exclusively for the first six months of their lives.

"We don't all nurse older kids," Bialik said of mothers who subscribe to attachment parenting ideas. "But the notion that a child's voice matters, that every child is different, that's the basis of attachment parenting."

Heather Curtis, wife of Fark.com founder Drew Curtis, told CNN's Geek Out that she practiced breast-feeding for an extended period, carried her babies in slings and practiced co-sleeping, as Bialik did. So did Caryn Rogers, a science writer for the Preeclampsia Foundation.

"I didn't really choose to eschew conventional care so much as chose to get what I believed was the most evidence-based care," Rogers said.

Grumet said that sleeping with her baby does not affect intimacy with her husband.

"I think intimacy is extremely important in a marriage and I think a strong marriage is going to be a great foundation to show your children how to be raised confident and happy and I had that with my family, too," she said.

CNN.com readers expressed mixed views on the subjects of the best age to stop breast-feeding and the appropriateness of the Time cover in general. See what they said.

We want to know what you think. Is it OK to breast-feed well past toddler-hood, or is it too much of a good thing?

http://thechart.blogs.cnn.com/2012/05/1 ... good-thing