This is beyond weird

melody921 · February 2014

So yeah, obviously a BFing proponent over here, and I can get feeling sad about weaning. But this kid is nearly 5, and this is one strange article the way it's written.

BeebopandBuddy · February 2014

Yeah, the way it's written makes her seem a little... unbalanced.

Holly_1007 · February 2014

Weird

MarisaKathleen · February 2014

I can't get on board with breastfeeding a 5 year old.

melody921 · February 2014

Holly_1007 said:

Weird

Glad I'm not alone in this.

L8kissie · February 2014

That's past my attention span for bfing. I think it was written purposefully. While odd to mean, maybe it helped her to let go of the process.

Pokedot · February 2014

MarisaKathleen said:

I can't get on board with breastfeeding a 5 year old.

I'm in the boat if they can verbally ask for it it's a bit too long for me. That's my personal opinion. So strange how it was written.

BarefootContessa · February 2014

Meh, I see it more as a poem or tribute to something that was meaningful to her.

I don't understand why people care so much about others' actions. Extended breast feeding isn't for everyone. Breastfeeding isn't for everyone. Co sleeping isn't for everyone.

Flamingemu · February 2014

The article is weird, but whatever. If it helps her cope, go for it. I was confused over the article use (she in reference to Logan) until I realized her daughter was named Logan. I dislike that more than the article. ha

melody921 · February 2014

BarefootContessa said:

Meh, I see it more as a poem or tribute to something that was meaningful to her.

I don't understand why people care so much about others' actions. Extended breast feeding isn't for everyone. Breastfeeding isn't for everyone. Co sleeping isn't for everyone.

Weird writing just annoys me, and I just can't get past BFing being an act, not a person.

melody921 · February 2014

Flamingemu said:

The article is weird, but whatever. If it helps her cope, go for it. I was confused over the article use (she in reference to Logan) until I realized her daughter was named Logan. I dislike that more than the article. ha

I was confused about that at first too! That's one name I hadn't before heard on a girl.

Holly_1007 · February 2014

MarisaKathleen said:

I can't get on board with breastfeeding a 5 year old.

I'm in the boat if they can verbally ask for it it's a bit too long for me. That's my personal opinion. So strange how it was written.

Once your kid can ask for cookies you should probably stop giving those to him too then

melody921 · February 2014

dimples12 said:

Extended breastfeeding always makes me think of the movie Grown-ups. Every.time.

I never saw that

melody921 · February 2014

Holly_1007 said:

MarisaKathleen said:

I can't get on board with breastfeeding a 5 year old.

I'm in the boat if they can verbally ask for it it's a bit too long for me. That's my personal opinion. So strange how it was written.
Once your kid can ask for cookies you should probably stop giving those to him too then

Yeah, I don't really think it's an "if she can ask for it thing." DD, in her own non-verbal way, could ask to nurse before she turned 1. But I do think you reach a point after 2-3 where what the child is getting from BM is negligible bc of age/diet/etc.

danabsd · February 2014

Mom, I can only taste the brown stuff. Ummm... /:)

melody921 · February 2014

danabsd said:

Mom, I can only taste the brown stuff. Ummm... /:)

LMAO.

melody921 · February 2014

dimples12 said:

BTW @melody921 happy birthday to your little man! Hope his actual birthday is as much fun as his cool party ::points at ticker::

Thanks @dimples12! Off to a good start. Before school he had candles in his French toast, played with his new batman car and put on his new Monsters Inc. rain boots. He has requested chicken for dinner :-) And because I'm a super AW when it comes to my kids, I'll share the photo collage I put on FB this morning:

Pokedot · February 2014

Holly_1007 said:

MarisaKathleen said:

I can't get on board with breastfeeding a 5 year old.

I'm in the boat if they can verbally ask for it it's a bit too long for me. That's my personal opinion. So strange how it was written.
Once your kid can ask for cookies you should probably stop giving those to him too then

I'm pretty sure a cookie is different than a breast. Extended BFing is not for me like I said (I commend those that are still BFing out of this group) but 5 years old is like way extended BFing. If she can walk up to her mom and say "I want milk" too old for sure. Besides at 5 I'd think some nutritional value is being lost. At that point to me it's more about the mom than the child.

watercolor5 · February 2014

"Breastfeeding is one of my best friends in the whole world." Therein lies the problem I think. Whether done purposefully or not, referring to an act as if it's a person just strikes me as rather sad. The relationship she's emphasizing should be the one between her and her child, not her and breastfeeding.

Hyaline · February 2014

EBF? Not weird. Bad attempts at creative writing featuring EBF in a starring role? Weird.

BarefootContessa · February 2014

@hyaline Nailed it!

melody921 · February 2014

LoisLayn23 said:

Sex is my BFF in the whole world.

Potato farming is my BFF in the whole world.

Yup, weird.

When a kid can pour his own milk, it's time to cut him off from the tap.

LOL

bosha711 · February 2014

Awkward.

And holy tl;dr

danabsd · February 2014

BarefootContessa said:

@hyaline Nailed it!

Always.

Bluebird2318 · February 2014

I don't really care what other people do, but I could never personally get behind breastfeeding until 4-5 years old. I have actual memories from that age range and I know that being breastfed isn't exactly something I would want floating around active in my memory banks. Call it oversexualizing breasts or whatever you like, but I wouldn't walk around naked in front of my parents, grandparents, aunts, uncles, brother or anyone else who changed my diaper when I was a baby either.

The writing really is incredibly odd though for reasons PP have already mentioned. Especially when "Breastfeeding" started talking back. Seriously, WHAT?

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