Bristol Mother Suckers

quintwins

Welshwoofs wrote: »

Well I'm female and frankly I'd find it rather stomach turning to have a baby slurping away at someone's t-it whilst I'm trying to eat.

if theres slurping you really are doing something wrong:rotfl:

kno

onlyroz wrote: »

Some references please? I seem to remember on another thread that worldwide people are breastfed, on average, until age 4.

Children develop full noses and teeth as well as losing their sucking reflex, surely biology should tell you that we are not meant to be suckling into Childhood. Also in less developed areas food may be scarce hence the need to breastfeed for pure survival.

Once your child can hold a bottle and feed themselves why halt their development, it's only for the attatched Mothers benefit.

Padstow

kno wrote: »

Surely your nearly one year old child should be feeding themselves via bottle?

Not quite, but at a year old the child is breast feeding at such long intervals the mother should be planning her trips around it, as the child has been weaned.
As for the the "shawl" which I chose purposely as Pashmina would have invited a "stuck up" comment, you don't cover the baby's head.
The idea is, that when wearing a strappy T top for instance, the shawl is draped over the opposite shoulder and crossed loosely, diagonally across the baby's body. It's a discreet way to feed so no one notices to object.

Is there I wonder the elation of being a new mum and one who breast feeds, that we are all expected to share?

I'm not convinced by this story anyway on Breast Feeding Week. How convenient is that, and in Bristol too, a dream for the headline makers.

Welshwoofs

quintwins wrote: »

if theres slurping you really are doing something wrong:rotfl:

Perhaps not slurping...but there is a noise and it does turn my stomach (sorry!)

Mind you, I just don't like babies. I don't like seeing them and I certainly don't like being around them. Because of that I tend to go to 'family unfriendly' places so I can avoid them.

GPark

Once your child can hold a bottle and feed themselves why halt their development, it's only for the attached Mothers benefit.[/QUOTE]

Or maybe its for the benefit of the baby who refuses to drink from a bottle so would go without milk if you didn't breastfeed, not to mention the health benefits of breast milk and the fact that bottles are not recommended beyond the age of one due to the damage they do to teeth.

I breastfed my son until he was 12 months old, 3 of those months I was back at work, expressing twice a day in order to maintain my supply so he could continue receiving the benefits of breast milk, and because he simply refused to drink from a bottle. The expressed milk that my son refused to drink was quite happily accepted by a milk bank.

Since I weaned my son (against his will) at 12 months old, we have had a series of health problems, I bitterly regret now not feeding for longer and allowing him to self wean.

I always fed my son whenever and wherever he wanted to be fed, and have never received even one negative comment. I found the cafe owners in our local town centre very welcoming - one even took my food away mid meal to keep it warm for me while I fed my son.

I do agree though, that it is possible to fed discreetly, I always wore tops that I could reach into to undo my nursing bra before simply lifting my top up enough to allow my son to latch on - the top material would then be gathered around my breast and would hide what I was doing. It was only the contented little cooing noises my son made when feeding that alerted people to what I was doing - most people assumed he was simply sleeping in my arms.

NiallB

clearingout wrote: »

I could be wrong, but I'll think you'll find that the baby was also in that cafe for food....

What if the cafe had a

Only food and drink purchased at the restaurant may be consumed on the premises.

sign?

*max*

NiallB wrote: »

What if the cafe had a

Only food and drink purchased at the restaurant may be consumed on the premises.

sign?

Don't give them any ideas...next thing you know, Starbucks will have breast pumps for sale next to the Alta Ricas.

Oh, just noticed the username! lol

onlyroz

kno wrote: »

Children develop full noses and teeth as well as losing their sucking reflex, surely biology should tell you that we are not meant to be suckling into Childhood. Also in less developed areas food may be scarce hence the need to breastfeed for pure survival.

Once your child can hold a bottle and feed themselves why halt their development, it's only for the attatched Mothers benefit.

Yes, biology shows us that a child has difficulty breastfeeding from around age 7-8, when their jaw changes shape and they have more of their adult teeth.

I'm still waiting for your references.

quintwins

Welshwoofs wrote: »

Perhaps not slurping...but there is a noise and it does turn my stomach (sorry!)

Mind you, I just don't like babies. I don't like seeing them and I certainly don't like being around them. Because of that I tend to go to 'family unfriendly' places so I can avoid them.

No more noise than a child drinking a bottle (less infact) and far from noticeable.


Some babies won't take bottles, or cups i feed my son exclusively until 10months as i really had no choice it was that or he wouldn't drink, at that point we finally found a cup he would take just in time for him starting to bite, i never had one negitive comment tho and i fed his everywhere(to be fair i did always try to fed him before i wnet out but if he needed fed i wasn't going to let him cry when i was able to fix that). Infact several family members tried to get his for a cuddle when i was feeding as they just thought he was cuddling in.

I always did one up one down and a muslim square aswell and anything that wasn't covered by that was covered by his head.

elisebutt65

kno wrote: »

Children develop full noses and teeth as well as losing their sucking reflex, surely biology should tell you that we are not meant to be suckling into Childhood. Also in less developed areas food may be scarce hence the need to breastfeed for pure survival.

Once your child can hold a bottle and feed themselves why halt their development, it's only for the attached Mothers benefit.

Don't be silly. Just because they have teeth doesn't mean they can't breastfeed and as for noses - my two still had tilted noses until after I stopped breast feeding shortly after they each turned 2!

Where's the evidence that it does them any harm? My eldest is a strapping lad at 6'4" with no health issues and the other one looks like he's going the same way. They also are the only kids their age(17 and 12) to have no fillings in their peer groups so maybe the breast milk did them some favours - no milk slooshing around their mouth from a cup???

The only adverse reaction I ever had was from my now ex BiL who was a chauvinistic s0B who my sister is well rid of :rotfl:

I used a sling and had it adjusted so littlies even managed to feed on the move:o No boobage visible though:D