breast feeding question
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- locustsloth0
That was an interesting article, Mimeo. And i think what she's trying to get at is true; that mothers shouldn't be subjected to fanatical judgments when they decided to stop, or never, breastfeed.
However, as is somewhat evident of this very thread, attitudes towards women breastfeeding, regardless of how long, are to some degree stuck back when the rise of formula use she writes of happened. Subjective notions of decency made breastfeeding women, women who did what it seems nature intended them to do when they had a child, feel as bad as the women who don't nurse today. The pro-nursing fanaticism is a product of women being fed up with people telling them what they should or shouldn't do with their bodies.
My sons are 8 and 4 and both were breastfed by my wife. We were the first couple in our group of friends to have a child, so the whole breastfeeding thing became an issue. It was also an issue with my family, who, for lack of a fuller explanation, are generally ignorant. This external pressure made it difficult for us to do what we thought was best for our own child.My point is that the decision of when stop is between the mother and her child. Anyone else's input on the issue is somewhat invalid.