FED UP of constant comments! - Page 4

Weezie123 · Apr 14th, 2012, 10:09 AM

I'm going to feed until my baby self weans. Luckily I fed until 3 so will have the support of my mum. It is hard as it's not nice to have people question something that should be so natural and beautiful. Don't worry you're not alone and you're certainly doing something "normal" even of it is against the norm.

My inlaws are obsessed with my baby having water and trying to "feed him up" i'm sure it's trying to tell me he doesn't need milk from me. They said "As soon as he eats real food he'll loose interest". The funny thing is even if he has 3 full meals and lots of water he still wants to breastfeed wih gusto!

satine51 · Apr 14th, 2012, 12:48 PM

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REALLY TEMPTED!!! Lol!!

I want pictures of both the cake and everyones faces!!!

satine51 · Apr 14th, 2012, 12:56 PM

I never thought I would be bfing for that long, but I am going to try to carry on until my lo self weans. I never had nasty comments, but the longer I go on for, I am sure I am going to come across it sooner or later. My mil used to ask how long I was planning to bf for, I think she has just got passed the point of being comfortable....lol! But she keeps quiet at the moment, anyway. Funnily enough, I never bfed in front of my fil, not because anyone said anything to me, but I just got the vibes from mil. Whenever we are at inlaws we go to their bedroom for bf.

Dragonfly · Apr 14th, 2012, 13:00 PM

I think you can imagine the comments I get, though I have no friends left so its all quiet now

YoshiPikachu · Apr 14th, 2012, 13:08 PM

If it was me I would tell em to kiss my ass! Really lots of people breast freed there 1 years olds.

Kess · Apr 14th, 2012, 13:13 PM

Wow Dragonfly, 37 months! That's amazing! Your son is one lucky little boy.

ETA: I just noticed his pic in your avatar. It's obviously doing him the power of good 'cuz he's a real cutie. Both of your boys are going to be fighting the girls off with sticks when they're older!

My 8 months feels really short now lol.

silver_penny · Apr 14th, 2012, 13:25 PM

I still BF my oldest son, who will be 3 in June. My grandma still asks on occasion if he's BF'd, but I think its more out of being curious than being disgusted with him still feeding. My MIL will on the rare occasion now tell my DS "you're too old for that now"

She's kinda gotten out of the habit now, as I told her off once for it.

I will continue to bf as long as both of us are happy with it.

T-Bex · Apr 14th, 2012, 14:36 PM

Congratulations for reaching 1 year! You should be so proud of yourself, especially if you had problems in the early days; Gooo Mama!

And I know exactly what you mean (if you can see my ticker, you'll see why

)... People can be so rude about something that is so healthy for children to have, and it's really frustrating. Mummy milk is magic stuff, folks!

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Silver_Penny - you are my nursing hero! Tandem feeding and pregnant deserves a massive high five!

Dragonfly · Apr 14th, 2012, 17:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Kess

Wow Dragonfly, 37 months! That's amazing! Your son is one lucky little boy.

ETA: I just noticed his pic in your avatar. It's obviously doing him the power of good 'cuz he's a real cutie. Both of your boys are going to be fighting the girls off with sticks when they're older!

My 8 months feels really short now lol.

I breastfeed both my boys still both well over a year. I clearly must be still good as both arnt good eaters at all just like the breastmilk and william had a blood test there and all levels are fine. Which shocked me as the doc was worried about iron. Seems theres enough in my milk. Though eating more solids would be great to.

meli1981 · Apr 14th, 2012, 18:36 PM

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I apologise, in advance, for the rant that's about to erupt!!

I am SO SO proud of myself that we made it to a year of EBF (well, almost..only 11 days away

But I never bring it up in conversation nor do I go on about it, but if asked if I am still feeding my lo, then I reply with "Yes, of course" or something along those lines. Then I can almost predict what will happen next. The usual response I get is "Yuck! You're STILL breastfeeding at a year?! That isn't normal!". Now this is the number one response that get's my goat. ISN'T NORMAL?!?! Then if the most natural thing in the world isn't normal, what the eff is?!

Don't get me wrong, I am not against any other form of feeding, seeing as I hardly BF my first, but it's the pure fact people can be so rude about it!!

I always have an answer usually along the lines of "a human drinking cows milk is normal?". Again I do drink cows milk, and so will Amelia when she decided to wean off of me, but for now I am doing what I want to do. Not what YOU think I should do! (YOU being the person critisicing my choice!)

Sorry to get on my soapbox, I am just sick to death of the comments and god forbid I feed my daughter in public. She is very tall so looks like a long toddler on my lap

but I ALWAYS get a snide comment.
When LO was a baby, I always got nice remarks and friendly smiles but now it is horrifying lol Even some members of my extended family made comments recently.

What am I going to do? Carry on feeding her myself and let the, think their thoughts as I sure as hell won't let it affect me!!

(Sorry for the full on rant. I found breastfeeding incredibly hard the first couple of months and for us to get this far is incredible, as I never thought we would! Thankyou for still reading, if you got this far!)

Anyone else receive comments now you BF an older baby/toddler?

i bf my first daughter until she was eighteen months, and my mother and grandmother said i was nursing too long. my mother would make comments like, "ih youre going to put her on your boob again!" oh come on im just feeding my baby! i never bf in public for fear of stares and comments from strangers, as it was when my daughter was just a few days old i was out and to bf in the car and a lady walking by gave me a dirty look, even though i was covered and we were in my car! just keep doing what youre doing, and congrats on your one year milestone!

Apr 14th, 2012, 10:09 AM	#31
Weezie123 Mum (Mom) Chat Happy BnB Member Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Hampshire Posts: 1,090	I'm going to feed until my baby self weans. Luckily I fed until 3 so will have the support of my mum. It is hard as it's not nice to have people question something that should be so natural and beautiful. Don't worry you're not alone and you're certainly doing something "normal" even of it is against the norm. My inlaws are obsessed with my baby having water and trying to "feed him up" i'm sure it's trying to tell me he doesn't need milk from me. They said "As soon as he eats real food he'll loose interest". The funny thing is even if he has 3 full meals and lots of water he still wants to breastfeed wih gusto!

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Apr 14th, 2012, 12:56 PM	#33
satine51 Mum (Mom) Chat Happy BnB Member Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Surrey, UK Posts: 1,363	I never thought I would be bfing for that long, but I am going to try to carry on until my lo self weans. I never had nasty comments, but the longer I go on for, I am sure I am going to come across it sooner or later. My mil used to ask how long I was planning to bf for, I think she has just got passed the point of being comfortable....lol! But she keeps quiet at the moment, anyway. Funnily enough, I never bfed in front of my fil, not because anyone said anything to me, but I just got the vibes from mil. Whenever we are at inlaws we go to their bedroom for bf.

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Apr 14th, 2012, 13:00 PM	#34
Dragonfly Mum (Mom) BnB Elite Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: N.Ireland Posts: 17,274	I think you can imagine the comments I get, though I have no friends left so its all quiet now

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Apr 14th, 2012, 13:08 PM	#35
YoshiPikachu Mum (Mom) Chat Happy BnB Member Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Minnesota Posts: 2,018	If it was me I would tell em to kiss my ass! Really lots of people breast freed there 1 years olds.

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Apr 14th, 2012, 13:13 PM	#36
Kess Mum (Mom) Chat Happy BnB Member Join Date: May 2009 Location: England Posts: 2,103	Wow Dragonfly, 37 months! That's amazing! Your son is one lucky little boy. ETA: I just noticed his pic in your avatar. It's obviously doing him the power of good 'cuz he's a real cutie. Both of your boys are going to be fighting the girls off with sticks when they're older! My 8 months feels really short now lol.

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Apr 14th, 2012, 13:25 PM	#37
silver_penny Mum (Mom) Chat Happy BnB Member Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Arizona, USA Posts: 1,628	I still BF my oldest son, who will be 3 in June. My grandma still asks on occasion if he's BF'd, but I think its more out of being curious than being disgusted with him still feeding. My MIL will on the rare occasion now tell my DS "you're too old for that now" She's kinda gotten out of the habit now, as I told her off once for it. I will continue to bf as long as both of us are happy with it.

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Apr 14th, 2012, 14:36 PM	#38
T-Bex Mum (Mom) Chat Happy BnB Member Join Date: May 2009 Location: North Easterner in Cornwall Posts: 2,365	Congratulations for reaching 1 year! You should be so proud of yourself, especially if you had problems in the early days; Gooo Mama! And I know exactly what you mean (if you can see my ticker, you'll see why )... People can be so rude about something that is so healthy for children to have, and it's really frustrating. Mummy milk is magic stuff, folks! Edit Silver_Penny - you are my nursing hero! Tandem feeding and pregnant deserves a massive high five!

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