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Breastfeeding a 3 year old

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Fri May 11, 2012 12:07 pm
by bedub1
Re: Breastfeeding a 3 year old

Posted:
Fri May 11, 2012 12:21 pm
by maxfaraday
And what about a mother who sleeps with her 8 years old son?

Posted:
Fri May 11, 2012 12:26 pm
by 2dimes
I bet that kid is the healthiest one in his health region. Dude must not be getting much of a feeding out of it though.
Re: Breastfeeding a 3 year old

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Fri May 11, 2012 12:33 pm
by Ace Rimmer
My wife has breastfed all of our kids, doing it much later than most people find "normal". For instance with our third, she bf him until he was around 2. She stopped then, because it was just too weird. 3 years old is just too old, we both agree on that.
When I was growing up, we had a French friend (like born in France then moved to US). Her son was probably about 5 and he still bf, that was just odd.
Re: Breastfeeding a 3 year old

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Fri May 11, 2012 1:25 pm
by Beetle
My cousins husband was breastfed until he was in kindergarten. His mom used to come up to the school to feed him during recess, but soon stopped after the backlash. He was at least 5 to 6 years old!!!!
He was the youngest out of 5 kids, and I don't know how long she fed the others.
My cousin and him would fight over breastfeeding their 3 kids, and she won by stopping after 1 year.

Re: Breastfeeding a 3 year old

Posted:
Fri May 11, 2012 2:42 pm
by PLAYER57832
It is normal in other cultures to breastfeed until 4-5, but here it is pretty extreme. Also, I don't believe that there is a real physical/medical benefit to go that long in our society. Those places where they do breastfeed longer tend to have food that are harder for young children to digest.
One of the biggest reasons some cultures advocate long-term breast feeding is that it can inhibit chances of getting pregnant immediately somewhat (by NO means is it anywhere close to a true birth control method, but having nothing else available...).
For my part, I have memories of being 3, 4, 5... so there is just no way I could see going that long. That said, I did breastfeed my first almost 2 years and my second for 18 months. At that point, it just was too physically draining on me, so I quit.
Per Dr Sears, in general... he says some good things, but I don't agree with all of his philosophy by any means.
Re: Breastfeeding a 3 year old

Posted:
Fri May 11, 2012 3:46 pm
by Haggis_McMutton
hawt.
/neo
Re: Breastfeeding a 3 year old

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Sat May 12, 2012 12:19 pm
by Phatscotty
Re: Breastfeeding a 3 year old

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Sat May 12, 2012 1:12 pm
by Pedronicus
I'm 43 and my mum is still breast feeding me. I should of bought a house closer to the family home because she doesn't drive.
Re: Breastfeeding a 3 year old

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Sat May 12, 2012 1:56 pm
by jonesthecurl
PLAYER57832 wrote:It is normal in other cultures to breastfeed until 4-5, but here it is pretty extreme. Also, I don't believe that there is a real physical/medical benefit to go that long in our society. Those places where they do breastfeed longer tend to have food that are harder for young children to digest.
One of the biggest reasons some cultures advocate long-term breast feeding is that it can inhibit chances of getting pregnant immediately somewhat (by NO means is it anywhere close to a true birth control method, but having nothing else available...).
For my part, I have memories of being 3, 4, 5... so there is just no way I could see going that long. That said, I did breastfeed my first almost 2 years and my second for 18 months. At that point, it just was too physically draining on me, so I quit.
Per Dr Sears, in general... he says some good things, but I don't agree with all of his philosophy by any means.
Apart from the fact that I haven't breastfed anyone myself, Player said almost exactly what I was gonna say.
Re: Breastfeeding a 3 year old

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Mon May 14, 2012 8:23 am
by Neoteny
Haggis_McMutton wrote:hawt.
/neo
Re: Breastfeeding a 3 year old

Posted:
Mon May 14, 2012 6:15 pm
by TA1LGUNN3R
I think of all the problems that are afflicting American children, longer than usual breastfeeding is, like, the least of them. If at all.
-TG
Re: Breastfeeding a 3 year old

Posted:
Mon May 14, 2012 6:27 pm
by happy2seeyou
I've breastfed a 30 year old
Re: Breastfeeding a 3 year old

Posted:
Mon May 14, 2012 6:29 pm
by Army of GOD
I give saxi my milk all the time...and he's like 70.
Re: Breastfeeding a 3 year old

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Tue May 15, 2012 5:49 am
by Gillipig
Very good looking mom!! probably not a whole lot of much milk in her small tits though. I bet the kid could slurp it up in one big suck.
Re: Breastfeeding a 3 year old

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Tue May 15, 2012 6:33 am
by vodean
Army of GOD wrote:I give saxi my milk all the time...and he's like 70.
dude...nobody wants to hear about your sex life... and thats just disgusting. it does explain your stance on gay marriage.

Re: Breastfeeding a 3 year old

Posted:
Tue May 15, 2012 6:37 am
by vodean
i dont think its as healthy as switching to normal food, but it isnt molestation either.
Re: Breastfeeding a 3 year old

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Tue May 15, 2012 7:54 am
by jonesthecurl
The kid looks pretty healthy on it. I didn't read - is that all the kid gets?
Re: Breastfeeding a 3 year old

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Tue May 15, 2012 8:23 am
by PLAYER57832
jonesthecurl wrote:The kid looks pretty healthy on it. I didn't read - is that all the kid gets?
No. Its rarely even a primary source of nutrition at that late a stage. Even in societies that routinely practice late nursing, the kids will eat other food. Its sort of a combination of a nutrition supplement and comfort. The comfort is often as much about the mom -- whether things like birth control or just her wanting to keep her kids close or other factors -- than about the child. I have seen things like continuing immunity for diseases are sometimes cited. However, that is not much of an issue in our society today with such widespread vaccinations available.
Re: Breastfeeding a 3 year old

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Tue May 15, 2012 8:39 am
by MeDeFe
Gillipig wrote:Very good looking mom!! probably not a whole lot of much milk in her small tits though. I bet the kid could slurp it up in one big suck.
You really know that the size of breasts and the amount of milk they produce do not actually correlate, don't you?
Re: Breastfeeding a 3 year old

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Tue May 15, 2012 8:51 am
by Neoteny
MeDeFe wrote:Gillipig wrote:Very good looking mom!! probably not a whole lot of much milk in her small tits though. I bet the kid could slurp it up in one big suck.
You really know that the size of breasts and the amount of milk they produce do not actually correlate, don't you?
I think it's just an excuse to talk about tits.
Re: Breastfeeding a 3 year old

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Tue May 15, 2012 9:07 am
by vodean
Neoteny wrote:MeDeFe wrote:Gillipig wrote:Very good looking mom!! probably not a whole lot of much milk in her small tits though. I bet the kid could slurp it up in one big suck.
You really know that the size of breasts and the amount of milk they produce do not actually correlate, don't you?
I think it's just an excuse to talk about tits.
not only that but its a very good excuse
Re: Breastfeeding a 3 year old

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Tue May 15, 2012 11:50 am
by Gillipig
MeDeFe wrote:Gillipig wrote:Very good looking mom!! probably not a whole lot of much milk in her small tits though. I bet the kid could slurp it up in one big suck.
You really know that the size of breasts and the amount of milk they produce do not actually correlate, don't you?
I know from experience that it actually does

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Re: Breastfeeding a 3 year old

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Tue May 15, 2012 5:33 pm
by natty dread
vodean wrote:Neoteny wrote:MeDeFe wrote:Gillipig wrote:Very good looking mom!! probably not a whole lot of much milk in her small tits though. I bet the kid could slurp it up in one big suck.
You really know that the size of breasts and the amount of milk they produce do not actually correlate, don't you?
I think it's just an excuse to talk about tits.
not only that but its a very good excuse
No it's not.
Ffs, they're just tits. You've all probably seen hundreds of them...
... Oh.
Right. Carry on then...
Re: Breastfeeding a 3 year old

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Fri May 18, 2012 10:20 am
by PLAYER57832
Gillipig wrote:MeDeFe wrote:Gillipig wrote:Very good looking mom!! probably not a whole lot of much milk in her small tits though. I bet the kid could slurp it up in one big suck.
You really know that the size of breasts and the amount of milk they produce do not actually correlate, don't you?
I know from experience that it actually does

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You are misinformed, based on anomolous personal experience.