I don't see the problem. Sure, it might be a little "weird" but that's because you don't see too many women breast feeding in general, let alone in public. And if the child was 2, it still doesn't matter. I think the mother knows best when to wean.
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10-10-2008, 06:42 AM #181"The Bible is an anvil that has worn out many hammers."
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10-10-2008, 08:31 AM #182
I'm starting to get a good laugh out our little daily exchange of posts. Why should I have to research your experience? I clearly explained my educational backround/work/personal experience. You can take 30 seconds to do the same. Anyway, I see nothing which suggests you are anymore educated on this topic than I am. I also have to laugh at your assumption that I'm ok with the notion of feeding kids crap I am not. I am appalled by our nation of fat ass toddlers. Additionally, my kids eat in a very healthy manner.
Furthermore it's absurd for you to make statements like this ("Just use common sense, and look at our history as a species. Babies are meant to have breast milk until they can get their full nutrition from solid foods"), and then get on me for not using reasearch to back up my points. Common sense is not a research technique. Remember, you decided that only research is valid in this discussion...right?
Lastly I find it interesting you see fit to label yourself more knowledgable than a physician on the topic of breast feeding. Oh the irony. You seem to think you have superior educational knowledge on the topic, which then renders my opinions invalid. Could not the same thing then be said about your level of knowledge as compared to that of my pediatrician. But I guess glib comments about putting down the weed changes everything
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10-10-2008, 01:03 PM #184
Then you should support the healthiest diet possible 100%, not just support going half way with it and weaning them early.
Why do you want me to explain myself to you when you have refused to answer any of MY questions?
Furthermore it's absurd for you to make statements like this ("Just use common sense, and look at our history as a species. Babies are meant to have breast milk until they can get their full nutrition from solid foods"), and then get on me for not using reasearch to back up my points. Common sense is not a research technique. Remember, you decided that only research is valid in this discussion...right?
Lastly I find it interesting you see fit to label yourself more knowledgable than a physician on the topic of breast feeding. Oh the irony. You seem to think you have superior educational knowledge on the topic, which then renders my opinions invalid. Could not the same thing then be said about your level of knowledge as compared to that of my pediatrician. But I guess glib comments about putting down the weed changes everything
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10-10-2008, 01:38 PM #191
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LOL, A Derailed Thread
Thank God for the clear thinking of the ladies here. How this got twisted into a sex thing I have no clue. Nevertheless, it does reveal where this breastfeeding stigma may have originated from in the first place?
But now, let's get down to the nitty gritty of the topic.
I have a 2 year old, and I'm still nursing her. Well, she'll be two in a few weeks, that is.
Why? There are several reasons. All doctors recommend that children get some form of milk up to age 2. Cow's milk is not made for human babies, it's made for cow babies. The same for goat's milk, etc. Formula is made to be used in emergencies when mothers can't produce their own milk (less than 1% of women can't produce enough milk for their babies-- most simply don't bother in our culture). So, the wise choice should be obvious... for as long as your child NEEDS milk for his or her development... the milk perfectly suited in every way to their needs and development and digestive system is the wisest one to give them. Not a poor replacement.
As far as when I will nurse her... I will nurse her whenever she needs to nurse. She knows when she wants to nurse versus a drink of water versus a snack. Whether it's for comfort or for nourishment or because she's feeling weak with hunger, it doesn't really matter. She has a need for it that is strong enough that she will specifically ask for THAT, and she will refuse whatever else is offered.
To put it in terms you might understand, you hardly want to be given a salad when you are looking for a source of protien. You'd be pretty mad at the person who told you that they are uncomfortable with you eating meat, so you WILL have a salad, and you WILL LIKE IT.
So if you are uncomfortable with a woman feeding her child in public, that's your personal problem, and I care no more about it than you care about a vegetarian crying about you eating meat in front of them.
Let's see, one is a child who can't understand why she can't eat right now when her little tummy is hurting for food... and one is a grown adult that can get the f*ck over themselves and their childish, culturally imposed puritanical prudism...Last edited by KRANE; 10-10-2008 at 01:48 PM. Reason: sp
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10-10-2008, 01:54 PM #194
I didn't say anyone disagreed, I was simply laying out some of the reasons for my choice to continue nursing rather than putting a child on cow's milk or changing to formula for the rest of the time that children NEED milk. Children NEED milk much longer than 6 months old.
Pardon me, but I have a bit of an issue with that part. I can't help but notice a bit of 21 century selfishness in that statement. In other words, because you can, doesn't always mean you should.
I should not have to pump breastmilk to carry around because someone who thinks that breasts are genitalia might get offended by a mother nursing a child.
I've seen the results of children that get everything they want when they ask for it. And the attitude isn't pleasent. Personally, I feel we've rebounded a bit too much with this "me, damn everybody else" attitude. No one would every suggest you starve your child, but there's nothing wrong (in fact I think it's healthy) with teaching your kid that sometimes they may have to wait. Think of it like good manners: you don't have to say excuse me after you sneeze, but I does show respect (fior those around you), when you do.
You are, unfortunately, attempting to make "you can't have everythign you want" be about EATING and HEALTH, rather than the appropriate things, like ba-oons and candy bars and toys and soccer games and various and sundry other non-necessities.
A child's need for nourishment, or even for comfort under duress, is part of establishing for the child a sense of safety. It's one thing to be deprived of a ba-oon, but a whole other thing to be forced to go hungry.
You don't like to be forced to go hungry, and you don't like to be forced to eat only lettuce for days at a time when your body is craving meat. But you would demand that, in order to TEACH HER A LESSON, I force my child to go hungry or to only allow her to eat something that her body is not asking for at the moment?
That teaches her something, alright. It teaches her that she's not allowed to eat, not allowed to eat what her body needs, and that she is being punished for she-knows-not-what WITH THE WITHHOLDING OF FOOD.
Healthy food is not a weapon, a punishment, a reward, or a lesson.
Ba-oons are lessons. Ba-oons are "you can't have everything you want."
According to you, though, I should have been considerate of everyone else in the case of the baloon.
That flies directly in the face of your insistence that one teach one's child that they can't have everything they want just because they want it. Shall I give in to the child's desire for the balloon, or should I cave in to the desire of the people not to listen to crying?
Shall I feed my child and put my child's health first, or shall I tell my child that she must go hungry, and force other people to listen to her screaming in order to appease those who don't want to 'see me' do such a nasty thing as nurse my child?
Which crowd to appease? Whose whim must I cater to and put over my child's well-being? The "don't make me hear your baby cry" crowd, or the "don't make me look at you nursing your child" crowd?
Should I give in when it comes to balloons to appease people who don't want to listen to her cry, but then when she wants to EAT, choose THAT time to teach her, "you can't have everything you want-- even the things important to your health and well-being. I care more about what other people will think of me than I do about your hurting tummy"?
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10-10-2008, 01:54 PM #195
[QUOTE=KRANE;230524911][QUOTE=OmniPotentTitan;230523111]Why would you say excuse me after sneezing? What does this have to do with manners? Do you mean if you sneeze on somebody?
You don't. But the civilized people do it anyway.
A well mannered and respectful one. What you call "uptight" I call a conservative upbringing. It's a shame you missed it.
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10-10-2008, 02:28 PM #196
the fact is: breast feeding is a natural act and if you have a problem with it, it is up to you to GTFO!
if a woman were to consider everyones precious viewpoint regarding how they felt when she fed her child she would be unable to do so virtually anywhere!
i cant believe we are even arguing about this!
what do you gentlemen find offensive?
the breast? the infant suckling?
what?"As sure as the world stands, you jf1 shall spend an eternity in Hell in eternal torment..."
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You don't! And there end lies the gist of this thread. Like I said, manners aren't mandatory. If anyone wants to sit at the table (or on the floor) and eat like a pig--they can.
Unfortunately, you chose the wrong thing to make your crusade about. Eating is, again, a NEED, not a desire. It's not like she's asking for a baloon. At the store the other day, she demanded, repeatedly, a "ba-oon!" I told her no. And much to the annoyance and anger of the fellow behind me, I made everyone in the store listen to her screaming and wailing for the coveted "ba-oon."
You are, unfortunately, attempting to make "you can't have everythign you want" be about EATING and HEALTH, rather than the appropriate things, like ba-oons and candy bars and toys and soccer games and various and sundry other non-necessities.
A child's need for nourishment, or even for comfort under duress, is part of establishing for the child a sense of safety. It's one thing to be deprived of a ba-oon, but a whole other thing to be forced to go hungry.
You don't like to be forced to go hungry, and you don't like to be forced to eat only lettuce for days at a time when your body is craving meat. But you would demand that, in order to TEACH HER A LESSON, I force my child to go hungry or to only allow her to eat something that her body is not asking for at the moment?
That teaches her something, alright. It teaches her that she's not allowed to eat, not allowed to eat what her body needs, and that she is being punished for she-knows-not-what WITH THE WITHHOLDING OF FOOD.
Healthy food is not a weapon, a punishment, a reward, or a lesson.
Ba-oons are lessons. Ba-oons are "you can't have everything you want."
According to you, though, I should have been considerate of everyone else in the case of the baloon.
That flies directly in the face of your insistence that one teach one's child that they can't have everything they want just because they want it. Shall I give in to the child's desire for the balloon, or should I cave in to the desire of the people not to listen to crying?
Shall I feed my child and put my child's health first, or shall I tell my child that she must go hungry, and force other people to listen to her screaming in order to appease those who don't want to 'see me' do such a nasty thing as nurse my child?
Which crowd to appease? Whose whim must I cater to and put over my child's well-being? The "don't make me hear your baby cry" crowd, or the "don't make me look at you nursing your child" crowd?
Should I give in when it comes to balloons to appease people who don't want to listen to her cry, but then when she wants to EAT, choose THAT time to teach her, "you can't have everything you want-- even the things important to your health and well-being. I care more about what other people will think of me than I do about your hurting tummy"?Last edited by KRANE; 10-10-2008 at 02:30 PM.
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Oh here we go, now you are trying to call me uncivilized. Let me guess, you also say excuse me when you cough? Do you also not wear white after labour day? Do you hold the door open for every random person? Talk about preconditioned.
Do you also feel offended when people don't wear suits to business meetings or when your close friends don't at least call you on your birthday?
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10-10-2008, 02:42 PM #202
So, not pumping breastmilk is now eating like a pig on the floor?
Careful, your bias is showing.
It wasn't a crusade; I thought you understood that. The impetus hehind this thread was to create a forum on the discussion on what is appropriate vs what is allowed--or required. I believed a lady breast feeding would make a good example.
In the example, the child was a two years old (closer to three) not a new born.
We all have a right to raise our children the way we want (which would also allow you to teach them to hate) but sooner or later they will have to interact with society. It's the consequences of these interactions that concerns me. Think about it, every criminal in prison began as somebody's little boy or girl.
Apparently, you want me to only pump breastmilk because YOU might get upset by a natural human function of me breastfeeding my child, you want me to (I don't know, I have to guess, since you didn't answer the question) tape my child's mouth shut if she cries when I tell her she can't have something, and you want me to starve her so that you don't have to see me feed her.
Yeah, I think... no.
You're definitely showing your bias. Now breastfed children who aren't given PUMPED breastmilk are going to end up in prison. Or is it children breastfed over the age of... uh, what, 6 months? What's your magic number?
Or is it children that are actually allowed to eat when they are hungry that will go to prison?
Did you even hear yourself make spiteful comments about someone's kid going to prison because YOU don't agree with their parenting choices? If I made such a comment to you, you would call me a racist and a hate-mongerer, or worse. Maybe you need to go outside and go for a walk before you start telling peole that their kids will be in prison because they made the choice to FEED THEIR CHILD WHEN THE CHILD WAS HUNGRY.
If you have kids, I hope you rethink your idea of using food to teach them a lesson when they're not even 3 years old yet. Food should never be a weapon or a lesson.
Thanks for not bothering to read my post, bud. I'm sure you won't bother to read this one, either.Last edited by Amris; 10-10-2008 at 02:45 PM.
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No, it is us that have the problem because we don't get offended at actions that have no consequence on our lives.
It is relevant. The only reason you are "offended" is because of the preconditioned bull**** you were told to believe. Until the kid takes a piss on you, you have no right to tell the mother what to do with it. So sit down and shutup, and if you can't stop looking then go somewhere else.
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10-10-2008, 02:47 PM #206
It's obvious Krane really has some emotional problems. I seriously don't get his aversion towards breastfeeding.
If he wants to make his children eat less healthy food, so be it. But there's no reason women shouldn't be allowed to breastfeed their children whenever necessary.
There's no reason they should be forced to forgo feeding their children simply because sensitive pansies like Krane see a boob and feel disgusted.
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Yeah, this is made all the worse by the fact that, not only does he want me to use it to teach her a lesson, but he wants me to do it even though she isn't doing a THING wrong by simply being hungry... except for being hungry where HE might see her eating in a way HE doesn't approve of.
But the more he talks, the more I think what got him all hot and bothered was that she was ON THE FLOOR feeding her child. I guess she was supposef to find a diningroom table and set her breast on that to nurse. *shrug*
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