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I don't think it's right that women just whip out a bare breast and go for it

Just a comment: Man has become so full of vice that the woman's breast seems more like a sexual object rather than a means of feeding baby. In certain parts of the world women walk freely and the men do not stare, simply because they have not been bombarded with the idea that the breast is a sexual object. I think sensationalism and porn have caused a lot of that sadly. In any case, knowing this, I think being discreet is the best thing.

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We are in the year 2003 and those who live in 'civilized' societies knows that breastfeeding is something normal as go to use the bathroom.
I have never met a woman who pulls out her breast totally naked to breastfeed her child. :
Bink, some people out there still having trouble seeing a mother breastfeeding her child EVEN if you cover yourself. I experience that when I lived in the United States, it didn't happen to me in Argentina nor Trinidad. I don't know if it's a cultural thing but I always carried my blanket when I needed to breasfeed my child in public, there was always some dumbie face (believe it or not MOST were older WOMEN) whom they put that face of 'oh my goshhhh! she's breasfeeding!!!!!' :

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LDS -- I'm with you!  Both of my kids I nursed until they were past 3 -- closer to 3.5 years old.  My son was very "hyper" when he was small.  I have no idea what I would have done if we hadn't been breastfeeding!!!  Oh, my gosh, that kid!!  Sometimes the only thing that would calm him down would be to go into a quiet, dim room, and nurse.  He is now grown and is a wonderful, mellow, sweet guy.  Thank goodness for breastfeeding!!

I went to La Leche League meetings for years when my son was small, but when my daughter was born I couldn't find a local organization.  So we just did things the way I remembered them from the first time around ... lol!  And having no husband to contend with, we just slept in the same room and no one was squawking about night-time nursing!!  :)  (sorry JB  lolol)

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(sorry JB  lolol)

:spock: Yeah, yeah... so why did you stop at 3.5 then? Or should I ask how did you make him stop? My question is not the benefits of it, but how to make them stop.

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-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LDS -- I'm with you!  Both of my kids I nursed until they were past 3 -- closer to 3.5 years old.  My son was very "hyper" when he was small.  I have no idea what I would have done if we hadn't been breastfeeding!!!  Oh, my gosh, that kid!!  Sometimes the only thing that would calm him down would be to go into a quiet, dim room, and nurse.  He is now grown and is a wonderful, mellow, sweet guy.  Thank goodness for breastfeeding!! I went to La Leche League meetings for years when my son was small, but when my daughter was born I couldn't find a local organization.  So we just did things the way I remembered them from the first time around ... lol!  And having no husband to contend with, we just slept in the same room and no one was squawking about night-time nursing!!

Your post made me soooo happy!!! ;D Finally find someone who understands me and knows what I go through with my son and the breastfeeding issue. Men just cannot understand it...after all....how they could? they're not the ones doing it :  Your son sounds exactly how my son is and if wasn't for breastfeeding my child would be even more wild than he already is. Breastfeeding is such a great thing!!! thansk for sharing your comments here, I surely will have lots of questions for you.
How did he stop breastfeeding at 3.5 years?

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Your post made me soooo happy!!! ;D Finally find someone who understands me and knows what I go through with my son and the breastfeeding issue. Men just cannot understand it...

I'm glad to help with that.  You know, my husband was very unsure of what I was doing.  He had been married before and had 3 kids that were bottlefed exclusively.  Never had been around a breastfeeding "pair" and was not very comfortable.  But after he saw that there was LESS trouble with sleeping at night, less "smell" to the diapers, and when our toddler son was getting wild and out of control, a few minutes of nursing often calmed him down...  my husband was a lot more understanding.  But after the first couple of years... and then three... well, he wasn't so understanding!  Of course, at three years, most of the nursing is at night.

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How did he stop breastfeeding at 3.5 years?

And then we were divorced (for other reasons).  The court ordered "every other month" visitation and so the first month he spent with his father... he was weaned, of course.  Ripped my heart to shreds, and nearly killed me...  but I survived.

With my daughter, I had to explain to her that "Four year old children do not nurse."  I started telling her that when she was about 3.5, and that way it would be in her mind for awhile.  Whenever we talked about her birthday coming, I would tell her... "Four year old children do not nurse."  And, amazingly enough, it worked!!  :D   Hurray!  ( then there was potty training... oy!)

Two of my sisters also nursed their children past 3 years old.  I also have many cousins, and cousin's wives who nursed past the 3 year mark.  It's much more common than a lot of people think.  Men can just "get over it."  We're doing what is BEST for our children.

Oh, JB?  About the "nursing at night like a newborn"?  It will pass.. and for now is good for your son.  Believe me, he will be grown and gone before you know it.  Enjoy this time you have with him.  Trust your wife's "mothering instincts" and know that giving him the extra love and attention and affection at this age will pay off better than gold when he is a young man.

Roz

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:spock: This is the thing with women... once they get together on something they agree with it is hell or high water if you disagree. LOL

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Oh, JB?  About the "nursing at night like a newborn"?  It will pass.. and for now is good for your son.

Yeah, yeah, they all say that, but I am one of those parents that actually like for the child to grow up to go on camps and do all the manly things together.

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Trust your wife's "mothering instincts" and know that giving him the extra love and attention and affection at this age will pay off better than gold when he is a young man.

:spock: Okay, but we are in agreement that taking this to age four is too much, come on, there must be a time when you say 'stop' otherwise the boy will be getting ready to graduate from school and still nursing.

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Thanks again for your comments Farseer. Actually, I'm ready to stop breastfeeding, it's just my son who is not ready. He walked at 9 months, potty trained when he was around 2 and he learned it in a week! but two things he is not doing:  talking like a child of his age and no way he wants to stop breastfeeding. He feels so happy when he does it, he feels loved and protected.
I wish he could talk more and be more mature (yes he acts like a kid much more younger than 3) so I can explain him about it but it seems like it will take a long while until he actually reach that state of mind.
I know all children are different and they learn at different space, that's why I will continue loving him, caring for him and do whatever I can to make him happy.