to get right hacked off when people make retching noises when talking about extended breastfeeding

[emkana]

By all means say it's not for you but ffs GROW UP

(not you personally, obv)

[MenaMilou]

YANBU

[CharCharGaboriaInExcelsisDeo]

yanbu fgs, that is ridiculously immature. Do people not think about how they'd feel if you criticised one of their choices? My friend told me the other day that me still bfing DD was 'getting a bit silly,' said in a suitable patronising tone. She's still a baby ffs.

[BouncingTinsel]

Grrrrr who are they, let me at 'em!!!

YANBU!

[cmotdibbler]

YANBU. And what business is it of theirs anyway ?

[emkana]

At the time they didn't know that I had breastfed all my children for over two years each. I enjoyed the look on their faces when I did mention it then.

[TeenyTinyTorya]

YANBU, whatever their feelings on the subject, that's an incredibly immature reaction.

[Habbibu]

Think I'd get generally annoyed at retching noises anyway. Breastfeeding is a lot nicer than people pretending to vomit, surely?

[believer07]

I breastfed my first child for two years, and intend on doing the same for this baby.

My question is at what age is told old, i remeber that extreme breastfeeding program and one woman had an 11 year old still feeding or maybe it was even older.

would you feed say your 3 year old out in a cafe and if not why not?

[roundcornvirgin]

Idiots

[emkana]

To be fair I stopped feeding them in public when they were about 18 months.

[CharCharGaboriaInExcelsisDeo]

lol emkana, they must have felt pretty embarrassed

believer07, if we're talking about the same programme wasn't the child actually 6 or 7? Not 11. I can't say what I would actually do in that situation as yet, as DD is only 16 months. I think it would depend on how much they needed it, eg. distressed due to hurting themselves.

[CharCharGaboriaInExcelsisDeo]

I still feed DD in public now if she really needs it. Often she's distracted though so doesn't ask. It's usually only if she's hurt herself or is tired and overwhelmed.

[wotuhohohoinat]

Extended breastfeeding certainly isn't something I would do, but I would never make retching noises when someone was doing it. How awful for the child feeding to hear that in the background.

[mawbroon]

Believer07 - yes I do feed my 3yo out and about. He doesn't ask very often when we are out, but if he does, he usually has a pretty good reason for it and feeding draws less attention than him screaming the place down.

Most recent public feeding was yesterday in a packed hospital waiting room.

[neenztwinz]

I think people just do the retching etc cos they don't know any better. They don't know anyone who did extended BF and are not MNers . They are conditioned into thinking that you only BF for 6 or 12 mths. I am BFing my twins (7mths old) and TBH I am starting to feel a little self-conscious feeding them in public when i never felt that way before (always felt proud to feed them in public). I would love to carry on until they don't want it anymore but I know that a couple of years ago I probably would have been all 'retch' about extended BFing - cos I didn't know any better.

Just feel sorry for these ignorant people!

[mrsleroyjethrogibbs]

urgh silly arses.
clearly they have nothing better to say/ do

[MrsMattie]

Stupid people. I don't understand the palava some people make about bf-ing at all.

[LoveBeingAMummyKissingSanta]

About as bad as bitty!!!!

[prettybutterfly]

Yanbu. Ignore the numpties and carry on.

[vlc]

YANBU

Adults are just as prone to succumbing to peer pressure as children. And so most people ensure they produce the "oo how weird" reaction because that's how they expect everyone to react.

If they have managed to achieve any level of mature, sensible, independent thought, they may have been a little shamed by their behaviour following your revelation and will perhaps consider that they may be wrong.

I hope.

[goodasgoldfrankincenceandmyrhh]

YANBU