Mum asked to stop breastfeeding a TWO YEAR OLD in shoe shop.

Well I do actually, yes. I get to have an opinion. As we all do.

And also just to say you're experience is valid and you chose to feed as per your comfort levels and what works for you and your child.

You just don't get to think that everyone should or must feel the same way or have the same experience.

Precisely my point. But apparently that doesn’t happen if nobody experienced it. I absolutely hated breastfeeding once their teeth came through.

Precisely my point. But apparently that doesn’t happen if nobody experienced it. I absolutely hated breastfeeding once their teeth came through.

I suppose the real issue is why would anyone actually want a child with teeth latched on to their nipple? Surely it’s a bit uncomfortable?

The poster we were replying to wrote "why would anyone actually want a child with teeth latched on to their nipple?" You might have found it agony as soon as your dc got milk teeth, doesn't mean everyone does. This thread is about interfering judgemental arses who are repulsed by others breastfeeding.

Doesn’t mean they’re not capable of inflicting great pain when scraped across your nipple, as I found.

Precisely my point. But apparently that doesn’t happen if nobody experienced it. I absolutely hated breastfeeding once their teeth came through.

Doesn’t mean they’re not capable of inflicting great pain when scraped across your nipple, as I found.

Yes. They are even called milk teeth.

No, it isn't. Their mouth is shaped for breastfeeding. You can't even feel them. The shape of your mouth changes completely around the age of 6 or 7.

And babies have teeth at 6 months FYI. Their nutrition still comes from milk until 12 months.

I assume you are not a parent or you would know this stuff.

I suppose the real issue is why would anyone actually want a child with teeth latched on to their nipple? Surely it’s a bit uncomfortable?

I suppose the real issue is why would anyone actually want a child with teeth latched on to their nipple? Surely it’s a bit uncomfortable?

I suppose the real issue is why would anyone actually want a child with teeth latched on to their nipple? Surely it’s a bit uncomfortable?

The irony of a learned response (disgust) due to societal conditioning being suggested as innate, while suggesting an instinctive response (suckling at a breast) is portrayed as unnatural.

The irony of a learned response (disgust) due to societal conditioning being suggested as innate, while suggesting an instinctive response (suckling at a breast) is portrayed as unnatural.

The irony of a learned response (disgust) due to societal conditioning being suggested as innate, while suggesting an instinctive response (suckling at a breast) is portrayed as unnatural.

I dont think that’s a revolutionary concept ..obviously many people believe otherwise ( poll is currently 55 to 45 %) but if we repeated that poll considering a BF child at age 3 or at age 4 you would likely see that percentage change, I highly doubt many would believe a child of school age should still be BF on demand . So ultimately the debate is at what age is it considered the norm to stop BF on demand .

This. To me its nothing to do with breasts being "sexualised". More the ickyness of anyone sucking on a body part. To me there is something in our brains that doesn't find it icky when a baby mouths a toy but its clearly a bit gross when a 3 year old does. The age at which our brain thinks its an ok thing to see obviously varies but we clearly expect children to develop past a reliance on oral stimulation. For me by age 2 I'd completely understand bf continuing but in the transition to outgrowing it i would have expected it to have reduced significantly and no longer be a) the first choice during the day over offering a drink or snack (outside a shop in any case, you don't eat in a shop in my book) b) offered on demand because children this age should be learning to wait)/that they don't own mummy c) no longer the only or main source of comfort.

I dont think that’s a revolutionary concept ..obviously many people believe otherwise ( poll is currently 55 to 45 %) but if we repeated that poll considering a BF child at age 3 or at age 4 you would likely see that percentage change, I highly doubt many would believe a child of school age should still be BF on demand . So ultimately the debate is at what age is it considered the norm to stop BF on demand .

This. To me its nothing to do with breasts being "sexualised". More the ickyness of anyone sucking on a body part. To me there is something in our brains that doesn't find it icky when a baby mouths a toy but its clearly a bit gross when a 3 year old does. The age at which our brain thinks its an ok thing to see obviously varies but we clearly expect children to develop past a reliance on oral stimulation. For me by age 2 I'd completely understand bf continuing but in the transition to outgrowing it i would have expected it to have reduced significantly and no longer be a) the first choice during the day over offering a drink or snack (outside a shop in any case, you don't eat in a shop in my book) b) offered on demand because children this age should be learning to wait)/that they don't own mummy c) no longer the only or main source of comfort.