Hello! I just thought i'd say 'hi' as one of the mums in the video. I had a look at video suggested above and that many of you are enjoying. I can see why it will strike a cord with any mother nursing a toddler who has faced negativity and ignorance around this issue. In all honesty, before I became a mum, if I had seen it, I would have gone "yuk", stopped watching and forgotten all about it. I can't help that I used to feel that way, I lived in a breastfeeding free world. Lorraine Kelly said on TV you should stop feeding a child when they have teeth - so that's what I thought, I had no other reference point.
Now when I had my daughter, I wanted to do what I felt was best for her, breastfeed her, and I did, despite being told 101 reasons why she and I would be better off using formula by various people in my life. I had an awful experience in hospital where a nurse in a bad mood took my baby from me when she was less than a day old and gave her formula - poor wee girl has a serious milk allergy, and we couldn't get that under control until she was 6 months old, and I got a lot of conflicting advice about latching on and ended up really, really sick with bacterial mastitus three times in the first 6 weeks. I rang the La Leche League for some support - the well meaning lady I spoke to suggested all our problems were due to me having an epidural - couldn't do much about that after the event, but it ruled out me finding some buddies at LLL. I went to breastfeeding clinic run by NHS - they were amazing, but I didn't make any new friends, I was the odd mum who didn't make her own wetwipes and admitted to using the occasional jar of baby food! I went to the Children's Centre, was the only person breastfeeding at two groups I tried, and me starting a feed prompted a discussion about weaning babies off the breast as soon as possible. Then my baby's allergic colitis was diagnosed, which made her very ill and also suffer from terrible eczema. Under the advice from the doctors as to the best thing for her and the best way to feed her I radically changed my diet, cut out all allergens and continue to breastfeed her at 9 months old and will do so as long as she wants to. I still get bother from family who believe all my baby's problems are because I breastfeed. I also have to justify myself and explain that no, she is not "too old" to be breastfed, and i'm likely to be doing it a lot longer.
You may wonder what my point is, but I was beginning to feel quite isolated, and was noticing every formula fed baby in the street, on tv and in movies, and if I saw or read one thing about someone breastfeeding, it gave me a little lift. Sexy Sassy Breastfeeding Women (don't leave out the women just to try and make it sound 'pervy') means something to me, and this little bit of daftness is connecting with people and means something to them - just not many of you on this forum, and that's fine, you enjoy the things you like instead.
I'm not going to get too bothered if you don't like my fat ass, but to the individuals trying to imply there is something abusive about the appearance of our children in this video by making snide comments, shame on you. Say it to my face and we can have words.