to have laughed when my fil told my dh

[biddysmama]

that he should stop me from breastfeeding now as dd is too old? (shes 2,ds is 1 and im pg)

do people do what their husbands tell them to? ive got a mind of my own thanks very much

And why is it always the pro bitty posters who are so agressive and dismissive of what anyone else thinks?

Snowinsummer seems to be supporting Fabby's idea that BF while pregnant has a negative impact on the unborn baby so maybe she could post a link to some evidence for that if Fabby can't.

"I do think FF is just as good as BF."

Sorry, but thoughts like that are part of the problem and unfortunately they don't often get challenged in real life. formula is not as good as BM but it is an adequate substitute. Not saying this to make anyone feel bad before I get the usual accusations from certain posters but it is one of the things that really bothers me because it undermines bf.

Ah - the first 'bitty' comment 10 pages in. We were doing so well....

Oh come on, you cant moan about it when one of your most vocal mouthpieces spouts shit about someones username...

Can't the anti BFing contingent come up with something more intelligent and original than 'bitty'?

It's getting tedious.

If you have to fall back on Little Britain speak then you really should realise you are scraping the bottom of the debate barrel.

I can't get my two year old to stop but of course I am doing it for my benefit not his. Yes my benefit because I need some fucking sleep and don't like to see my child getting hysterically upset. Or is that his benefit? Oh fuck it... who gives a shit what other people think when its really not actually harmful < see that? yes its not actually harmful to feed a toddler. Really!

OK I am rabid pro bf'ing, but if a woman chooses to ff her choice should be respected. I still bf The Cub on occasions and he is 2.4 when he chooses to stop (which he probably will before Xmas) then great. I expect my parenting choices to be as respected as I respect other peoples and anyone who has the nerve to tell me I'm wrong/demented (as a woman on the fruit and veg stall did the other week) is going to get a lecture on the benefits of bf v ff and extended bf. If you simply say however that isn't for me I'll respect your choices.

NowDoesAnyoneHaveAnythingToSayTiggaxx

The little Britain skit was funny because it involved a grown man.

The op is talking about a 2 year old. Who presumably doesn't have a job, a wife, or anything to worry about beides being a 2 year old. You know if you spend ten minutes reading about extended (2 is not extended btw) breast feeding you'd realise what a dick you are making yourself sound like.

BTW my dd stopped bf at 3 months, my milk dried up because she wouldn't feed. You can not force a baby to feed. Yes, I was upset because it was the healthiest possible thing she could be drinking. Not because it was for me or not even a total pain in the arse trying to feed a baby who isn't interested.

You can't do it because you like it. They bf because they always have done since the begining of time and mammals.

agree with bumbleymummy. formula isn't as good as breastmilk. i don't see how anyone can really believe this, with the benefits being constantly communicated (especially to pregnant mums to be).

to make the link that because your kids are well and fine and to then assume from this the two are comparable is wrong. formula doesn't make a child ill, but breastmilk does offer nutritional advantages over formula, that formula cannot ever replicate.

I must admit that I used to find it weird that people breastfed walking and talking children, but now that I have a dd I don't find it odd at all. In fact I am in the process of trying to change jobs so that I can continue when I am back at work (current job is shift work and funny hours plus would have to be full time so makes it v difficult).

I am aware that I wish to continue partly for me as I like the closeness, but it certainly won't do her any harm and I'm sure she'll stop if/when she wants to. Several of my friends think I'm being a bit hippyish for wanting to continue, but then they already think I'm a COMPLETE freak for using reusable nappies so it just affirms their original opinion!

It really is none of your fil's business, I mean it's not like you're trying to bf him ffs. YANBU for having a good laugh at him.

Equally cant people comeup with more intelligent ways to get their point across than slate people for their user name? Its scraping the bottom of the barrell....

I must have missed the post where someone said ff is as good as bf...but if they didn't thats THEIR opinion is it not- or are you only allowed one of those if you are banging the BREAST IS BEST drum?

and to reiterate, each to their own, you got to be a mum in your own way and how you want to be, but to make a statement "i do think ff is as good is bm" is misinformed.

I don't understand why women are so offensive to each other, especially on the subject of breastfeeding. The twisted anti-breastfeeding comments on this thread are breathtaking.

Breastfeeding is not JUST about nutrition, it's part and parcel of a style of mothering, which is vitally important to a child who has been breastfed past babyhood. Imo, people who find something ugly in that should be taking a pretty hard look at the origin of their vitriol.

SouthernFriedTofu lol feck off

MustBeABitOfAMutantTiggaAsJustTheTwoTiggaxx

Christ alive, what are you eating that will ensure enough vitamins for all of you???? Ten meals a day.... I bet you're bloody thin too.....

but your experience zukie doesn't mean ff is as good (nutritionally) as bm does it? it's a bit like saying someone who smokes 20 a day for 40 years and is still alive means that smoking isn't bad for you.

Fabby......... Are you on the wind up? You seem to be spouting lots of myths here.

and that example is just used to make that point that 1 family's experience doesn't mean the masses of information and research into milk is wrong.

i am not in any way saying formula milk is bad, i'm just saying bm is nutritionally superior. huge amounts of research has shown that over and over.

sheeplikessleep exactly. You can't have an opinion on something that is a fact.

I can't have the opinion that the moon is made of green cheese. Because it isn't. We know it to be fact.

Formula has some fucking revolting ingredients and when dd had to switch and we considered switching her to a soy based one due to her reacting so badly to FF I realised that most non milk based formulas actually have vegetable oil as a main ingredient. No one can argue that milk made for a specific animals is the same as powedered chemicals in a can loosely based on the milk of another animal.

Where did OP go?

bimboNo5 Bimbo is a highly objectionable, sexist and offensive term used to describe women. I don't use it.