whats the longest anyone has bf for? anyone still doing it with lo's at school?

[prettylovebird]

ok i know dd is only 7 months,but, i want to bf her forever, and just wondering what it will be like when shes at school or preschool

yes I agree and profoundly misogynistic

"Bitty was inspired by one of David?s ex girlfriends they dated for a week (one of his longer relationships) her friend still breast fed her 5 year old son, when he was hungry he would say Bitty which is a combination of the words breast and titty."

yes because a five year old is just like feeding a 30 year old.
of course

Matilda, I don't think you were merely suggesting that people should lighten up, were you?

you seem to have made some sweeping and hurtful generalisations about the way many of us choose to feed our children

how unsporting of us to object to that

Sorry Madiltx, I just couldnt let your insults go unchallenged. Sorry you dont like being challenged. Just go for the insults instead. Yes. I do like debate, as I said preferably reasoned debate, not insults.

Harpsi, are 5yos not like 30yos then? Shit, I was hoping DS1 would be a stockbroker by 5 and I'd be able to retire

Are you agreeing with my gay slur HCC, or my 'bitty' was never funney comment?

yes franny but if i thought it was right for the child and something that had been done naturally and without question, since the beginning of time, then no i wouldnt need to justify that at all, i would just get on with it.

actually I was thinking the gay thing

So because we haven't bf til our kids are six, we are "ignorant" and not entitled to say it sounds a bit weird or funny when others say that's what they do...?

Or are we just "independent?"

Harpsi and Hunker are right (no surprise there ). I am tandem feeding and periodically finding it (the feeding ds1 part of it) really incredibly difficult going, despite my positive post below. PMSL at the idea of it being just for me!

On the one hand you're complaining about ex bf being discussed and then you're also complaining about not being allowed freedom of speech. Lots of debates and discussions happen on mumsnet, lots get repeated.
Childrearing has been going on since the start of humankind but we still discuss it everyday.

PMSL Harpsi

Matilda if someone was making crude and insulting comments about it, you wouldn't feel a need to challenge this at all?

Puppy you can feed for as long or as little as you choose as far as I am concerned. It is of very little interest to me. Perhaps you could do us the same courtesy and let us decide for ourselves, what is best for our children?

I havent breastfed till 6 and I also said I would find seeing a 4 year old breastfeeding a bit strange.
I do find insulting comments about having ex bf rammed down peoples throats and crap reasons for bf, bitty comments offensive though.

Just imagine if someone started a thread asking for advice about bottle feeding and the second post said 'baby poisoner'.

no franny, i would perhaps feel sad at their ignorance but that would be their problem, and i would quite happily carry on with what i believed to be right for me and my child. hurcules what exactly are you rattling on about???? i have complained about nothing perhaps a quick re read would be in order...........

and your point is hercules????? no bloody comparison whatsoever

Yup herc, there's a thread in active convos atm called "Did you choose to bottle feed?"

it would be like me going on there and starting to rant at them out of nowhere

baby poisoner and a reference to a idiotic but funny tv show????? sort yourself out

Madiltx, you questioned whether people who ex bf have valid reasons for doing so? I answered you and responded. That's a debate. You continue to be rude to me.
It's not up to you whether I post here or not I'm afraid.

"i would quite happily carry on with what i believed to be right for me and my child"

well, we do happily carry on with what we believe to be right

but we also talk about it on here, partly because it is something important to us, that we enjoying sharing our experiences with others, and sometimes to try to put right any misconceptions (including things like 'it is weird', 'it is for the mother', 'it is just like the bitty sketch' etc)

are you saying that we should not be doing those things?

And just what has the TV show got to do with ex bf a child? nothing either yet it still gets used as an insult. WHat has 'baby poisener' got to do with bottlefeeding? Nothing, just an insult.

I am very [hmmm] about the suggestion extended bf causes speech problems. I think it's quite a nasty little aspersion to cast.

Please try and post without insulting me.

Oh! Fantastic, a theory tested and falsified. How do you answer to that Hurc?

I'm in that "did you choose to bottle feed" thread too u know. It's q. hard keeping up with them both...

I used to have a life you know...

And if someone said baby poison in a bottle feeding thread, I would find it hilarious!