Breastfeeding - am I being WEIRD for telling my 8 and 3 year old DC how great it is, rather regularly?

[MamaGenius]

I was in the docs wiht DD last night and pointed out the wall full of BF posters "ooh look at the little baby having a lovely feed, snuggling up to mummy" etc etc

DD rolled her eyes at me

I do tend to bang on about it to them when the opportunity presents itself, if we see sombody bf I'll whisper to them "oh how lovely" or something equally wet, so they have a positive image of it in future but I told DH about DD rolling her eyes and he said "She's 8. And he's a boy" - am I being a knob? SHould I just shut up and stick --my nose in offer advice when they do grow up?! I want DS to encourage his future wife/girlfriend to breastfeed

Gawd I'm going to be the MIL from HELL "oh! Aren't you bf? Don't you know....etc ..."

So - is it time for me to Shut Up?

Hmm

I think I may be a bit odd

um, unless you are doing it to try and convince them to re-start doing it themselves, then no not wierd. PLEASE don't be one of THOSE MIL's though!

no! no! I think you are not being weird at all and in fact doing the right thing all round

erm, i think positive messages about breastfeeding is good

my house is filled with books about babies and breastfeeding, birth and all that sort of thing

although i did not breastfeed, i have talked to DS about it, and he is interested in the idea of milk coming from breasts....and he has seen my friends breastfeed... he is cool with it. DD too young to understand right now.

i hope they will grow up understanding the 'naturalness' of pregnancy birth and breastfeeding

I think I will be one of those MILs

(lulu did you get my cAT?)

Im breastfeeding at the moment and love how it is teaching my other children (8 and 4) really positive subliminal messages about it.

DS always says, quick Mum baby needs her mummy milk when she cries for a feed.

I BF DS but yy DD who WASN'T breastfed just presumes she was and asks me questions like "which boob did I prefer etc etc"

I also love that visiting friends etc see me and was heartened to hear that one of my friends little girls no longer bottle feeds her dolls but puts them to the breast!

I have introduced an ocassional bottle of milk to my DD and would probably choose not to give it in front of the other two at this stage, would rather them just be clear on baby gets milk from mum.

Good thread btw!

MamaG, did you see my thread recently about the same subject? I go on about it all the time to my DC's, partly because I'm going to do it again soon, but partly because I want them to grow up thinking it's the norm.

DD has told DS that when they play babies he has to change its nappy(that's the daddies job apparently), and she has to feed it from her boobs (Which she makes out of paper shoved down her top, she is 7) She asks me questions in a loud voice about formula milk and bottles and jars of babyfood etc in shops, and has a rather strong anti-nestle streak.

I wonder if DS's future wife will like me???

no, vS, I didn't see your thread - sounds like you're a kindred spirit though

no, no message yet MamaG

MamaG

got teh CAT and replied

think your doing the right thing i tell my dd and she 1s 3 how great it is

think your doing the right thing i tell my dd and she 1s 3 how great it is

good-o