Nell McAndrew article on extended breastfeeding

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Very honest article. Good for her.

Can't get into the Mirror article.

I'm a bit 'meh' about extended breastfeeding myself, but it's nice that a celeb has given you all a voice.

A lovely article.

I liked Nell for helping me get back in shape. Now I bloody adore her.

Fabulous article and nice to FINALLY hear from a celeb that shares most of my views on parenthood. I breastfeed ds2 until he was 3. None of my boys have every been left overnight. I am now feeding my ds3 (4 months) and I will be really upset if he wants to self wean before he's 2, lol!

Good on you Nell!!

I was pleased to see this too. Nice.

Is her husband Paul Hardcastle as in n n n n n n n nineteen? I never knew that!!

I can't believe this qualifies as "news".

Alert the media, woman breastfeeds a baby .

My DH sent me this article day, he was defending her to his office and thought it was interesting. I am really proud of him because he is 24 and we have no kids and I never knew he was so sensible about breastfeeding!

She comes across well in this article.

Smurf, how funny.

N-n-n-n-nineteen???

He must surely be about f-f-f-f-fifty ei-ei-ei-ei-ght by now eh??

we are TTC so maybe he is getting all paternal on me! He works in IT and its the land of naked women on calendars and world of warcraft so I think breastfeeding is alien to those boys.

Bodes well SG!
Best of luck with the er.....shagging.

Just wanted to clear one thing up.

Men do not get jealous of the baby.

Gosh. I have suddenly become a fan of a woman for whom I heretofore felt only indifferent neutrality. I love her.

Oh, good article. I've always liked her since seeing that programme about the 'boy whose skin fell off'

Some do, ABetaDad. Glad to hear you didn't, but don't make sweeping generalisations, there's a love

Nell - fab

Hooray, well done Nell and the Mirror

I don't think normal mature men get jealous, though.

Daily Mail have the usual crap a fab response to this, comparing breastmilk with fast food and a soda fountain

in the mail online they called her unrepentant about it

the 'against' mother declares:

'When my children became old enough to ask for my breasts, I decided enough was enough. '

I find that a rather arbitrary way of deciding when to stop breastfeeding - some children will be able to ask to breastfeed by the age of one, other children (such as my dd1), will be far older before they are able to ask for something they want.

And it's also rather sad this viewpoint that just because a child wants it, and the mother is enjoying it, it must be in some way bad.

From the Mail's "opposing" mother bit..

"Tanith CAREY is author of How To Be An Amazing Mother"

How is that Tanith? By using your choices a a stick to beat others? Bubblehead.

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I never even noticed that Tanith Carey was a author. Maybe we should get her on here to be flayed alive so she can discuss her viewpoint with us.

I find it odd this perception of breastfeeding women as a 'milking machine'. I have never felt like a milking machine (except maybe when I pump!) I just feel that breastfeeding is all part and parcel of being a mother.

Actuall I think Nell McAndrew would make a good mumsnet guest.

and I do know that's it's an author, I just made a typo.