Saffron Posted May 12, 2012 Share Posted May 12, 2012 When I saw "extreme breastfeeding" in the title, I was slightly disappointed to learn that it wasn't b/fing underwater or up a mountainside! Tee Hee. Reality was somewhat less exciting...BBC article--Extreme breastfeeding: Should children be nursed for years?http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-18032390The latest cover of Time magazine has caused outrage. Under the headline "Are you mom enough?", a young woman is pictured having her left breast suckled by a boy who appears way beyond usual breastfeeding age.The woman, it turns out, is Jamie Lynne Grumet, a 26-year old mother from Los Angeles, and the boy is her son Aram, aged almost four. It's easy to squirm at the cover {of Time}, says Sheila Eldred at Discovery News, but says this is more about American "squeamishness" than anything else. And a related article in Time shows that the World Health Organization recommends breast-feeding until at least age two, and the average age of weaning worldwide is around four, she points out.Hmm, funny but, I think I would have preferred an article on b/fing underwater or up a mountainside. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/23447-extreme-breastfeeding/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Convex Posted May 12, 2012 Share Posted May 12, 2012 I wonder if underwater is even possible? Maybe with a nose plug like a synchronised swimmer....You are right there needs to be an article on that. I will start a blog if anyone is willing to give it a go! Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/23447-extreme-breastfeeding/#findComment-544231 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ruth_Baldock Posted May 12, 2012 Share Posted May 12, 2012 FGS, I really wish the world's media would realise they're flogging a dead horse when it comes to breastfeeding SHOCK stories. Saw some of the Daily Mail comments about it on theirwebsite; topnotch as per. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/23447-extreme-breastfeeding/#findComment-544252 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saffron Posted May 12, 2012 Author Share Posted May 12, 2012 Given two straws and half a chance, I'm sure Little Saff would snorkle for a b/feed in the bath! I like the funny side of b/fing. We've had so many hilarious moments. When Little Saff bumped her head on the table, she told us it was a beeboo (that's her word for booby or b/fing) emergency. When I picked her up, she started making noises like beeeeebooooo-beeeeeboooo-beeeeeboooo (you have to imagine that sounding like the old-style emergency siren). Needless to say we all fell about laughing. :) Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/23447-extreme-breastfeeding/#findComment-544261 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Otta Posted May 13, 2012 Share Posted May 13, 2012 That cover photo was horrible though. Didn't look like a loving mother / child relationship, but rather something intended to shock, and sexualising a 3 year old boy. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/23447-extreme-breastfeeding/#findComment-544376 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Convex Posted May 13, 2012 Share Posted May 13, 2012 I didn't think it was sexualising, but agree it was intended to shock.but there was a much nicer photo with a woman bf 2 children which i thought was less in your face. I dont know why they couldn't use a pic showing the mother bf her child how she would actually feed him, eg lying down or him on her lap or however they do it.I was quite surprised reading some comments on articles (I read a few sites so not sure which ones) at people being 'shocked' or 'disgusted' at children being bf past 1 or 2. I get why someone might choose not to but I don't get the attitude towards families that keep going. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/23447-extreme-breastfeeding/#findComment-544402 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fuschia Posted May 13, 2012 Share Posted May 13, 2012 http://www.analyticalarmadillo.co.uk/2012/05/time-mag-cover-perfect-or-porn.html Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/23447-extreme-breastfeeding/#findComment-544411 Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluesuperted Posted May 13, 2012 Share Posted May 13, 2012 Love the Analytical Armadillo.Thought this was an interesting response too:http://dianaibclc.com/2012/05/11/yes-shes-4-and-yes-shes-still-breastfeeding/ Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/23447-extreme-breastfeeding/#findComment-544413 Share on other sites More sharing options...
gillandjoe Posted May 13, 2012 Share Posted May 13, 2012 Whilst breastfeeding up a mountain by a waterfall I thought I'd love to see a website devoted to extreme breastfeeding! My sister sent me a cool photo once of a roller derby player breastfeeding on the sidelines at half time! Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/23447-extreme-breastfeeding/#findComment-544419 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bumpkin Posted May 13, 2012 Share Posted May 13, 2012 That picture made me so cross for an entirely different reason. Whatever the arguments for and against breastfeeding in public / private / past a certain age are etc, one very definite fact is that that boy is going to have that article held up against him in school for a very long time and is never going to live it down. He's going to be bullied and laughed at and I can't believe that any sane mother would do that to her child. Why are some mothers so stupid and selfish to want to make a political point at the expense of their child? In fact, how dare Time do that to a child, surely that's exploitation in a way, selling more magazines at the expense of a 4 year old who can't consent to an article that's going t make his life a misery. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/23447-extreme-breastfeeding/#findComment-544420 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saffron Posted May 13, 2012 Author Share Posted May 13, 2012 Nah, he'll probably go to a school where all the kids were breastfed to 4+ yrs. He'll be the uber-cool kid who got his pic on Time. ;-)Not saying I think much of the pic obviously, but it's different strokes for different folks.Now, anyone see a waterfall round South London? No. Hmmm, guess we'll have to settle for b/fing while watching nature documentaries. That's about as extreme as I'm getting... today. xx Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/23447-extreme-breastfeeding/#findComment-544425 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Convex Posted May 13, 2012 Share Posted May 13, 2012 Some of the streams in Peckham rye park get mini rapids when it rains. Perhaps you could perch on a rock next to those....? Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/23447-extreme-breastfeeding/#findComment-544427 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fuschia Posted May 13, 2012 Share Posted May 13, 2012 Have breastfed in a dive boat, in my dry suit Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/23447-extreme-breastfeeding/#findComment-544428 Share on other sites More sharing options...
minder Posted May 13, 2012 Share Posted May 13, 2012 I'm left handed (cack-handed to some) but it's never caused me a problem. Really couldn't be bothered if that's what this mum wants to do but the child is at HER right breast. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/23447-extreme-breastfeeding/#findComment-544437 Share on other sites More sharing options...
minder Posted May 13, 2012 Share Posted May 13, 2012 Uh oh! Just scanned down to the Time picture and it is her left breast! Although in the original picture it isn't. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/23447-extreme-breastfeeding/#findComment-544439 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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