How Do You React Whenever You See A 7 Year Old Breastfeeding?
November 6, 2009 by Guest Author
Filed under Breast Feeding Supplies
I really don’t have anything against a 7 year old still breastfeeding but, I was just wanting to know… What are your thoughts?
Extended Breastfeeding; Breastfeeding Beyond 3 years
At my old job, I had to home visits with families that were low income with children under 3 and/or pregnant moms. One family was Eastern Decent (I think I spelled that wrong), and according to their culture they breastfeed their children until they are 10-12 years old. I know what you are talking about by being shocked. The first time I saw it at a visit with the family (the oldest daughter was 7 and the son was 2.5), I was stunned the mother was feeding both children at the same time! I pretended like I had a call on my cell and had to cancel the visit, I was sooo uncomfortable. I called my boss and told her what had happened and how I felt really odd about having been there while it was going on. I thought it should have been child sexual abuse too. Anyway after talking to the mother about it and understanding their culture/customs, I was alright with it. But the first time, was a shocker!
i suspect the mother is the one holding on. she should
be able to wean the child and let it grow up.
well……..i guess the mom is desperate for a guy or is just too clingy…..thats just ttly wierd.
send me a video, and I will tell you
I just say, Wow ,that mother MUST be submitted into a mental care center.
I think I would do a double take if I saw a 7 year old breastfeeding and then go about my own business. Personally, I think breastfeeding at that age is a little extreme, but if it must be done I would think that bedtime would be the best time to do this. Not in public. As for extended breastfeeding I think it is a personal choice.
lol…..thats so sexy……….NOT……….i wouldnt breast feed my kid past the age of 8 months
It is definitely socially taboo to breastfeed a child that late. I also don’t think it is the best option for the child, considering the social problems it inevitably will cause. No one wants to see their child humiliated. If it is very important to the mother to feed her child breastmilk, she should buy a pump so that the child appears normal to his peers. If the child does not want to breastfeed, he should not be made to do so.
I think it’s ridiculous to breastfeed that long!
If you bottlefeed, the Ped. will suggest weening a bit after the first birthday.
So why do those who nurse feel compelled to do this past 18 months of age? I just don’t get it.
Then they will cop a ‘tude if you look at them in a strange way, but THEY LOOK strange with a kid walkin’ around telling them they are starving & ready to eat, then climb into their laps to nurse- & usually in PUBLIC!
I would wonder about the mother’s, mind and reasoning behind this activity.
That’s bad, my brother stopped breastfeeding when he was 18 months, and now he needs to get braces. The mother NEEDS to wein him SOON or ELSE!
My wife breast feeds and I cannot imagine nursing past 2. Our 1st son was 15 months when he stopped. Personally I don’t mind seeing a mom nurse her baby, but Id be grossed out seeing a 7 year old nurse they can pump and put it in a cup crap the kids in 1st or 2nd grade but putting them on the boob is gross to me.
There is nothing wrong with breast feeding your child. Extended breastfeeding is great. 3,4,5 is fine, but 7 seems a little old and might involve too many sexual overtones. But the situation could have a reasonable explanation. Don’t jump to conclusions without all the facts.
lucky little guy..
The whole point behind breastfeeding is to offer the child nutrients and antibodies that can’t be duplicated in man-made formulas, and for the mother and child to form a special bond. By seven years old, that bond has long since been established, and breast milk is no longer a nutritionally necessary part of their diet, as they can eat anything an adult can eat and can acquire adequate nutrition that way. Much past the first year of age, there is really no point to it. Sounds like borderline sexual abuse to me.
isn’t that like a 3rd grader????? wow…scream and run away, that’s how i’d react.
that is the most disgusting thing i would ever see because it sopose that breast feeding is for the children to improve his health while his is in his early months no to keep doing it as an habit
i never breast fed my kids, but wouldn’t that be embarrassing for a woman to have a 7 yr old kid come up to her in the middle of her conversation, undo her shirt and flop out a boob because he was hungry???? its unfair to the kid because of all the crap he’d catch from kids his age and from other people.
mental help
Thats just wrong!!!!Poor child!!!
wow!i thought im weird but here it goes!i stayed breastfeeding till i was 3 years old and i clung to my feeding bottle till my first year in school.even my mom try to hide or throw my bottles away before but she said i wont go to school without my ‘dodo’!it was when my classmates started teasing me on time of recess whenever i tried to suck on my ‘dodo’ that i finally got rid of it.for me its bad coz it damage my teeth a lot.my two front teeth just came up again after losing it in pre school during my 5th grade.it might be the reason too why my upper lip is a bit upward.(maybe too much sucking?)and the way i speak is blurred.i learned to talk without my two front teeth and when it came up,it gave me a hard time talking clear till now.
it’s disgusting. the kid is in school. i dont believe in it after 6 months
No problem. It is healthy. I nursed my son until he was over 2 1/2 years old. He is a very healthy and happy boy.
IDK,um,I guess you wouldn’t act like you were freaked out by it.
breastfeeding beyond 2 years is………………….. bad especialy if the child is male…………..it’s disgusting period……………. and why can’t they just eat food?…………… there’s not a chance in hell that kid will grow up right…………… and finaly in 3 years puberty and all that hell starts…………… I hope this is just theoriticly………………… If i find out it isn’t I’m goin to………… take this out on some poor unsuspecting mother that let’s their child breast feed past age 3.
Not really a good thing. What’s going to happen when that kid turns 15 or 20?? Wow!!! Never seen such a thing. Personally I think after the kid is too big to sit comfortably in your lap, it’s time to wean! Heck, most babies are using sipper cups by 3 years old!
3 or 4 fine but beyond 5 is ridiculous. After 5 it is for the mothers fear of letting go. The are no longer toddlers it is time to comfort them with hugs and bond by doing activities and talking. There is the impact of friends finding out to deal with that could harm the child socially to worry about
that is so disgusting quit
pretty sick I think. and it is selfish of the mother to do that. think of the child.
I would be totally freaked out. That’s a little creepy in my opinion.
Completely unnecessary. Personally, I would just look away. Its none of my business.