Mothering › Forums › Breastfeeding › Lactivism › Grossed out my formula feeding friend
New Posts  All Forums:Forum Nav:

Grossed out my formula feeding friend - Page 2  

post #21 of 35
3/28/04 at 12:44am
Quote:
...Then of course she continues to talk about how my daughter needs real food she starts to fix her ds a bottle of formula.
You mean like what you're fixing there for your little one???
post #22 of 35
3/28/04 at 12:50am
I think the next person that tells me "when they are old enough to ask..." will get told my dh asks for sex should I stop giving it to him?

It makes no sense why a person should stop just because a child can ask for their milk. I mean they can ask for other food too, so does that mean they shouldnt get whatever they ask for

















Oh yeah I forgot, its embarrassing for a child to ask for breast milk
post #23 of 35
3/28/04 at 2:45am
Thread Starter 
Quote:
Originally posted by Mamid
Then there's the jerks who instead of giving me sympathy say "teeth? so you're going to wean?" My son got teeth at the 4 month mark. All 4 front ones at once. Instead of support and at least being semi comforting, friends, etc were rude and expecting me to wean.
OH my gosh I hate that. DH is 8 months and has 8 theeth and people always ask if she bites me and I say yes I have been bit and they are amazed that I am still breastfeeding.

OK no one said motherhood wouldn't be painful but come on I have only been bit really hard maybe a handfull of times and I will take that for the pure joy that I get from breastfeeding my baby.
post #24 of 35
3/29/04 at 4:22am
:LOL

Folks who say stuff like that ... I just smile and say the "when they're done" answer.



After our first weaned (at 3) nobody asked anymore about the others. Not worth it for them, I guess, no more entertainment, since it obviously wasn't making me feel uncomfortable or changing my mind.



And in re the "when they're old enough to ask for it" stuff ... of course, when they're really old enough, they can say "please" and "thank you," too, before & after nursing. And I when they do that ... so proud of their good manners ...



:LOL
post #25 of 35
3/29/04 at 10:38pm
The best response, I think, when people give those tired old arguments ("When they can ask for it, they're too old," or "when they can walk up to you and lift your shirt, they're too old.") is to just turn it around on them:

"Really? Why do you say that?"

Honestly, I would LOVE to hear what someone would actually say. I don't think they would have an answer ready, because it's usually something they have heard and are just repeating.

Nobody ever said stuff like this to me, so I never had the opportunity to try this!

Oh, and one more thing, when a FF baby can say "baba!" do you wean him to a cup???
post #26 of 35
3/29/04 at 10:53pm
Thread Starter 
Quote:
Originally posted by LunaMom
Oh, and one more thing, when a FF baby can say "baba!" do you wean him to a cup???
That is the double standard that I hate. There are so many FF babies that take bottles long after some babies are breastfed and that is ok?
post #27 of 35
3/29/04 at 10:55pm
quote:
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
...Then of course she continues to talk about how my daughter needs real food she starts to fix her ds a bottle of formula.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------


Quote:
You mean like what you're fixing there for your little one???
That would have been the PERFECT come back....I'll remember that next time Meiri!!
post #28 of 35
3/31/04 at 4:15pm
: I know alot of people like that too.I don't get that mentality. A bottle fed baby can ask for a bottle(baba or whhatever) how come they don't take that away? My daughter's been lifting my shirt since about 8 months. My motehr actually suggested that I just pump for her and wean her to a cup, yeah right! Go through all the trouble pumping when my boobs work just fine
post #29 of 35
3/31/04 at 4:19pm
Thread Starter 
Quote:
Originally posted by jeca
[BMy motehr actually suggested that I just pump for her and wean her to a cup, yeah right! Go through all the trouble pumping when my boobs work just fine [/B]
I never pump. I have a very small stash in our freezer that consists of probably no more than 8 ounces for if Riley gets babysat by my MIL. People always ask if I pump so DH can feed her but since about 3 months old she has refused a bottle (yes!). Now she likes to share my water with me but most of the water goes from the cup to her shirt. :LOL she likes boobies the best.
post #30 of 35
3/31/04 at 4:20pm
Quote:
Originally posted by happymomwith4
My friend is such a pain when it comes to talking about APing. She's a proud formula feedin-sposie user-never EVER slept in the same bed as her ds kind of mom. She even started spanking him when he WAS 6 MONTHS OLD!!!
.



I know lots of people with this mentality, that's when your suppose to start" training" them to act right.
post #31 of 35
3/31/04 at 4:27pm
DS is 7 months old and asks for it... he knows one word, Mama... and uses it when he's hungry... he'll stick his arms out and say Mama when he needs me for anything including nursing... I guess I should be done... :
post #32 of 35
3/31/04 at 4:41pm
DP and I visited a FF friend and her children when DS was about 7mo... I handed their DS (4 mo) to my DP to hold...

After the visit, he hugged me tight and said "I'm so glad you're breastfeeding. That boy stunk! Ours never does unless he's sick." And this was right after a diaper change too.
post #33 of 35
3/31/04 at 4:42pm
Thread Starter 
Quote:
Originally posted by Lilg127
DS is 7 months old and asks for it... he knows one word, Mama... and uses it when he's hungry... he'll stick his arms out and say Mama when he needs me for anything including nursing... I guess I should be done... :
DD has started saying mama when she wants stuff too including cheerios. Guess i shouldn't give her any more cheerios
post #34 of 35
3/31/04 at 4:48pm
Quote:
Originally posted by soccerchic21
DD has started saying mama when she wants stuff too including cheerios. Guess i shouldn't give her any more cheerios
Yeah you're right... what were we thinking (Yeah I'm bit sarcastic but this attitude hits a nerve with me) oh while we're at should I have nursed him when he was a new born after all he was the king of rooting... I remember New Years Eve we were at my BIL's and a friend of his (Ours too ) was there and holding DS and he started rooting and the friend described it as burrowing :LOL He always asked to nurse as do all babies by rooting ever since he was a new born... difference is now he can ask by saying Mama (Although he still "burrows" often as well) To me its no different.
post #35 of 35
3/31/04 at 5:01pm
Quote:
Originally posted by soccerchic21
DD has started saying mama when she wants stuff too including cheerios. Guess i shouldn't give her any more cheerios
oh she is entirely to old for them now..... lol shouldnt she be fixin her own bacon, eggs, toast, oj and coffe by now???? :LOL :LOL
New Posts  All Forums:Forum Nav:
  Return Home
  Back to Forum: Lactivism
This thread is locked  
Mothering › Forums › Breastfeeding › Lactivism › Grossed out my formula feeding friend