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Poll Results: What would you prefer this forum be called?

This is a multiple choice poll
  • 6% (13)
    sustained breastfeeding
  • 3% (8)
    sustained nursing
  • 18% (39)
    breastfeeding beyond one year
  • 2% (5)
    breastfeeding beyond two years
  • 0% (1)
    nursing on the go
  • 28% (58)
    the older nursling
  • 1% (4)
    breastfeeding the toddler
  • 1% (3)
    toddler, preschooler, and school-age breastfeeding
  • 0% (2)
    toddler, preschooler, and school-age nursing
  • 32% (67)
    I like the name as it is now
  • 3% (7)
    other (please state)
207 Total Votes  
post #81 of 144
4/15/04 at 1:26am
: looks like more than 70% want to change the name...

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post #82 of 144
4/15/04 at 3:09pm
breastfeeding the older nursling would get my vote, if i were only allowed one.


i do like the idea of giving child-led it's own section.
post #83 of 144
4/15/04 at 3:13pm
Mom2Tig, Why are you not allowed a vote?

*btw, other fellow lurkers, the foot is not so good! Thanks for asking though. Maybe next week it'll be better...
post #84 of 144
4/15/04 at 3:26pm
Quote:
Originally posted by SBFmommy
Most women in this country practice "abridged" breastfeeding. They wean the child prematurely, before it is really ready. Those of us in this forum sustain the breastfeeding relationship beyond the point at which this society expects us to terminate it.
Okay, obviously I'm several pages late to this thread, & I don't have strong feelings on a forum name, but I just have to say I am going to start using "Unabridged Nursing" to describe my daughter and me! Love it! :LOL

mmmm... all this nursing has made me hungry, too. Any more of those cinnamon buns?

mamabutterfly
post #85 of 144
4/15/04 at 11:44pm
Quote:
Originally posted by MamaAllNatural
*btw, other fellow lurkers, the foot is not so good! Thanks for asking though. Maybe next week it'll be better...
post #86 of 144
4/17/04 at 12:52pm
Thanks for the hug! I think I'll be able to "walk" (I don't know if it will truly fit the definition :LOL) a little with a cane next week. I've got to be able to get around with my kids so I'm counting on it!

Also, I was so sad to read about that mom. I will be praying for her. Please keep everyone posted ok?
post #87 of 144
4/17/04 at 7:38pm
Quote:
Originally posted by MamaAllNatural
Thanks for the hug! I think I'll be able to "walk" (I don't know if it will truly fit the definition :LOL) a little with a cane next week. I've got to be able to get around with my kids so I'm counting on it!

Also, I was so sad to read about that mom. I will be praying for her. Please keep everyone posted ok?
Wow, I can't imagine not being able to get around with kids! I hope your recovery is quick!

I will post an update on Lori soon, I was hoping to hear more last night or this morning. Her BP bottomed out once after I posted the last update, but that's all I know. It's horribly sad. Her baby is two weeks old and she still has not held her yet.
post #88 of 144
4/19/04 at 8:10pm
: Well, the votes have really slowed down. Do you suppose all the votes are pretty much in by now?
post #89 of 144
4/19/04 at 9:02pm
I bet for the most part they are! :

More butter anyone?
post #90 of 144
4/20/04 at 12:50am
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post #91 of 144
4/20/04 at 2:34am
I did vote before, but now I think that there is no good reason to change the name. People know what extendedBF is. If they look it up on the internet, they will find the articles, and forums that mention it.

I don't think it's all that "politically incorrect" and why does EVERYTHING have to be so "PC"? Anyways, just my little rant, as this thread keeps coming up on my subscribed threads list, and I've had the chance to think about it some more.
post #92 of 144
4/20/04 at 2:47pm
To Peggy and the Moderators:

If there won't be a name change, can we at least please get a separate forum for Child-Led Weaning? The more I visit this forum the more I realize there really is a need for it. Not to mention that having "child-led" in a forum title will increase hits in searches.
post #93 of 144
4/20/04 at 3:12pm
It's not about political correctness. It's about accuracy, and natural-duration breastfeeding being thought of as a normal thing. To call it extended is inaccurate and damaging, suggesting that one year is proper and that we are extending the relationship beyond that for some reason. It makes one year the default, and beyond one year as extra. Child-led weaning should be the default. Yes, right now extended is the word that everyone knows, but that needs to change, and that change needs to start somewhere.
post #94 of 144
4/20/04 at 5:44pm
YES YES YES! What SBFmommy and mother_sunshine said!


"Child Led Weaning" could even be a subforum of "Extended Breastfeeding" if we can't lose the EBF forum.
post #95 of 144
4/20/04 at 8:08pm
I'm not "extending" anything. I'm just nursin' my kid!
post #96 of 144
4/20/04 at 9:03pm
Quote:
Originally posted by SBFmommy
Yes, right now extended is the word that everyone knows, but that needs to change, and that change needs to start somewhere.
post #97 of 144
4/20/04 at 11:18pm
YES YES YES what MamaAllNatural and BusyBusyMomma said!

(I was just looking for a little compromise in my last post : )
post #98 of 144
4/21/04 at 1:42am
Child-led weaning sounds good... never heard that one before. I didn't read all the pages here, as you can probably tell. I didn't want to get in an arguement.
post #99 of 144
4/21/04 at 2:44am
Does anyone call it Natural Weaning besides me? I like the child-led too but I first heard it called Natural Weaning and I've always used that. By my sig I'm sure you can tell I love it!:LOL

*Mamajaza I hope you don't think I was arguing with you. I was just stating why I don't want it to be called "Extended."
post #100 of 144
4/21/04 at 2:55am
YES! Natural Weaning! BC it is a natural process, right? Not really child-led bc it is just a gradual cessation of the breastfeeding relationship between mother and child.
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