funny misunderstanding on the playground

[blessedwithboys]

i took my 2 boys to the playground the other day along with a close friend and her 2 girls. we are nursing mamas both. although she "thinks" her dd's are weaned, they both nurse every few months or so. they are 5 and almost 8yo. my ds1 nursed for 2 yrs, my 4yo is still nursing, even NIP at times.

so...we go and the kids run to play and my friend and i sit on a low wall that goes around the playground. the cutest little boy, about 18 mos runs out of nowhere and smacks facefirst into my boobs. he was sooo cute, and it didnt bother me at all. his mom ran over saying sorry and while we were exchanging BTDT stuff, he came running back and did it again: facefirst into my huge boobs. so my friend (who would never admit that letting her 7yo dd suckle for 5 mins means she is nursing a 2nd grader. ) whispers to me "must be a boobie baby?"

i am not so shy, so i say to the mama "ah, i see you've got yourself a boobie baby!" and she says "oh, yeah."

so i proceed with "i guess he must have smelled the milk. i'm nursing too (pointing to my 4yo ds). good for you for nursing a toddler!"

so she gets this weird look on her face and picks him up and starts backing slowly away, shaking her head. "ummm, no...he doesnt do THAT."

thats when i realized she thought i meant "boob man", as in a guy who has as his favorite part of the female anatomy breasts.

she and her burly biker dh got out of there so fast! it was hysterical. as they were leaving i couldnt resist...i think i said something like "well, he may not be nursing, but he sure knows a good thing when he sees it."

my df and i are still laughing 2 days later.

[bri276]

oh of course not!! we all know when they're old enough to ask for it they're too old.....ugh

lol

[Awaken]

Originally Posted by blessedwithboys

so she gets this weird look on her face and picks him up and starts backing slowly away, shaking her head. "ummm, no...he doesnt do THAT."

thats when i realized she thought i meant "boob man", as in a guy who has as his favorite part of the female anatomy breasts.

she and her burly biker dh got out of there so fast! it was hysterical. as they were leaving i couldnt resist...i think i said something like "well, he may not be nursing, but he sure knows a good thing when he sees it."

my df and i are still laughing 2 days later.

[JamesMama]

Oh thats hillarious! What a smart little boy!

[pfamilygal]

That is hilarious!

[MidwifeErika]

How cute, the little boy In a way it is funny that she had no problem with the idea of you refering to her baby as a "boob man" but thought it was odd at the idea of nursing Oh, our society!
My 19 month old will reach his hand down any low-cut shirt he sees. He likes to put his hand in the middle of cleavage, I am often explaining to people who freak out a bit that he is a nursing baby, so he is just looking for food

[Momtwice]

ROFL at the idea that breastfeeding a 4 year old is so frightening that a biker mama would back away slowly from it!
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[blessedwithboys]

glad someone else, or a few ppl, found it funny.

ita about it being weird that she thinks i'm the perv! i mean, geez, she thinks its ok, even normal for her baby son to be sexualizing breast!

and btw, i DO believe breasts are sexual. in fact, they are sexual b4 they are functional. but their reaction was hysterical.

[LadyMarmalade]

That reaction was pretty funny ... you'd usually expect that reaction if a giant green and purple monster came rising out of the ground - not when a mother admits she's breastfeeding!

[sapphire_chan]

Yeah, breasts have sexual aspects, but babies don't. Or shouldn't. It's actually really creepy and gross that she'd think her toddler liked breasts for a reason other than food.

[momileigh]

VERY funny story!

I dunno, sapphire, I think toddlers are sexual creatures too. At least very sensual, in that they are into their senses to a great degree. Most little kids will explore their sexuality a little bit. I don't have boys but I hear they love to play with themselves!

My dd#1 loves to feel me up, food or not! She kisses my nipples and hugs my breasts when she's finished nursing. And when she nursed through my pg, and there was almost no milk at all IF ANY, she did it for reasons other than food.

That little boy could very well be attracted to breasts and I don't think there's anything wrong w/ that! But it sure is weird that the mom was weirded out by nursing.

[Meiri]

I find that mom's apparent assumptions odd. Yes we are sexual and sensual creatures from birth; OTOH we are also taught some public manners as we get older too. I would think that those would include not running into other people's body parts.

That was funny though.

[red17]

ROTFL That story is off the wall. I don't understand why any mamma who's BF her dc would have a problem. Perhaps she felt a bit guilty that he may still want to BF and for whatever reason she had stopped. Either way, it was a VERY strange reaction!

[momileigh]

Originally Posted by Meiri

OTOH we are also taught some public manners as we get older too. I would think that those would include not running into other people's body parts.

Well, one would hope!!!

[blessedwithboys]

Originally Posted by red17

ROTFL That story is off the wall. I don't understand why any mamma who's BF her dc would have a problem. Perhaps she felt a bit guilty that he may still want to BF and for whatever reason she had stopped. Either way, it was a VERY strange reaction!

no, no, MY friend and i bf...this was a stranger whose son ran into me. she made it clear she did not/had not bf. LOL