Teenager still being breastfed? - Page 2

[eepster]

I would bet your hairdresser friend misunderstood the lawyer while chatting and useing the blow-dryer.

Originally Posted by heldt123

Sort of like the time my husband started naming off all the serial killers that had been homeschooled to try and win an argument.

laughup : How do DHs come up with these things.

[Firemom]

I don't beleive it

[Ruthla]

Originally Posted by eepster

I would bet your hairdresser friend misunderstood the lawyer while chatting and useing the blow-dryer.


laughup : How do DHs come up with these things.

Yeah, like the client said "months" and the hairdresser heard "years." Nothing wierd about a 15 or 16mo nursing!

I'm willing to bed that in Asia, when children used to nurse until 12ish, the nurslings were still pre-pubescent when they weaned.

[MiamiMami]

I think this story is a load of bull. The media would love to let something like this out.

I read something about a tribe (?) where children nurse until they are ready for marriage. Once they stop nursing, its their sign to move on.

[queenjane]

Originally Posted by jessjgh1

6, 7 is still considered within the norm of biological weaning from what I just read (K Dettwyler).

BTW, you tube has a video of an 8 year old still nursing-- this came up on a mainstream board. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uHRyRCHuQ7g

I think most often people throw out the 'what if s/he is a teenager...' but I really think that is a rarity, as is an 8 year old still consistently nursing... but it just seems to not merit worry or arguement. And I have heard that occasionally an older child (yes even a tween/teen) may ask to nurse but just once). But saying, is it okay for a teenager is more a reactionary response than based in reality.


Jessica

That was a really beautiful movie clip. I must admit i'd not actually ever seen an 8 yr old nursing, and wasnt sure how i'd feel about it. But it was sweet.

It also made me a little bit sad, because my son doesnt remember nursing. His first memory was something that happened at preschool (he ran his tricycle into a wall and hurt his head), and that was just after he'd weaned at 3.5 yrs old. It was such a huuuuge part of his (our)life, and yet he has no memory of it. The older girl in the video, who was talking about how she loved breastmilk "more than mango!", and it being so sweet....something tells me a formula fed child wouldnt talk so longingly. Where do people think humans get their "sweet tooth" from, its from the breast, right?


Katherine

[Celery]

I read about an anthropologist describing an Inuit teenager paddling his canoe next to his mother's to breastfeed.

[Meiri]

I've seen that quoted description too Celery, but it dates back to before the 50s. I'm rather doubting that the Inuit have kept that particular value: that the longer the mother nursed the child, the better-no limits, through the decades. I could be wrong...

[heldt123]

Originally Posted by eepster

laughup : How do DHs come up with these things.

I have NO idea! It drives me nuts!