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Dr. Hilary Jones view on extended breastfeeding  

post #1 of 34
2/6/08 at 11:36am
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From this article
www.gm.tv/index.cfm?articleid=28376

Dr Hilary says...

Dr Hilary Jones believes that breastfeeding should not be extended. He said: "After the age of one breast feeding is bizarre, unusual and not necessary. After a year the mother gets more out of breastfeeding than the child does. This act is more for the mother's comfort than the baby's. The bonding process is over and nutritionally the baby no longer needs the milk."

Dr Hilary added: "Women breastfeed their children for longer for a variety of reasons. It can be to avoid renewing sexual relations with their partners, it's easier for some mothers to just give in to the child while other mothers prefer to pretend their grown up child is still a baby."

Extended breastfeeding can generate problems for the child, Dr Hilary added. "If the child's friends find out they may get picked on and it can delay the youngster from developing his or her independence. And as children get a little older, they are forming sexual feelings so it's very bizarre to be then placing a child to the breast."

Dr Hilary would dissuade mothers from breastfeeding for an extended period of time and with regards to Jenny and her children he thinks the older child may still be requesting the breast because she sees the younger child as a rival. However, says Dr Hilary, it's up to the mother to stop this behaviour.
post #2 of 34
2/6/08 at 11:53am
post #3 of 34
2/6/08 at 12:22pm
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Originally Posted by momtoS View Post
...it's easier for some mothers to just give in to the child while other mothers prefer to pretend their grown up child is still a baby."
Yes, twelve-month-olds are so grown-up.
post #4 of 34
2/6/08 at 12:30pm
Wow, that guy is really projecting his crap onto little babies....
post #5 of 34
2/6/08 at 12:35pm
Poor guy was probably formula fed and now resents all the sweet babes who get the good stuff.

Sounds like this "grown up" is still acting like a child.
post #6 of 34
2/6/08 at 12:50pm
Ugh. At least the other commenters in the article were much more clued in.
post #7 of 34
2/6/08 at 1:40pm
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Originally Posted by momtoS View Post
From this article
www.gm.tv/index.cfm?articleid=28376


The bonding process is over and nutritionally the baby no longer needs the milk.
I'd love to see his research that supports that drivel.

post #8 of 34
2/6/08 at 1:41pm
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post #9 of 34
2/6/08 at 1:45pm
yeah my 14 month old gets teased repeatedly by his peers articles like this make me want to :Puke:Puke:Puke
post #10 of 34
2/6/08 at 2:30pm
Well, at least all of the experts that they consulted agree that extended BF is normal and fine.

I have never heard of Hilary Jones. He must be famous in the UK.
post #11 of 34
2/6/08 at 3:34pm
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Originally Posted by momtoS View Post
From this article
www.gm.tv/index.cfm?articleid=28376

Dr Hilary says...

Dr Hilary Jones believes that breastfeeding should not be extended. He said: "After the age of one breast feeding is bizarre, unusual and not necessary. After a year the mother gets more out of breastfeeding than the child does. This act is more for the mother's comfort than the baby's. The bonding process is over and nutritionally the baby no longer needs the milk."
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(bolding mine) I haven't read all the replies yet but wanted to comment.
The bonding "process" with your children is never over! :
post #12 of 34
2/6/08 at 3:42pm
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Dr Hilary added: "Women breastfeed their children for longer for a variety of reasons. It can be to avoid renewing sexual relations with their partners,
Hmmm, well Dr. Hilary if you call 3 times a day despite EBF my 2.5 month old avoiding "sexual relations" then alls I can say is your poor wife's va-jay jay.
post #13 of 34
2/6/08 at 5:11pm
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it's easier for some mothers to just give in to the child while other mothers prefer to pretend their grown up child is still a baby."
Grown up child? What age is he talking about here? I don't consider a one year old (heck even a 2,3,4,5... year old) to be a grown up child. When I hear that I think "teenager". I don't know anyone who is still BFing a teenager. Heck I would hazard to guess that the majority of women in the western world that BF don't go much past 3 years old (on the high end...and not that it really matters). He talks like there is just the "epidemic" of women BFing school age children. Watch out! There Everywhere! Attack of Teh Exposed Boobies!

As far as giving in to the child? Yeah it is often easier. And to me, it's really no big deal or inconvenience. As long as the mother is okay with it...why do these people insist on chiming in with their "professional" opinions (and that's basically what this is...an opinion) It's not their boob...WHY do they care? Why is this even an issue or a "debate"? Would this such a hotly debated topic if we fed babies with the tips of our fingers instead of our breasts?
post #14 of 34
2/6/08 at 5:30pm
Gosh...if dd's little friends found out that she's still bfing at age 2, that she's still in diapers, sleeps with me, still gets spoonfed by me....oh the horror! I'm setting up my little girl for disaster!

post #15 of 34
2/6/08 at 5:51pm
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Originally Posted by Beckula View Post
Hmmm, well Dr. Hilary if you call 3 times a day despite EBF my 2.5 month old avoiding "sexual relations" then alls I can say is your poor wife's va-jay jay.
o/t but 3x per day?
My dh wants to know whats your secret.

oh and that part of the article is ridiculous on so many levels.
post #16 of 34
2/6/08 at 6:55pm
What? Small children are still majorly dependent even when they can walk,talk,whatever.




What is CHAT?
post #17 of 34
2/6/08 at 8:40pm
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This act is more for the mother's comfort than the baby's.
Has he ever SEEN a toddler nursing? My husband now calls it Olympic Free-style Nursing because of all the contortions and acrobatics our son manages! Not exactly "comfortable" many times. For my comfort, my foot.
post #18 of 34
2/6/08 at 8:48pm
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Originally Posted by neverdoingitagain View Post
o/t but 3x per day?
My dh wants to know whats your secret.

oh and that part of the article is ridiculous on so many levels.
I'm a freak of nature in that Breastfeeding and Zoloft increase my needs rather than reduce them. I really have very strange drug interactions. Opiates make me hyper, uppers make me pass out. I think my body chemistry is all screwed up LOL!! So I guess I am the exception but still i had to laugh when he wrote that bit of garbage.
post #19 of 34
2/6/08 at 8:49pm
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Originally Posted by Potty Diva View Post
Poor guy was probably formula fed and now resents all the sweet babes who get the good stuff.

Sounds like this "grown up" is still acting like a child.
::2bfbabe:
post #20 of 34
2/6/08 at 9:01pm
[QUOTE=momtoS;10477739]From this article
www.gm.tv/index.cfm?articleid=28376
The bonding process is over and nutritionally the baby no longer needs the milk."
QUOTE]

I kind of thought bonding was, like, a continuous process. I didn't realize it ended with breastfeeding.
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