Admonished by a 7 yr old

[cjanelles]

My best friend has a 7-wk old new baby. She has three other kids--3, 7, 10--but did not successfully breast feed her oldest three.

She got pregnant with baby #4 just as I was giving birth to my baby girl (almost a yr old now). We talked about breast feeding throughout her pregnancy and I did my best to strongly encourage and support her if she chose to breast feed her new baby--which she did.

She has had a few rough patches, but for the most part she has had a stellar start to her breastfeeding relationship with her baby. I am so proud of her and she is so happy. And she has become one of the biggest bf-converts and the most outspoken lactivist you can imagine. I think it's great...3 FF babies, and now she is a baby-wearing, sah-ing, bfing mama...and happy about it.

So--for medical reasons (medicine reasons, actually), I'm no longer bfing my little girl. We bf-ed from birth to about 10 mos, but it was really necessary for me to get one some medication for ppd, so we weaned and DD2 has been FF since then.

Over the weekend, I went to visit my best friend and her 7 yr old son was helping me get our stuff out of the truck. I was grabbing the baby and I asked her son to grab the baby's bottle for me.

He held it up and said, "What's this? Is this formula milk or breastmilk?"

I told him it was formula.

His eyes got huge and he said, "Don't you know you shouldn't do that??? Don't you know that babies are supposed to be breastfed and that formula doesn't have all the nutrients it should have to feed babies!!"

I just smiled and nodded because I knew I couldn't explain the intricacies my medical situation to him, but on the inside I laughed and laughed...and took comfort in knowing that when this fellow grew up he was going to be a great support to his future wife's breastfeeding endeavors.

[Sage_SS]

That's awesome!!

[Millie Ivy]

That is freaking awesome. I want him to meet my 7 yo daughter in about 15 years...

[soso-lynn]

That's a lovely story.
My almost 4 year old always tells me stories after daycare about how she had to explain once again to the other kids that babies drink from their mommies and not from bottles. All her dolls are exclusively breastfed. I told her that sometimes mommies put their milk in a bottle if they have the leave the baby with someone else because I did not want her to get too judgmental. Since then, she asks for my milk in her cereals.
She also got upset at one of my friends who was not wearing a bra. She told her that her milks need their own shirt and then rolled her eyes and shook her head.

[MilkTrance]

I hope he grows up to be a doctor, or husband of a doctor. Need more like him.

[Onemagicmummy]

aww thats so cute.
i BF all 4 of mind to some extent, 2 for less than 6 months 2 for more thatn 6 months and Number 4 is still going strong at 7 months.

i HATE seeing bottle fed BabyDolls on TV, one doll NEEDS the bottle to "go to sleep" (Stick bottle in mouth, turn babys eyes close" i have yelleda t the TV so many times that babies dont need bottles babies need breast milk that when ever a baby doll advert comes on my 3 older ones (5 3 and 2) all get up adn shout at the TV "Babies dont need bottles babies have booby milk!"

Kiz

[Twinklefae]

Originally Posted by soso-lynn

That's a lovely story.
My almost 4 year old always tells me stories after daycare about how she had to explain once again to the other kids that babies drink from their mommies and not from bottles. All her dolls are exclusively breastfed. I told her that sometimes mommies put their milk in a bottle if they have the leave the baby with someone else because I did not want her to get too judgmental. Since then, she asks for my milk in her cereals.
She also got upset at one of my friends who was not wearing a bra. She told her that her milks need their own shirt and then rolled her eyes and shook her head.

When I was pregnant with DS and working in a 3yo room I had a whole clas of breastfeeders. They would ask about my preparations for the baby, I would talk about diapers and clothes, and than someone would always ask about bottles. I would say, no I will feed the baby with my breasts. (Luckily two of the kids had nursing mothers and the whole class had seen them nurse occaisionally.) So all the kids nursed when the played... even those who had never been nurse themselves!

[Sugermama]

That is a very cute story.

My youngest wants a bottle for his baby because he wants to feed his baby doll. I planned on getting him one and a new pram for his birthday. Bottles do have a place in our society and can be used for more then just formula.

[llamalluv]

That's so great. At first I thought it was going to go the other way, but I'm happy to read that he was lecturing you on the benefits of the boob.

[AnnaGA]

Too cute!
I had to FF my DS due to a breast redux, and when my nephew met DS for the first time (he was 6 at the time) and saw me give him a bottle, he came up, patted my boobs and said, "babies are supposed to drink out of these!" I was like, ummmm....did he just pat my boobs??? But I thought it was great that he knew that BFing was the normal way to feed a baby and wasn't afraid to ask about it.

[mom4peace]

Great story. Thanks for sharing!

Originally Posted by AnnaGA

Too cute!
I had to FF my DS due to a breast redux, and when my nephew met DS for the first time (he was 6 at the time) and saw me give him a bottle, he came up, patted my boobs and said, "babies are supposed to drink out of these!" I was like, ummmm....did he just pat my boobs??? But I thought it was great that he knew that BFing was the normal way to feed a baby and wasn't afraid to ask about it.

Gotta love kids