America's Funniest Home Videos

[Sustainer]

Anyone catch America's Funniest Home Videos? I didn't see it, but my dp says they showed a toddler walk up to his mother, lift up her shirt, and breastfeed. He says the voice-over didn't make a negative comment, just said something like "after a hard day of toddling, he bellies up to the bar."

[wombat]

That's cute. But isn't is telling that BF a toddler is so strange, it can get on America's Funniest Home Videos? At least they're not censoring it.

[chellemarie]

I saw that and was going to post about it.

wombat...the clip felt totally celebratory to me. I think it was less about it being strange and more about it being cute.

I was impressed that they selected that clip and didn't think it was icky. YAY AFV.

[gaffa]

I think that's awesome, cause it IS cute/funny when toddler's "help themselves"

[Bippity]

I saw it too, it looked cute to me! I didn't get the impression that they were commenting on anything like "how weird". They just let it speak for itself!

[Janice in Canada]

I didn't see it, but this sounds wonderful!

I think it goes a long way to normalizing breastfeeding. they could have NOT used the clip, thinking it "perverted" or "weird".

But I think it is great to acknowledge that seeing a toddler lifting a shirt to help themselves, is a little unusual or funny.

Amongst ourselves, don't we all tell little stories about the funny things that toddlers do, and part of what toddlers do is NURSE, so our funny toddlers stories SHOULD include nursing stories.

Toddlers are funny, not bfing, and this sounds like just another funny thing that toddlers do.

Janice

[Janice in Canada]

I didn't see it, but this sounds wonderful!

I think it goes a long way to normalizing breastfeeding. they could have NOT used the clip, thinking it "perverted" or "weird".

But I think it is great to acknowledge that seeing a toddler lifting a shirt to help themselves, is a little unusual or funny. We find it funny, cause for most of us, seeing a toddler nursing is a new experience. Yes, if you were from a completely bfing friendly society, you wouldn't find this funny at all. You would wonder why we were even showing the clip, it would be so commonplace as to be boring.

Humour is usually based, in a small part, on what we find scary or unusual or unexpected, and laughing is how we deal with it.

Amongst ourselves, don't we all tell little stories about the funny things that toddlers do, and part of what toddlers do is NURSE, so our funny toddlers stories SHOULD include nursing stories.

Toddlers are funny, not bfing, and this sounds like just another funny thing that toddlers do.

Janice

[Meiri]

Cool!!!

And a fair number of people watch that don't they?

to the show!

[Sustainer]

Okay, my dp says it was the way the kid did it that made it funny. I guess he lifted the shirt, latched on, then put the shirt back down on the other side of him, so that he was standing there completely underneath the shirt, with just his legs visible. Also, the mother apparently wasn't wearing anything other than the long shirt.

[Ms.Doula]

:LOL yeah, it's called SELF SERVE!!!!!

[kazmir]

I saw that too!

I never watch that show but my DD was wanting to watch some TV before bed and I didn't feel like finding a video, so we put it on. Most of the shots were or people hurting themselves doing stupid things.

That Toddler was on a mission, he just walked up to mom, pulled the shirt over his head and went to town nursing, very cute. The last second had mom looking down her shirt and smiling. My DD just laughed and went to bed, she nursed until 2.5 yrs.

Sometimes I miss it.........

Robin

[mom2tig99Nroo03]

sounds really cute

[Meiri]

so that he was standing there completely underneath the shirt,

:LOL

That sounds like something our DD would've tried at that age. She still tries to get herself under my shirt sometimes. It seems it's a safe place to hide. While nursing she will try to get her legs inside, though I'm discouraging that because I'd like my shirts to not be all stretched another size larger.

[party_of_five]

I saw a clip on AFV one time that had a toddler sitting next to a female mannequin in a department store. The toddler leaned over and pulled the mannequin's shirt up and tried to latch on. That was pretty funny...it made my dad get all red faced!

Those little nurslings do some funny stuff!

[Mona]

Originally posted by party_of_five
I saw a clip on AFV one time that had a toddler sitting next to a female mannequin in a department store. The toddler leaned over and pulled the mannequin's shirt up and tried to latch on. That was pretty funny...it made my dad get all red faced!

Those little nurslings do some funny stuff!

[mom2tig99Nroo03]

awwwwwwwwwwwwwwww

[Sustainer]

Now THAT'S funny.

[village idiot]

Cute nursing stories.

[nemom2boys]

I saw this clip. It was great!

[sweetmelissa]

I was surprised to see the postive responses about this on this msg board! I'm also a member of American Baby- and all their responses were soo negative!