I think my dd (2.5 yo) is a fantastic little lactivist.
Ok, so I came home last night and dd had found her beloved little stuffed dinosaur and was giving him milk with her sippy cup. I was kind of sad about it and mentioned to dh how I wished she modeled BF more than bottlefeeding, but ya know, I understand why because ds gets breastmilk in a bottle while I'm working, of course (I WOH and dh is a SAHD). Dh replied, "It's just a prop; she's only using it because it happens to be there."
He's right, of course. She nurses her babies all the time, and has me nurse them too. To prove the point, after I went and got changed into comfy clothes, there she was crawling all over me with her baby dinosaur, trying to unbutton my shirt and insisting that her baby dinosaur needed to eat. Then she of course also climbed inside my shirt, and cuddled for awhile. Poor ds (almost 7 mos), meanwhile, was getting more and more impatient to nurse and actually WAS hungry (unlike the baby dinosaur or his big sister, who has weaned). He had to wait about 10-15 min before dd was satisfied that her baby dinosaur was satiated and she'd had enough snuggling.
I could TOTALLY be that mom from Redbook with a stuffed animal in my bra. It happens a lot.
She also sometimes takes all manner of toys, inanimate objects, etc, and lifts her shirt up or down, latches them on, and announces, "_________ eating!" (for example, "Fork eating!" or "Batman eating!").
Please share your toddler lactivism stories. I love hearing these.
Ok, so I came home last night and dd had found her beloved little stuffed dinosaur and was giving him milk with her sippy cup. I was kind of sad about it and mentioned to dh how I wished she modeled BF more than bottlefeeding, but ya know, I understand why because ds gets breastmilk in a bottle while I'm working, of course (I WOH and dh is a SAHD). Dh replied, "It's just a prop; she's only using it because it happens to be there."
He's right, of course. She nurses her babies all the time, and has me nurse them too. To prove the point, after I went and got changed into comfy clothes, there she was crawling all over me with her baby dinosaur, trying to unbutton my shirt and insisting that her baby dinosaur needed to eat. Then she of course also climbed inside my shirt, and cuddled for awhile. Poor ds (almost 7 mos), meanwhile, was getting more and more impatient to nurse and actually WAS hungry (unlike the baby dinosaur or his big sister, who has weaned). He had to wait about 10-15 min before dd was satisfied that her baby dinosaur was satiated and she'd had enough snuggling.
I could TOTALLY be that mom from Redbook with a stuffed animal in my bra. It happens a lot.
She also sometimes takes all manner of toys, inanimate objects, etc, and lifts her shirt up or down, latches them on, and announces, "_________ eating!" (for example, "Fork eating!" or "Batman eating!").
Please share your toddler lactivism stories. I love hearing these.
) but neither of my kids has ever used them to feed their dolls (even though they have both gotten bottles while I was at work)...
