No, I won't side with you.

[motheringforme]

I'm shopping at Wal-Mart, and some woman comes up to admire my 4 month DS, being held in a front carrier by DH. Then she says that there's a woman on the next aisle who just weaned her almost 3 year old. She gives me that disgusted look and waits for me to chime in with, "Oh really? How gross!" Instead, I calmly said, "So?" Her eyes bug out as she reiterates, "3 years old!" Me: "Well, the worldwide average is over 4 years old." I think she walked away with a dazed look. Now I wish I'd said, "Good for her. I'd like to nurse my son that long." I tried to find the woman with the toddler to praise her, but I couldn't.

[Nautical]

: Good for you.

[witchygrrl]

Nice. I think you would have blown her mind either way.

[menomena]

Good for you!

[Red Pajama]

And here I am, wondering why it was any of her business what the other woman did with her three year old? Why did she know anyway?

Glad you said what you did, though.

[Romana]

[sapphire_chan]

First, awesome!

Second,

Originally Posted by Red Pajama

And here I am, wondering why it was any of her business what the other woman did with her three year old? Why did she know anyway?

:
I'm hoping the nosy woman tried to tell the 3yo not to suck his/her thumb or something and mama said "Actually, she/he just stopped nursing!"

[MadameXCupcake]

When someone asks if my very petite seven month old is still nursing. I always say of course for a couple of years hopefully.

I love the shocked looks on peoples faces.

[Britishmum]

Good for you! I honestly wonder why people care. Isn't there enough in life to worry about, without worrying about what age other people are weaning their children? Weird.

[1littlebit]

good for you! what kind of person goes up to one strange to gossip about another stranger? lol thats so weird.

[marisa724]

That reminds me of a story. When I was in Michael's last week the woman at the register commented on my chunky 6-month-old and asked if I was nursing him, and I said "Of course."

Then she got all conspiratorial and said, "You know, my daughter nursed too... she nursed her son for three years!" Then she leaned back and did this eyebrow thing and I could tell she was trying to shock me or something.

So I smiled and said, "That sounds like me with my first son, he's four, he stopped nursing when I was pregnant with this guy!" So then me and cashier-lady were BFF, either she decided to take my side after all, or she was trying to get me to say something anti-extended nursing, I can't tell. She was all, "Well, it's so GOOD for them!" Very strange.

[ancoda]

Good for you.
I love to respond to people when they ask if my almost 1 year old is still nursing with yes along with his older brother (almost 3).

[siobhang]

heh, a friend of mine (childless) was joking about how he should have ordered a stripper at my kids' birthday party (don't ask, he had an odd sense of humor), and I replied, "we got so many extended breastfed kids at this party, I bet most of them would look at a woman in pasties, and think 'food!!'" Everyone laughed really hard...

Slowly but surely, we are transforming breasts from sexual objects to food objects... ; )

[aylaanne]

I was having some issues with being culturally accepted at work with my pumping, so I ran a little mini PR campaign for myself, talking about the breastfeeding and how I wasn't giving any formula and I was delaying solids as long as possible. I mentioned how I was hoping to nurse until DS was three, and one of my coworkers said, "three years old?!" with this shocked look on her face. So I said, "Well, I'd prefer five, but three is the minimum." She had NOTHING to say to that.

I don't know what I'd do if my son wasn't nursing right now. He's not taking nearly enough solid food to make nursing obsolete. How can people think of weaning at a year? (I know, but it just seems incredible to me)

[MilkTrance]

Her world must be very small to gossip like that.

[Satori]

Now see, I go for shock value, if she'd said that to me I would have replied with "oh? poor thing, most kids in this world get it until there at least 4, mine got 5 years, I'm betting this one (point to 2 yr old in the ergo on my back) will make it to 5 if not 6" and smile sweetly as if she was the odd one for thinking it was strange to wean as "late" as 3. I see a 3 yr old and expect him to still be nursing

[Shenjall]

..or do give her that disgusted look and shock, "what?! 3?! she really shouldve waited until at least 5!" lol

I like shock value as well.

[MommyofAngelBabies]

LOL Those are great ones! It's amazing why that lady would think it was any of her business.. and the nerve to go and "complain" to another stranger!

[pastelsummer]

hee hee i iget the same reaction when people ask if my 17 month old still nurses

[kalamos23]

DH's family still asks me if I'm *still* nursing DD....and she's only 4 months old!!!