[USAmma]

Today my grandma is in town and I took her and the girls to the children's museum. My friend was also going to meet us there. My friend is nursing her 20 month old still.

A little background, my grandma wanted to nurse but couldn't-- bad cyst requiring surgery shortly after her first ds's birth, she lost her milk. Was told not to lactacte again b/c they cut into some of her milk glands. We might have better info now, but that's what she was told then.

So anyway, friend sits down and starts nursing her dd in front of my grandma and the two were talking away. I totally expected my grandma to look disapprovingly or say something afterwards. I mean most older people that I have met (including my friends' own mother and family) are really stuffy about NIP.

Grandma never flinched. Just kept talking to my friend. Later I said that friend's baby has food allergies and nursing is very important to her for that reason. My grandma said, "Well good for her! I think that's great. When I was growing up it was normal for babies to be nursed until they were two."

 

[Kari_mom]

I

your grandma! I

your friend too!

 

[mom2tig99Nroo03]

for your gram

 

[Jennisee]

Go, Grandma!

My grandma is polite enough about it but kind of treats me like a freak show w/ all her questions and comments. :LOL

 

[soccerchic21]

great grandma! My granparents are the same way. I was especially surprised by my grandpa. I had a BBQ and one of my friends was nursing her 2 year old and my grandpa started a conversation with her like it was no big deal...yay!

 

[mama24-7]

Grandparents can be good for this stuff. I'm pretty lucky, most of the outspoken people in my family (all in-laws) are a relative of dh's grandfather, who nursed until he was 3!

No one's given me a hard time, at least not from that part of the family. OH, except the grandfather's daughter, who when my dd was probably 6 months or so, & was asking how long I'd nurse said about her dad, "but you wouldn't want to do it that long!"

SUs

 

[Lucky Charm]

Great story, great Grandma!

My dad's mom, my beloved grandmother was my biggest supporter of me nursing. My dad would be 62 had he lived (he died almost 6 years ago), and my grandmother breastfed him until he was almost 3 yrs old! When it wasnt even the fashion to do so!

 

[Starr]

Good for her! I had my grandma make a comment to my DH, I wanted to go out that night and he wanted to stay home and watch a movie, Grandma leans over pats DH arm and tells him, you weren't breastfed were you? Now what that had to do with anything I dunno. It was just so funny soming out of her mouth. :LOL

 

[Starr]

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Originally Posted by sweetbaby3 Great story, great Grandma! My dad's mom, my beloved grandmother was my biggest supporter of me nursing. My dad would be 62 had he lived (he died almost 6 years ago), and my grandmother breastfed him until he was almost 3 yrs old! When it wasnt even the fashion to do so!

OMG! I had to read this twice, I thought you said she was still breastfeeding a 62 yr. old.

I was thinking Holy $%#*

, thats a little extreme.

:

 

[Lucky Charm]

That would be a good one for advocacy, right? How many times have we gone round and round on how old is too old? I still remember Greseball not so gently telling me that we should never put an age limit on nursing! :LOL :LOL