Subj : Re: This Train Just Went Splat!
To   : alt.tv.er
From : npardue
Date : Sun Sep 25 2005 07:55:27

From Newsgroup: alt.tv.er


MauiJNP wrote:
> >
> >> As noted, when allowed to make the decision, MOST babies wean
> >> somewhere around 2 or 3 ... not 6 or 35.
> >
> > All three of my boys weened themselves at about 14 - 16 months of age -
> > not by my choice, but by theirs. My first heart break of "they're growing
> > up so quickly!".
> >
>
> its the people that don't accept this fact and force the breastfeeding that
> bother me.

What fact?  That babies sometimes wean themselves?  Since you can't
force a child to breastfeed, it should be pretty obvious.

  my cousin's wife insisted that her child needed to be breastfed
> till she was 4 because she was such a lousy eater and wouldn't be healthy
> otherwise.  also she said that the child cried and wanted the breast.
> however, whenever the kid was in the same room as solid foods she would dive
> for them and her mom would take it all away and force the child to breastfed
> (which she would sometimes fight).

Sounds like your cousin's wife had some weird problems. IF she wasn't
aware that children over 6-12 months also need solid foods she was
poorly educated about parenting -- something that has nothing to do
with breatsfeeding in and of itself. (Where was the pediatrician when
all this was happening?) ALso, probably the reason the child was such a
'lousy eater' is that she wasn't getting ANYTHING to eat.  You can't
force a child to nurse, so if she refused to let the kid have solids
AND the child really didn't want to nurse,  the child wouldn't have had
much of anything to eat.

Naomi

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