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Subj : Re: This Train Just Went Splat!
To   : alt.tv.er
From : MauiJNP
Date : Sun Sep 25 2005 14:30:54

From Newsgroup: alt.tv.er


>
>> since I believe that breastfeeding is harmful to the older child's 
>> emotional/psychological health, if I would ever decide that my older 
>> child needs the nutritional value of the breastmilk, then I won't mind 
>> the sarifice of having to pump and store the milk.
>
> Having a close bond with mom is emotionally and psychologically harmful? 
> Knowing that there is a place you can receive comfort, caring and 
> sustenance is harmful?  I certainly hope you spend a lot of time reading 
> and learning about emotional and what truly causes emotional harm before 
> you ever have a child.
>
>


I have the closest bond to my parents then either of my siblings (who were 
breastfed a little and I wasn't at all).  My friend who's mom breastfed then 
to age 4-6 is not very close to her mom (she was breastfed to age 4).  Her 
brother breastfed to age 6 or later, is very much a daddy's boy and not 
really close with his mom.  He was teased a lot growing up when other kids 
saw that he was still breastfed and hasn't really ever been a social kid 
with lots of friends (one sister is very social, another withdrawn). My 
friend's sister who was breastfed till age 1 or 2 (for reasons unknown to me 
it stopped early on) has the best bond with her mom out of all the kids. 
The extended breastfeeding issue was also hindered my cousin's daughter 
(breastfed to age 4) because she is very shy and can't stand to be apart 
from her mom (even if her mom would leave her with other family members, she 
is nervous and clearly agitated to be apart).  she is now 8 and still very 
clingy to Mom to the point of almost being antisocial with others. 
conversely her brother who was breastfed for a shorter time (till sis cam 
along) is very active, social and friendly.  Like I said before, my opinions 
stem from my experiences.  If I often (not always) see negative things 
coming from extended breastfeeding it is harder (though not impossible) to 
see the flip side even when I know my experiences are not always the case.

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