When I posted the Is it Wrong to Breasfeed My 13-Year Old? post some of my friends admitted to me that they couldn’t bear to read it, the way I spaz when they tell me about vomit or wounds, drained abscesses or false passages created by several misplacements of a catheter.
But I just want them to know that it was just an idea – breastfeeding my 9 and 13- year old sons — not something I would actually do. An exaggeration for humor. Nothing more. If you must know, the girls have long retired from active duty and are modeling part-time for National Geographic when they’re doing a piece on albinos in the wild bush tribes of tropical Africa and need an extra. It’s a living.
I’m afraid some of you were worried you’d drop in to visit us around the holidays and see this: (Thanks, Mr. Farty of betterootthanin.blogspot.com!)
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My son finally weaned himself at age 3, when his dad bribed him with a fishing pole. ‘Nuff said. :0j
Too funny!
I’m glad I’m not the only who breastfeed her child until she was 3. The pediatrician and the nurses loved me for it, but my husband, mom, and mom-in-law always joked I’d end up breastfeeding her until she was in college :-\ I finally managed to wean her when I got pregnant with her baby sister. I explained to my oldest the baby would need the milk, and so she had to stop drinking it, and she understood.
My youngest, of course, turned out to be too impatient for breast milk, so at 2 months I had to supplement her with the bottle, and at 6 months she weaned herself, so it was all bottle until she turned 1
“The girls have long retired from active duty and are modeling part-time for National Geographic when they’re doing a piece on albinos in the wild bush tribes of tropical Africa and need an extra.”
*chokes on coffee laughing*
I’m just in the middle of weaning my two year old – who is not keen to give up the boob. At this stage I can see myself still feeding her at 13+ . . .
Just between you and me, I breastfed my youngest until he was 3. Near the end it was just when he was going off to sleep. I consider that early since I sucked my thumb til I was nine.
Way to funny! Sure makes me think of you!
I ADORE Harvey and Jane! Have you seen the restaurant one where they run out of cream for the coffee? We actually used to joke about ending up like that with my youngest. And in my sleep-deprived state, and finding were out of milk for the mac-n-cheese, I DID pause for a second and stare at the 8 oz I’d just pumped…then the boiling pasta…then the 8 oz…then my older boys engaged in Spongbob who would prolly never know. I then snapped back into reality with a firm, “Good God woman!” I opted to make a run to Kroger.
Love that!! I can picture it.
lmbo! Oh geez! How ghastly. That is hilarious and sickening at the same time. Now I will have trouble getting that scene out of my head.
OMG—love the Brits! I just read the Breastfeeding blog. Sorry I missed it the first time; I think I was preparing yet another meal for the 12 or 15 year old (who, incididentally, don’t seem to eat anything at the SAME time, making matters worse). Thank you for describing my life in such perfect detail!
Skye was in charge of the meals this weekend. I feel like I’ve had a week away! My boys are never hungry at the same time either, nor in the mood for the same foods. And this is where I’m going to sound like my mom, but I can’t wait for them to have kids!!