Today I told my kids they were breastfed and asked them what they thought....
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A week or so ago a mom posted a story on here where a woman said even if you do breastfeed you should pump it and give it to the child in a bottle,because later on it'll make them feel odd that they had their mouth on your breast !
Now, I think that's just insane, as that is why God made those breast in the 1st place.
So, today I told my kids they were breastfed,explained what that meant and asked how that made them feel and what they thought. I have a son & 2 daughters and they are all old enough that if it was going to make them feel odd, it would by now.
They all said it was fine with them & that's what they thought you were supposed to do with your baby.
I was happy to hear that . My son said that's what he wants his wife to do and that he thought the stuff in bottles stunk and my girls said it's what they want to do with their babies because they thought it was better for their babies.
All I had said to them was " hey guys, I wanted to tell you something, when you were babies I breastfed you guys which means you drank milk from my boobies, what do you think of that ?"
that is exactly what I said. None of them were shocked or thought it was gross or strange at all. They've been around a LOT of babies and some were breastfed and some were bottle fed.
We had temporary custody of our infant nephew last year for a couple months last year and they got pretty familier with babies at that point also.
I *thought* that was copied from a blog...but I could be wrong.
My boys ask how come some babies don't drink from their mom's boobs when they see a baby bottle fed. their candor makes me laugh.
i remember that post! i asked my 15 yo son if it embarrassed him to know that he'd been breastfed. he looked at me like i was crazy. i got to thinking about & i honestly don't know that he's ever even seen a baby being bottle fed.
that woman was straight up nutso
Quoting tennisgal:I *thought* that was copied from a blog...but I could be wrong.
My boys ask how come some babies don't drink from their mom's boobs when they see a baby bottle fed. their candor makes me laugh.
yep see this is how I started my post ----
A week or so ago a mom posted a story on here where a woman said even if you do breastfeed you should pump it and give it to the child in a bottle,because later on it'll make them feel odd that they had their mouth on your breast !
I was saying a mom on here posted a story ( not made a post of her own ) where a woman said (( not saying something herself) :-)
that is fair. its what they did back in the day and its what animals do, so by no means is it abnormal
Quoting almondpigeon:i remember that post! i asked my 15 yo son if it embarrassed him to know that he'd been breastfed. he looked at me like i was crazy. i got to thinking about & i honestly don't know that he's ever even seen a baby being bottle fed.
that woman was straight up nutso
lol yeah I know !! I know a LOT Of people who were breastfed and I don't think I've ever heard anyone say they thought it was gross. I've actually heard more people say they were bummed that they were NOT breastfed ! Both my husband & I were not breastfed because our moms couldn't and we both have said many times we wished we were
sad thing is, most kids understand it and react better towards it than most adults do....It's ridiculous but true..
I think my husband's a sociopath