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So my little sister calls me, we chat and then she hands me off to my older sister. We chitchat about our pregnancies (She's due in Aug and I'm due in Dec) and the issue of breastfeeding came up. I asked her if she was going to and she told me "no" because she had asked her 9 year old if it was okay if she breastfed his little bro. He told her "no" because he didn't get to breastfeed. I understand that there might be some jealousy since my nephew had been the only child for the longest time but don't really get why she asked him. She then goes off on me and says she's not me and she didn't have here kids back to back and got to breastfeed both of them. I seriously just opened a can of worms! I automatically tried to change the subject but she's like, "you wanna talk to him?" I hesitantly agreed. So I asked my nephew and he told me he didn't care and handed the phone back to his mom. She then tells me that he tells her differently when she asks him. I tried to drop the subject and ask to talk to my little sister. So I feel bad that I pissed her off. I seriously do not care if she breastfeeds or not. She's 37 years old and obviously is capable of making her own decisions for her kids. Ahh what an awkward convo.
ETA: Do you take your other kids into consideration on whether to breastfeed or not?
I am still BF my 2 1/2 year old. Her sisters never batted an eye. They were 6 & 8 when she was born. It is really not something that I felt I needed their input on really.
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Lol, weird. My firstborn was EBF, my secondborn was formula fed. There will be jealousy in kids regardless of how they are fed. I wouldn't have said anything, but I wouldn't have asked my other child if it was okay, either.



No, other kids have no say in whether you breastfeed or not. Why she would ask him, I don't know, and why he would care? Again I don't know.
My two year old doesn't care that I nurse and she weaned only 6 months before Taegen was born. There have been no issues at all.
Sounds like a very weird conversation though LOL.
That's honestly non of their business....My uncle has two kids that are far apart in age....about 8 years I think. My aunt did not bf my older cousin Jake, but she did decide to bf Lindsay. I'm pretty sure she didn't ask Jacob for his permission.
Sounds like she wanted an excuse not to breastfeed and tried using her son to do it. I mean what 9 yo boy is going to care whether or not his mom BF the new baby?
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Quoting iheartmyshaman:
Lol, weird. My firstborn was EBF, my secondborn was formula fed. There will be jealousy in kids regardless of how they are fed. I wouldn't have said anything, but I wouldn't have asked my other child if it was okay, either.
All my girls have nursed for different periods of time with my youngest going the longest. My older girls are 20 months apart & have never to this day even asked if they were BF. My oldest did ask classmates if their moms BF when they were pregnant around the same time as my youngest (She was in 2nd grade)lol.
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Quoting LiquidAmethyst:
sounds like she is feeling guilty about her decision!
Yeah I think she does feel guilty about not
breastfeeding her eldest. What was weird was when I
breastfed my kids and she would make comments about wanting to do it
when she had another baby. Minds do change though.
I agree with the PP..there will be jealousy regardless of how a child is fed. I actually think that is last on a list of sibling rivalry kind of stuff..lol..who was breast fed and who was not. There are actually some things I am going to do different with this little one...that will be different from what I did with our first DD. Not b/c I don't love them equally..just that I have been better educated now on some subjects over the years and some things have changed. It's just kind of weird she would ask permission from a 9 year old. So nope...my dd would not have a say so. I agree awkward conversation.



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