is anyone else watching that thing on
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Topic: is anyone else watching that thing on
Posted By: MyMinis
Subject: is anyone else watching that thing on
Date Posted: 09 May 2007 at 9:41pm
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prime about breastfeeding?
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Posted By: Mazzy
Date Posted: 09 May 2007 at 9:43pm
| Just started now...should be interesting. |
Posted By: Kels
Date Posted: 09 May 2007 at 9:45pm
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Yeah it looks interesting. ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: MyMinis
Date Posted: 09 May 2007 at 9:45pm
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yeah I was thinking that to. I was just suprised at how often that lady feeds her twins up to 20times a day at over 2. man Iwas makered after every 2hrs with haleigh, she must be superwoman ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: Kels
Date Posted: 09 May 2007 at 9:48pm
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Posted By: Mazzy
Date Posted: 09 May 2007 at 9:49pm
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I reckon, 20 times a day! Nuts! I'm planning on feeding DD as long as she wants it up until 2 years old but don't envisage it will be that often...more like a couple of times a day or just in morning or night.
My mum fed me until I was 18 months old and I weaned myself. Not so sure about the 7 year old breast feeding, but that's just me. Each to their own I guess. |
Posted By: Kels
Date Posted: 09 May 2007 at 9:50pm
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Its quite funny watching this as Alize's on the boob too hehehe. ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: Kels
Date Posted: 09 May 2007 at 9:55pm
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Yeah my daughters both weaned at 18mths. Im sure if I didnt wean Mercedes when I did she would still be on there now No Im not keen on the 7yr old bfeeding for myself either Mazzy. ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: Bombshell
Date Posted: 09 May 2007 at 10:10pm
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we just switched over...OMG my boobies are sooo not big compared to those ones!!!
DH says - "theyre HUGE" and "ok this programme is full of freaky women" AND "OH GROSS the husband stands in quewe too" he has now changed the channel back and refuses to go back to BF one! LMAO!!! |
Posted By: Mazzy
Date Posted: 09 May 2007 at 10:18pm
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Oh, I have to say I am feeling so sad for the little boy being weaned and crying out for his mummy, I don't know if I could deal with that, my fail safe remedy for DD being hurt or upset is to whip out the boob and feed her, it's hard not to!
LOL Bombshell, all I could think was 'that is a LOT of milk!' I remember looking down when DD was newborn and seeing how my breast was almost twice as big as her head as she was feeding and just freaking out! They have settled down a bit now. DH was stoked. |
Posted By: Kels
Date Posted: 09 May 2007 at 10:21pm
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So sad watching them cry Wow did you see those breast bottles, they look amazing. ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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Mazzy wrote:
. I wouldnt be able to do it either.Posted By: Mazzy
Date Posted: 09 May 2007 at 10:30pm
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Yeah, really cool. That little baby is so cute! They'd be good for expressed breast milk on the odd occasion we go out and leave a bottle for DD.
One thing I am looking forward to one day is wearing pretty bras with underwire! |
Posted By: Bombshell
Date Posted: 09 May 2007 at 10:35pm
OMG me too!!! and not having to wear a bra and padding to bed!!! |
Posted By: Kels
Date Posted: 09 May 2007 at 10:39pm
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Posted By: MyMinis
Date Posted: 10 May 2007 at 6:29am
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so waht happened in the end, I fell asleep hehe.
I saw up to the lady getting ready to adopt that wee girl. ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: busymum
Date Posted: 10 May 2007 at 7:51am
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Posted By: SMoody
Date Posted: 10 May 2007 at 8:45am
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I found that episode really interresting. Lots of different questions came up for me and hubby. I dont think I will be BFding at 7 years still.
I do still BF on demand however and when she is ill it can be quite a lot but luckily not 20 times a day. That woman must have been superwoman man. I felt so sorry for those kids. Luckily that method worked for them. I would have given in a long time ago. Already decided a long time ago that I will wean her gradually. Already dont feed her if she is just grumpy and got herself hurt as such and she accepted that quite easy. ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: hailstones
Date Posted: 10 May 2007 at 8:48am
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Damn - I missed it, I was watching the programme on Channel 1 - did anyone catch that - It was horrible, about women killing pregnant women and stealing their babies - it really gave me the hebby gebbies!!!! ------------- http://lilypie.com">  http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: mamanee
Date Posted: 10 May 2007 at 8:58am
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I don't know if it was just me, but I found the lady who had the young boy and adopted the chinese baby and tried to force her onto her breast disturbed me.
Maybe I was looking at it from the wrong way, but the little girl didn't want her boob! Do other women breastfeed adopted children? I just didn't understand. |
Posted By: MyMinis
Date Posted: 10 May 2007 at 9:05am
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I didnt watch that bit Renee but when she said she was going to do that I felt a little uncomfortable.
Most women who adopt cant breastfeed as they are adopting cuase they cant have children. If the girl didnt want the boob then why force it on her?? Esp if she'd been formula fed her whole life breastmilk would be a little odd for her. OMG woman killing pregnant women to steal there babies what sick *beep*. Where was that? ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: Mazzy
Date Posted: 10 May 2007 at 9:13am
I should have fallen asleep, tired today! The lady adopted the little girl and tried to BF her, but it didn't work that well. She ended up feeding her some breast milk off a spoon. I think she was going to keep trying but the programme didn't update after that. The seven year old still wanted to BF but was losing the ability to suck, got really annoyed with her mum as she thought she had 'emptied her breasts'. The bit that made me a bit uncomfortable was the seven year old saying she just wanted to suckle even without getting any milk... 
The twins were weaned succssfully...was that it? |
Posted By: mamanee
Date Posted: 10 May 2007 at 9:22am
| The girl that had been breastfed till 8 and her sister till 5 were utterly obsessed with breasts! I nearly choked when the girl said that she wished she could grow breasts to suck on them herself. She was smacking her mother on the breast too! I saw the clip on youtube as well where she was drawing breasts, talking about breasts, writing about breasts. Everything was about breasts to her. I wonder how that will affect her when she's an adult! |
Posted By: MyMinis
Date Posted: 10 May 2007 at 9:27am
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Yuk, I did see the bit when that 8yr old said seh wanted to feed of her mum for basically the rest of her life.
That girl is way to obsessed with the boob. How did the wee boy react to his mum trying to feed the wee girl she adopted ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: mamanee
Date Posted: 10 May 2007 at 9:30am
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He gave her a few sideways glances. But the girl was seriously not interested. I mean she had only just met the woman, she was about 6 months old I guess and I just can't comprehend that she would want her to breastfeed. Is it silly to think that you should really only breastfeed your own biological children?
Oh and the bit about the girls suckling on the grandmas dried up old boob freaked me a bit too.. |
Posted By: SMoody
Date Posted: 10 May 2007 at 9:38am
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Little girl was 18 months old actually and I think it will take a lot of work to make her want to bf. My question is why? If you are hell bend on the benefits like me I rather express and give her the milk then. ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: mamanee
Date Posted: 10 May 2007 at 9:39am
| Oh man, 18 months! I'm so terrible at determining how old babies are! No wonder she wouldn't breastfeed! She'd never done it before! |
Posted By: SMoody
Date Posted: 10 May 2007 at 9:42am
There is a lot of people that tries to BF adopted babies. They want a close bond with the kids. Many adopted babies also have a problem with bonding and it helps quite a lot. I am in two minds about trying to BF a toddler that has never before. Like I said before if it is due to the benefits of BFding and the milk I rather express and give it. To try and breastfeed a toddler that has never before might just freak the poor child out even more and be counter productive. If I had to adopt a baby, I most propably will also try to BF. If it was a newborn and I didnt have milk I would have gone the drug route to be able too. But then that is just me.  ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: EllenMumof2
Date Posted: 10 May 2007 at 9:50am
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we skiped between the 2 progammes the one of channel 1 really was sick and they were about foteus (sp?) stealing in america and the other one Dp wouldn't really watch it as he couldn't stand seeing a 7 year old girl sucking her mothers boob neither could i either but thats just what we think i just found it so hard to understand what the benefits are for a 7 year old?!?!? -------------  
 
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Posted By: MyMinis
Date Posted: 10 May 2007 at 9:58am
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i didnt realise that wee girl was 18months wow.
i was telling df about the program this mornign when he got home, and he was like yuk, but he isnt comfortable with seeing women bfeeding anyway. ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: Kels
Date Posted: 10 May 2007 at 10:33am
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Posted By: caraMel
Date Posted: 10 May 2007 at 11:39am
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I found the nearly 8 year old's obsession with breasts a little bit OTT too.
I find Benjy big to hold while I feed him now, I was trying to imagine 7 years down the track, still having him try to snuggle in for a feed and was quite weirded out. It seemed to me that the boob for her, was like thumb sucking, or having a security blanket or dummy, she just seemed too old for it to be sweet or cute anymore. ------------- Mel, Mummy to E: 6, B: 4 and: 
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Posted By: Leish
Date Posted: 10 May 2007 at 12:04pm
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Posted By: Lulu
Date Posted: 10 May 2007 at 1:03pm
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I found the whole thing a bit disturbing. I mean I totally admire Mum's who can be so giving that they breasfeed for ages, but unless something drastic changes when I give birth (I guess anything's possible) my plan is if I am successful at BF'ing I will do it for a while for the baby's benefit, but I want my body back as soon as possible! I was thinking a year at the absolute most... I guess we will see!
I found the tandem feeding Mum of twins a bit distressing. She looked so worn out and harrassed and bedraggled... I guess I'm in for a reality check! ------------- Lou http://www.babysfirstsite.com"> 
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Posted By: mummy_becks
Date Posted: 10 May 2007 at 1:24pm
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I watched and that 8 year old and her sister were not healthy. Obsessing like that is wrong. I did like what the woman did with the baby she adopted. Good on her for giving it a go, but I think she should of just let it be as the girl didn't want to feed. ------------- I was a puree feeder, forward facing, cot sleeping, pram pushing kind of Mum... and my kids survived! |
Posted By: busymum
Date Posted: 10 May 2007 at 2:15pm
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Renee I do know someone who adopted and then bf her... but I'm talking about a newborn, not someone over a year old! I don't think I would have bothered trying after 3-6mos let alone that age
I didn't see the program but while I was at the doctors the other day I saw a (Woman's Weekly?) mag on bf-ing and there was a photo of a 3yo bf-ing. She looked a bit older than my Hannah. over 2yrs (or maybe even 18mos) is a bit weird for me.------------- |
Posted By: pepsi
Date Posted: 10 May 2007 at 2:58pm
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I recorded the show and just finished watching it. Since it was a documentary I was hoping I would learn something new and interesting about breastfeeding, but it was really just showing women popping out their boobs and breastfeeding their children.
Well, I know everyone has their own opinions about the lady feeding the 8 year old, and mine personally was that it was just...icky..  Sounds hypocritical I know since I was sitting there breastfeeding Alyssa while watching it but still... the 8 y.o girl was a little so and so as well! haha
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Posted By: Paws
Date Posted: 10 May 2007 at 3:11pm
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I was sent a really great article on a woman who successfully breastfeed her adopted baby and the baby was around 6 months...there was also a similar story of BF an adopted toddler.
I personally think those women were amazing and were totally inspirational to me when I was trying to relactate (something I did not share with people on here). I have nothing but admiration for them. ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: SMoody
Date Posted: 10 May 2007 at 5:24pm
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I actually have no problem with a 3 or 4 year old toddler still nursing.
I do want to see if McKayla wants to wean when she turns 2. Hopefully before 3 so we can ttc. If she gets interrested afterwards with bubs I wont have a problem as I dont think the curiousity will last that long anyway. A lot of countries the average age of weaning is actually 4 believe it or not. (and that include the moms that feed only for 6 months so some of the ages are a lot older.) I dont see myself BFding a 8 year old however. Cant explain it but it is definately not for me. ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: Phat_Cat
Date Posted: 10 May 2007 at 5:38pm
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Dang I totally forgot about the program our le leish league (?SP) kady who came to visit antenatal last night mentioned it. I know of a lady who adpoted a newborn & is breastfeeding him but i do not believe in forcing the issue if a child is going to breastfeed then thats great but if not i dont feel its worth sweating over. FYI breastmilk has a pain relief factor in it which is why its great for teething children & why a child seeks it when upset. As for an 8 year old still BF I dont think thats very healthy at all....... ------------- Tristen - 24/06/07 Rylan - 11/12/08 Angel Babies -14/08/05 & 21/01/2010 Curtis - 26/02/12 |