Posted by Maria01 on January 3, 2009, at 11:28:07
In reply to I wish my Mom breast-fed me for a long time, posted by Deneb on January 3, 2009, at 2:02:47
What those specials fail to address is how that can really mess with a kid's need for boundaries between them and others. Young children need to know that they are in fact physically separate from others; prolonged nursing can sometimes mess with that perception. Once a little kid learns about boundaries, they begin to understand that a) no one has the right to mishandle them and b) since they are a separate physical entity from other people, they need to respect other people's boundaries as well, both physical and emotional.
Nursing isn't the only source of comfort for babies..any opportunity that a baby has to be in close contact with their primary caregiver is a chance for closeness and comfort; playing, resting, care-giving, feeding(bottle and/or breast), "story time", any time, really.
Wishing for comfort is something you might want to discuss with your T, but prolonged nursing isn't neccessarily the sweet picture you saw on 20/20. If anything, it does a disservice to all the great moms who otherwise are unable to or who choose not to nurse their babies.
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