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Dear Mamas,
this is a response comic of sorts to a comment left on my blog recently. Don’t worry, stupid comments don’t get through my ‘idiot filter 2.0′ which is the delete button and my middle finger. Enjoy!
Love,
Heather
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awesome! love the middle finger deleting part.
What a great filter you’ve got! I’ve got the same version for my blog
lol! Don’t you just LOVE Smart Filters, so handy, lol! Speaking of WHY we do it, ever see a 7 year old that weighs 100 lbs or more? My Aunt gets them all the time as a foster Mom. The kids attach themselves to FOOD (the only constant in their lives) to calm & comfort themselves. Whereas my nursing babies see ME as the source of calm & comfort. Eventually the boobs go away & it’s just their relationship with mom that remains……….. Much nicer then a piece whatever! It’s why my family “tolerates” my nursing for so long, because they can SEE why it works! Sure beats the relative that thinks Orange soda in a bottle is just like Orange juice! (Won’t even get into how old THAT baby wasn’t, Heather would delete by accident if I did, lol!)
I’m glad to hear about the idiot filter. I need one to use in front of people such as my in-laws, some ‘friends’ and even a sister who find my breastfeeding my 20 month old boy too much for them to cope with…
There was a survey of indigenous peoples that found that infants who were allowed to wean themselves, all did so around three years of age. This is about the age when science believes that brain cells have become established, and that the development of brain cells is aided by a component in breastfeeding. We used to get so many negative comments that I used to intervene if I was there. Normally I try not to put anyone down, but that used to get me so mad, that I used to trot out this survey, and suggest that OUR infant is going to be so much more intelligent than babies who are not breastfed or allowed to wean themselves.
This may be my favorite all-time comic panel EVER. This one, right here, on this page!
Hi Tracey,
EVER seriously? EVER? cool. And you just made my day.
I’m reading Carl Honore’s In Praise of Slowness and your website is fabulous, are you the chef? I’m going to explore the site, and then send it to my brother, he’s a chef in Florida…
xox,
Heather
Have a look on Kathy Dettwyler’s page.
The ‘average’ age of weaning is actually 4 years; and/but that is *despite* many babies weaning prematurely due to societal influence (or not breastfeeding at all/being switched to formula early on).
All factors point to a natural age of weaning of at least 2.5yrs, however, among children who recieve no parental or societal pressure to wean, self-weaning age is more commonly 5 to 7yrs.
PS, am I the only nosey person who wants to know what was said, by whom, and in reply to what? LOL
Hi Heather,
Yes, I’m the chef! Or whatever you call someone who plans menus and writes about it. I kind of fell into it. It’s old-fashioned, the good way.
Thanks and hope you all like it!
And yes, I seriously mean “ever”. Half the time when someone says something sick about extended breastfeeding I’m left tongue-tied, because I wonder that if by defending it I’m coming off sounding sick myself. This is a great comeback with perfect attitude!
Hahaha. I am *totally* with Sam in wishing I knew who said what!
I love your delete button, and your middle finger. And I love your comics!
I wish I knew who said what, too.
the drama-lover in me really wishes i could know what was said.
I breastfeed my 3.5 year old in public occasionally. I’ve done it both here in Portland, OR & in Lexington, KY. Not once has anyone said anything to my face, but I’ve been told that I get a lot of stares. I think I must have the same “filter” that your blog does! LOL I would certainly employ it! Being uppity is fun.
My son weaned on his 3rd birthday. I was both saddened and thrilled at the same time. I still miss our special time together, now he will only cuddle for a moment, then off he goes to play. But soon, I will be enjoying breastfeeding once again, as I am expecting another son in October. He was supposed to be a sister for my oldest daughter, but somehow our little girl became our little boy…as my husband puts it, “sex-change in the womb”!!!! And as for stares, I didnt care. people are just rude and they need to mind their own business. I just regret that I was physically unable to nurse my daughter. I never produced any milk, no colustrum(sp?) or anything. BTW, I love this website, also.