Posted on 09/09/2009 9:40:57 AM PDT by nickcarraway
When mom is away, most dads offer a crying newborn a bottle of milk, a pacifier, a pinkie finger. But a Swedish dad is embarking on an experiment that he hopes will allow him to soothe a baby with his own milk-filled breasts.
Ragnar Bengtsson, a 26-year-old student at Stockholm University, is regularly breaking out a breast pump to induce lactation. Bengtsson is the father of a 2-year-old child, but he has no plans to nurse his toddler. Rather he wants to breast-feed future children and inspire other dads to offer their breasts as a way to bond with their children at earlier stages of development.
"Anything that doesn't do any harm is worth trying out. And if it works it could prove very important for men's ability to get much closer to their children at an early stage," Bengtsson told The Local, an English newspaper in Sweden.
The story was major headline news in the Nordic country, and now it's making the rounds on all the parenting blogs. The story will probably continue to escalate as Bengtsson's efforts will be documented by Swedish TV8. Also, he maintains a blog on the station's Web site.
Ragnar Bengtsson, a 26-year-old student at Stockholm University, is regularly breaking out a breast pump to induce lactation. Bengtsson is the father of a 2-year-old child, but he has no plans to nurse his toddler. Rather he wants to breast-feed future children and inspire other dads to offer their breasts as a way to bond with their children at earlier stages of development.
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Attention whore?
Or is it Biology FAIL?
26 y/o boy with man boobs? No pictures, please.
He puts his panties on the same way any other woman would.
NAPL!
“Tits on a bull”
But in his castrated state maybe better to say “Tits on a Steer”
Ragnar Bengtsson is as useless as tits on a bull.
Parenting fail maybe. Biology fail, not necessarily. There have been documented cases of male lactation (though obviously not in the same volumes as female).
Any bets that he also pees sitting down? This is some sick $hi+.
Figures.
The mouthful of hair the kid gets will probably make it scream louder...
LQ
I bet the woman who married the guy feels pretty dumb now.
I should expand a bit: male lactation is possible even excluding hormone imbalance (natural or artificial). Starvation can induce it, as can repeated stimulation of male milk-gland tissue over an extended period of time.
Mommy is working and daddy is breastfeeding.
Something is very very wrong with this.
Hey that cat is barking, that dog is reading the paper.
I’m thinking there may not be any “future children.”
Reminds me of when Peter tried to nurse Stewie:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6OkcucXIuVI&feature=PlayList&p=1DA4373994B5240A&index=14
Oh, they’re probably not married.
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