How Old is Too Old to Breast Feed Your Child? Court Case

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[chance33_98]

How Old is Too Old to Breast Feed Your Child? 

How Old is Too Old to Breast Feed Your Child? How old is too old to be breast feeding your child? A controversial case out of Illinois has re-ignited the debate. A young mother there is still breast feeding her eight-year-old. Should she be forced to stop?

Lynne Stuckey said she has been unfairly persecuted for doing something that is perfectly natural: breast feeding her son. But there's a twist - her son is now eight-years-old.

"I did nothing wrong with nursing my child. Kyle is my only son and I'm going to continue nursing him as long as he needs that and until he weens himself."

But child protection authorities did not agree. Her son Kyle was removed from her home for nearly six months and placed in foster care. Lynne and Kyle have undergone counseling and are reunited. Tuesday on Good Morning, America , she showed her face for the first time, saying accusations that the breast feeding was some kind of molestation are absurd.

"You don't nurse your child for yourself when that's something they are needing for comfort. When you do that, you're putting your child first."

An expert on Tuesday morning's show basically agreed, saying it's normal in some cultures for children to breast feed until they are five or six. But it may time for Kyle to be weened.

"There reaches an age when you have to help your child find more mature ways to comfort themselves," said the expert.

"This is a normal thing and people need to know that, and Kyle is a wonderful child," Stuckey said.

By speaking out, Lynne Stuckey said she fears the state may again move to take her child away. The American Academy of Pediatrics said roughly 20% of children are weened by age one, and the vast majority of toddlers are weened by age two.

[xsmommy]

no, sweety, there is another name for it when it is guys....

[2Trievers]

Eating on the run like that, isn't good for you, ya' know. &;-)

[krb]

It doesn't matter if it's changed in the last 10 days. The salient point Aggie Mama made is that it is going to change again with virtual certainty. Those sorts of "results" should always be taken with a grain of salt, IMHO.

Just think about the recent Hormone Replacement Therapy study. People have been pushing that stuff on people for years and now what happened? A reversal...ha!

[xsmommy]

green does not become you, sweetums...

[krb]

I think most of us will agree that 8 years old is a little much for breast-feeding. Now, the golden question: how many of us think it's any of the government's business?

I'm with you. Being weird isn't illegal. At least it shouldn't be.

[xsmommy]

if it were, there would be quite a number of FR denizens in the pokey....; )

[camle]

I wouldn't know of such things...

[camle]

maybe he can go goat?

[xsmommy]

that's a relief!

[ArrogantBustard]

had a name for each boob

And if you ever want to embarass the heck out of him, remind him of that fact when he's 16.

[capt. norm]

"There is no medical reason to breast feed beyond six months of age."

Oh NO! In a manner-of-speaking, I never did stop breast feeding.

[genefromjersey]

One of my daughters continued to nurse her child-almost to the age of 3.At first,some of it was economic: she was in such desperate straits, she couldn't afford baby food; but then she moved back home for a while and the finances improved-but she continued nursing.

We started kidding her: what was she going to do on her daughter's wedding day ? Would the clergyman have to ask : " Who giveth this woman to be weaned ? "

She finally got the idea .

[camle]

but as I said earlier, if she's looking for volunteers...
frick/frack
superman/batman
hot/cold
hewey/dwewy/louie

anybody else have any ideas?

[Junior]

Eeeew!

[chance33_98]

I'm with you. Being weird isn't illegal. At least it shouldn't be.

Agreed, chalk it up to diversity in the gene pool and such. A kid can watch 80 hours of violent tv while drinking soda and getting fat, but I don't see them taking them away.

[hobbes1]

Sorry. I'm the Bull ...LOL