Posted on 05/10/2012 2:41:46 PM PDT by CitizenM
Time magazine is out with its latest cover, one that’s sure to get its fair share of attention. Headlined “Are You Mom Enough?”, it features a blonde, skinny jean-wearing woman — and a preschool-age boy unmistakably latched on to her breast.
The cover goes with the magazine’s feature story on “attachment parenting” — a philosophy designed to foster a secure bond to the child. Co-sleeping, or the “family bed,” and breastfeeding well past babyhood are sometimes the hallmarks of attachment parenting.
The mother pictured on the cover is Jamie Lynne Grumet of Los Angeles and her 3-year-old son.
“I don’t consider breastfeeding immodest at all—I’m not shy about doing it in public,” she told Time.
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I reccomend not going to that site (blaze) because of some kind of virus/malware attack I just recieved- screen flashes up with a warning saying Microsoft Antivirus has detected a virus or malware yadah yadah. you can and should EXIT the screen, which you can surprisingly do, then run your own security scan. Mine found nothing, and todays history showed no problems.
I have four children and we have practiced ‘attachment parenting’ with all of them. My wife breastfed all of them until they were in their three’s. I have no regrets about this.
While I reserve judgement on this woman until I read the article, I would suggest the critics of extended breastfeeding do some research on the benefits derived from this practice.
“She’s only doing it to stay skinny. As soon as she quits, she’s gonna blow up like a balloon.”
ROFLOL! She might as well claim natural family planning since it prevents ovulation when done daily.
Cute!
My wife's grand mother had a baby that starved to death during the great depression. I ignorantly asked her, "why she didn't breast feed the child". Her answer should have been obvious to me, she said, "I was starving too and when you are starving the breast milk dries up".
WARNING!!!! VIRUS ON THE LINK!!!
Are you saying this may be the extreme California Mom way of taking an arrow to the knee?
“I need to order two pickets to Tittsburgh.”
`It was the breast of times, it was the worst of times—It was a tale of two titties’.
Sometimes it pays to be a sucker!
Bingo... we’ve got a winner... cultural desensitization time.
“It’s just the backdoor to pedophilia”
Really, it’s Mom’s kitchen door with apple pie on the side to pedophilia....this has been mapped out. I wonder how long the interlude to the next kulture desensitizing “cure.”
The other thread on this topic (above) is bawdy.
They’re using expressions like women “flashing their breasts” and “spraying their milk around.”
I’m thinking they’re Peruvians, from Lake Titicaca most likely.
That is a scary picture.
I breastfed my four babies until they were around six MONTHS old. I did talk to the pediatrician about breast feeding(a couple of them actually) they all said the same thing....breastfeeding gives your baby important immunities for about three months until theirs kick in...after that its not necessary and they don’t get anything from it that they can’t get from formula. basically if you want to breastfeed after three months its not for the vitamins and nutrients its for other reasons.
I hope that mom plans to homeschool cause her baby boy is marked now! He’s gonna get his ass kicked daily. hope she’s happy!
BINGO!
After the norming of homosexuality is complete, the next "civil right" on the prog agenda is adult-child sex.
You have to wonder, is that kid going to become one of those “adult babies” who are scamming the Social Security and disibility programs?
Anything perverse is celebrated by the Left. Anything traditional is under attack.
My cousin breastfed her kid until he was 4. He’s gay now.
Because of this Oreo add?
I breastfed for one year.
No, I wasn't ashamed, or hiding a “natural act” when I sought a private area, and covered my torso with a baby blanket when breastfeeding outside of our home.
My baby refused to drink from a bottle, even one filled with my own milk. She also rejected pacifiers.
Her demonstrated ability to manipulate a sippy cup coincided with her tendency to bite me with her new teeth, just for giggles!
Following the advise of my pediatrician, she was slowly weaned over a short period, and on the decided date, we took a vacation to grandmothers house, and the physically painfull process (for me) was accomplished.
It really does hurt, when you finally do stop breastfeeding!
All that said, I find it odd that some people claim some kind of “health and/or bonding benefit” for breast feeding beyond the first six weeks or so.
It is certainly cheaper and easier to breastfeed if you can, instead of formula feeding. Better depends upon the mothers food intake.
If the mother can choose and controll her diet, and also refrain from consuming irritating foods and other substances, breastmilk is certainly best.
If the situation is otherwise, for whatever reasons, formula feeding would be the better nutritional choice.
Breast or bottle, feeding a baby is best done in a quiet and calm environment, to encourage proper digestion.And for comfort and bonding purposes.
Either way, bottle or breast, the primary goal is that the baby gets adequately fed in order to grow into a healthy toddler.
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