Aloha Pat,

I couldn't resist after reading your post.

A few months back I had a bit of a BF tiff with my 8 year old daughter.
We do not have bottles in the house, however, she was pretending to feed
her doll with a bottle.  I know she is at an age now with peer pressure,
but I called her on it.  I asked her (actually I probably told her)
breastmilk better be in the bottle.  She responded that when she had real
babies, she would feed them however she pleased.  To which I replied, if
you do not breastfeed do not come around to my home.  I couldn't bite my
tongue, the words just came out.  I then sat down and talked with her
about breastfeeding---we even got into birth.  The next day in the car,
she again was bottlefeeding.  I asked her why----I just wanted to
understand.  She said, mom don't worry, when I have real babies, I'll
breastfeed them.  I said, if you promise to breastfeed your real babies,
I will not bother you anymore about your dolls!  And I haven't!  :D


Aloha,
Gloria Thai  Honolulu, O'ahu, Hawai'i  located 20 degrees North of the
Equator