Just to let you all know that a mother who had bf x 7 mos told me that she
was shown a LLL video during pg. The video showed a toddler moving onto
solid food and said the mother mourned the loss of the special, close
relationship/. Even tho she enjoyed nsg, this mom felt that the video
conveyed the message that "w/o your milk, you're nothing" and that mothers
who bottlefeed and fathers will never be as close. BTW, she was not bashing
LLL or bf.

I mention this to ya'll only as FOOD FOR THOUGHT. Just so we are thinking
about the messages we send. And maybe showing toddler nursing (while normal
for us) is a "culture shock" to these moms. After all it is normal w/i our
lactnet culture but not in the greater culture.

Laurie Wheeler, RN, MN, IBCLC - not at all shocked by older nurslings - I am
nursing one almost 5!
Violet Louisiana, USA


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