In a message dated 96-09-04 19:17:49 EDT, you write: << She also told me that she thought that women who breastfeed that long probably got some sort of sexual pleasure out of it and it should be considered child sexual abuse. >> Friends, I swear today I was in MacDonald's with my 2 yr old, and all the other mothers with babies had bottles to feed them and some were talking about how their babies were great 4 hr feeders. I thought to myself "I hope mine doesn't ask to nurse - these are just the people that would report it as sexual abuse." I have been telling her that there are too many people here and generally she can wait. Seems a shame, but I would rather not take a chance losing her, if only for a day, as someone recently described such an expereince.. A friend of mine told me that when her children were nursing at 3 or 4 yrs old, she didn't go out much because of same attitudes. laurie wheeler