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Bump (Or two) Elaine x :o))

Pmsl Elaine!!

I fed mine till they were 8-9mth, I could have gone on longer,but decided it was time to stop. I saw a clip on TV this am and it was a woman feeding two kids at once, not sure how old they were but at a guess 2-4yr. To me it looked disgusting,she sat there with boobs just haning out and a kid on each one lol. I am all for breast feeding but I would leave the room if it was a BIG kid. I think it's a bit weird anyone going over 2yr,and as for 7 there must be a want about them. Marion

well i won't be watching this programme, as it clashes with who do you think you are!!!!!!!!!!! and to whoever it said they are comfort sucking at 7, aprently not.....quote from tv guide......... 7yr old elder sister 9, has fond memories of breast feeding, ' I remember it tasting really sweet better than anything in the world' This is the elder sister who want a breast feed as her 10th birthday present!!!!!!!!!!

Two of the mothers on Richard and Judy........ children do not go to school.... are home tutored...I feel the children are not experiencing life in the real world. Do the 2 things go hand in hand in these cases? Both women said they had read up on it and it is a deliberate act on their part as they understood that children benefited emotionally and also had higher IQs. Children evidently loose the power to suck and give up naturally sometime after 7. Sorry but I find it quite repugnant. Fed both my girls until they were six months and then shut up shop believing it was time I had a life as well. Jean x.

Both of our two boys were breast fed but I don't think that anyone was any the wiser when they needed a slurp in a public place. They were both weaned about 18 months, and by two years eat the same food as we did, mashed up. What I do object to is the small number of women who insist on making a thing of it as if to say, look at me, aren't I clever with boobs on view for all to see, whether we want to or not. However 7 is far too old, my two were on 8oz steaks by that age.

Fed the first for 11 months - would have been longer except for medical problems I had at the time. Fed the second for 17 months. Both are now in school and well above average intelligence/achievement levels. Also both have had very few illnesses. Point made I think. Angela

Georgeous was a Booby Boy for 2 years and he's perfect so it definitely works!

I breast fed all 4 of mine until they were between 7-14 months, they seemed to wean themselves once they could hold a feeding cup, I didn't like the idea of bottles (all that sterilising). The best thing for me was the freedom to be able to feed them when and where I liked, I could leave home in the morning with just a few spare nappies and some baby wipes and know I always had just the right amount of milk to last all day. I believe the baby also acquires the mother's immunity to diseases as when I was still feeding my 3rd child my older two both had chicken pox quite badly but the baby only had a few spots and the health visitor said this was because I was still breastfeeding. He's never had it since either despite being exposed to it several times. I'd recommend breastfeeding to anyone, both for the convenience and money saving, and I've always thought that if we have to carry breasts round with us all our lives we might as well get some use out of them! Carolyn

Just like to point out that my unbreastfed son is one of the highest achievers in his year. His six year old sister is also in all her top groups at school Both are rarely ill. I also know a child who was breastfed who was last in the Que when it came to handing out brains and intelligence. He is ill often, normally catching every bug known to man ! I agree breast is best, but intelligence wise, in my opinion, genes and parental help and support have a great hand in creating intelligent children. Being fed well as a baby helps, whether it breast or bottle. Elaine x

Just watched this programme after recording it last night. First of all I would like to applaud the mother that breast fed her twins until they were 2. Showed her weaning them. If that was me I would have weakened and given in. So well done to that lady. I also applaud the lady that adopted a foreign girl and tried to breast feed her along side her own son. Apparently the average age to wean is 4 in Europe. Did not agree with the 7 year old still being fed and then at the end she stuffed her bra and said when she gets her own she will be able to drink from them!!! I find that absurd. Gloria