Uh... it certainly is unusual. I'm surprised the mother is still producing. I know that as long as the supply is being drained the body should still produce, but both my sister and I dry up at about 4-5 months, no matter what. I've seen a couple instances back in my hometown of an older child breastfeeding... one time at a store I worked at, a woman came to my register with her pubescent daughter and what looked to be a four or five year old boy sitting in the cart seat. He just reached out and yanked up her shirt and latched on. I could have done without seeing such pendulous breasts.
I'm not sure the kids are getting any real benefit from it anymore other than one-on-one time with mom. Maybe a few extra vitamins, but breastmilk is pretty high in fat.
To each their own, I guess. I wonder if they are allowed to latch on in public. Could you imagine, asking someone where a long bench is so you can feed your kid... and the only kid with you is half as tall as you are. The only really negative thing I could see is that the girls might be perceived as weird by their peers, and therefore ostracized.
okay...part of me wants to say 'to each their own'.. but screw that!! these kids are drawing pictures of their mothers breasts and they have names for them?!! c'mon!! enough is enough...
That was gross. I think as soon as the child becomes aware..and is as big as you..you should stop..And..that lady had huge breasts..Just thought I'd point that out. Kinda scared me.
I remember everyone on about this at school when it was on TV. It's so weird. What a great intro though - 'Veronica Robinson lives in Cumbria.' Sounds like some 70's science video. Not the rest of it, though
'They will not breastfeed forever, it's just that simple. They will not breastfeed when they go to college or get married. It's never happened. It's never going to happen. Once you're out in that big bad world, that's it. There is no safe haven like being at mother's breast.'
'I think people of scared. They're scared of breasts, they're scared of sexuality (WTF?), they're scared of nakedness if it's to do with something natural but they're not scared of nakedness if it's a 20 year old walking around with cleavage or bellybuttons or whatever. I think we live in a very sad country, really, where we have so much difficulty with feeding our children[...] they were both getting something special.'
He probably tells them to. He likes to watch it.
Ooh..was that too far over the line? How immature of me.
I wonder if their dentist or..neurosurgen knows..Tell everyone!!
The kids mus have been slaughtered the next day at school... but I really wouldn't be surprised if they're home schooled. OR if their quaint little town has some very Wicker Man-esque qualities to it.
I've heard about this before. I strongly approve of breastfeeding because it's best for the baby. Notice my emphasis on baby. I don't think it's emotionally healthy to continue breastfeeding children this age, especially considering the fallout they must have to contend with from their peers. I'd be willing to be that they are teased unmercifully.
I'm with Melf.... I wouldn't be at all surprised if they were homeschooled. I have to admit, it gives me the creeps, especially the part about naming them... that's something your boyfriend does when you are in your twenties and they are still up where they are supposed to be. But I do think that her children will have formed a mental dependence on the act of breastfeeding. It will be a very hard habit to break. I wonder why her oldest doesn't do it any more. But since Mom isn't beating her kids (we hope) then I find it hard to stick my nose in her business.... though Dad really creeped me out at the very end of the video when his daughter is latched on and he leans over and asks when he gets some. Even in jest, it was.... out there.
Melrfaz wrote: > There's somewhat of a video
> response
>
> This woman starts saying 'I
> don't know, in America, maybe
> they would be considered child
> molestation [sic].' Is this
> true?
I don't think breastfeeding children this old would be considered child molestation. That involves sexual misconduct with a child & I see no sexual intent in this woman's actions. However, I stand by what I said earlier about it being emotionally damaging to these children considering the fact that they live in a Western culture where this type of behavior is not the norm. It's not as though they were living in an isolated tribe where this is part of that tribe's culture.
No, it's not abuse in the way that would be prosecutable. There's no sexual interest (we hope). And even isolated tribes don't nurse that long.... or at least, all the Discovery Channel stuff I've watched hasn't shown any.
Thinking about what Melf brought up about the kids not wanting her to wear a bra... it's like her kids 'own' her, or at least her boobs. That seems to be the impression the kids give off about this.
Yeah, I got that when she was saying 'Giving up a few years out of my life for my kids - it's nothing at all really.' I'm guessing those children are pretty spoilt as well, if they're allowed it whenever. Such a surreal family, that poor dad.
I saw this on youtube but from where? Anyway, I think it is unnatural and can only contribute to a child being ostricized and just socially odd in a really weird way. I think mom is getting more out of it than she admits too and I don't think it's healthy. I think she's using the kids to get off in a weird way. The kittens here are 8 weeks and mom walks away when they try to nurse. It's time, that is natural.
#25 posted August 9, 2007 at 4:50pm (EST) edited August 9, 2007 at 4:53pm (EST)
Melrfaz wrote: > The kids mus have been slaughtered
> the next day at school... but I really wouldn't
> be surprised if they're home schooled. OR
> if their quaint little town has some very
> Wicker Man-esque qualities to it.
We had this same post months ago - or was it a survey? Anyway, I figure to each his own... Many countries practice this well into the child's 5th year - so this kid is slow at letting go. So what?
It seems like the kid is slow at letting go because mom is actively encouraging her to continue. Did the mom ever say anything about a kid losing interest? I wonder what she would do.
pennyann wrote: > I saw this on youtube but from where? Anyway,
> I think it is unnatural and can only contribute
> to a child being ostricized and just socially
> odd in a really weird way. I think mom is getting
> more out of it than she admits too and I don't
> think it's healthy. I think she's using the kids
> to get off in a weird way. The kittens here are
> 8 weeks and mom walks away when they try to nurse.
> It's time, that is natural.
Because it's just not natural to be sucking milk out of your mom...when you're 5 years old!
She doesn't need it to survive..and it's gotten to the point where it's just plain creepy.
llamamama wrote: > Because it's just not natural
> to be sucking milk out of
> your mom...when you're 5 years
> old!
> She doesn't need it to survive..and
> it's gotten to the point where
> it's just plain creepy.
I breastfed my daughter until she was 6 months old and my son unitl he was 5 months old. I only stopped because it was a hindrance... I couldn't do anything AND I couldn't drink beer!! But I wouldn't have a problem if I had been a different person with a different lifestyle. What I mean to say is that if my child wanted to suckle that long and I was available; I'd have no objection. I loved breastfeeding - it was always a special moment with my child, a closeness that mere words cannot express. If this woman can enjoy it as long as she can - power to her and it has nothing to do with sexuality...
Aware of what? That boobs somehow have become a man's personal sexual object? I don't recall thinking or even knowing about sex when I was 5.... I couldn't care less about it at that time, my mind was busy discovering the world around me and sex was not even something I was curious about until I reached 10 maybe?
