She's Old Enough to Chew Meat
Tuesday, August 7th, 2007Last night, I sat in a waiting room full of children, and maybe a parent or two. And as I sat there reading Redbook from 2005, a white Velcro sandal came flying at my head. And then another. I was under assault.
The mother, trying to appear shocked and horrified at what her child was doing on the floor from beneath her chair, pleaded with him to apologize to “the lady” as I deposited the shoes on the table by her side.
It was then that I realized she was BREASTFEEDING. In a waiting room. For kids like me with “issues”.
It gets better.
She was breastfeeding the same child who definitively told her mother “no” and walked away when pleaded with to put her white Velcro sandals back on.
Is it just me, or is that totally, completely, utterly WRONG?
Talk about needing therapy!
My general thought is that if they can ask for it, they’re too old for it!
Aha, I think that one finally worked!
RE: this post. That girl is definitely in the right place!
Also, I need your shoe of the month, like A LOT. I’ve been looking for hot pink stilettos that don’t make me look like a hooker for months!
I’m not going to get all La Leche on you, but no, it’s not wrong to breastfeed a child who can walk and talk. The World Pediatric Organization recommends children be breastfed for 2 years, and that’s how long I nursed mine. That said, nursing should be private time between mom and sprout, and NO ONE wants to see a toddler in public hanging off of mom’s lap catching a snack, not even me.