tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3309017679190484215.post7531339613459844295..comments2013-04-17T03:04:06.650-05:00Comments on Bringing Up Squid: Can We Please Give the Mommies a Break?Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08565823413286969419noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3309017679190484215.post-29411191070242678492013-02-24T09:21:15.954-06:002013-02-24T09:21:15.954-06:00Hey Kele. You're the Mom. You know your child....Hey Kele. You're the Mom. You know your child. Outsiders, well meaning or just cranky know-it-alls, do not know your child. You know when she needs to feel snuggled and safe. Breastfeeding stopped in my house after three months due to my drying up. I still got flack for it. People just don't understand. You do what is right for you and the baby.Mishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15469990780074987936noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3309017679190484215.post-22673228322747970422013-02-24T07:49:43.041-06:002013-02-24T07:49:43.041-06:00Good for you Kele! I choose to stop breastfeeding ...Good for you Kele! I choose to stop breastfeeding very early with my daughter, and I never did with my son. I have not regretted that. My son was 10 and a half pounds at birth and per doctors orders started eating cereal and fruits and veggies at two weeks old! He ate all the time!<br /><br />The Time magazine thing bothered me from the social standpoint of the child. He was 2 weeks out from his 4th birthday when they did that cover. He didn't know about or understand the public outcry about his mother's choice, but he will have to LIVE with that photo being out there. Don't tell me that won't scar the kid. It was the public display of a very personal choice that the child doesn't have the ability to understand that bothered me.MollyKnitshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04107235362266233650noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3309017679190484215.post-91007421174753475022013-02-22T13:17:58.198-06:002013-02-22T13:17:58.198-06:00The act may be public on occasion, for those who c...The act may be public on occasion, for those who choose to. But the choices I make in raising my child are personal. I most likely would not have had the reaction I did if it had stopped after I said I bottle-fed. But to continue to question my choices, not knowing me or my life is unacceptable. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08565823413286969419noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3309017679190484215.post-46271738727567201312013-02-22T12:56:52.854-06:002013-02-22T12:56:52.854-06:00I'm curious. You said breast feeding was pers...I'm curious. You said breast feeding was personal, but is it really? As we are maturing and realizing that breastfeeding in public isn't a bad thing, doesn't that come with it a move to openness and not intimacy. Not that the rest of her questions were in the realm of openness or politeness, but the breastfeeding question itself is asked about something most women do publicly. Generally, and I only say this from recalling what that book on etiquette says, a stranger should only asks questions regarding things one does or sees in public. I'm curious why breast feeding is polite but asking about breastfeeding isn't. Qfenestratehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07110120275669488255noreply@blogger.com