There are a lot of people who still feel that
breastfeeding is gross which is so sad.
I know men who think
breastfeeding is gross because they think it is basically just a sexual act.
This lactating mama has a point - if you think
breastfeeding is gross, whether it's a baby or an adult, you might want to reconsider the gallon of cow boob juice that might just be sitting in your fridge at this very moment.
You may remember back during World Breastfeeding Week I wrote a post about how I used to think
breastfeeding was gross.
Why would
breastfeeding be gross?
I was a formula - fed baby, and my mom was always led to believe that «
breastfeeding was gross.»
Not exact matches
Breastfeeding in a bathroom
is actually kind of
gross, IMO.
That
's what I
'm saying too - I think that the real problems that have lead us so far away from
breastfeeding are less to do with formula companies and more to do with the completely screwed up North American birth culture where under - informed medical staff
are the ones at the steering wheel and we have succumbed to the over-sexualization of breasts and other non-female-friendly cultural ideas that have made
breastfeeding «
gross», «offensive» or «unnecessary».
I guess the thoughts I did have about
breastfeeding were that it seemed vaguely ick to me personally (ie: while I
'm not
grossed out by others doing it AT ALL, I didn't love the thought of doing it myself).
«
Breastfeeding past age one or two
is gross, if they
are old enough to ask for their milk or drink from a cup they shouldn't need to
breastfeed, especially from the tap!»
His family, too: members of his own gene pool think
breastfeeding in public
is gross.
In a post entitled
Is Breastfeeding «
Gross»?
-LSB-...] I
'm perplexed and saddened when I hear about people that think
breastfeeding in public
is gross.
Statistics show that moms in lower income brackets and minority groups
are less likely to
breastfeed, probably not because they don't want to or think that it
's gross, but because they
're heading back to their jobs to provide for their family — jobs that don't give them nursing breaks.
The more women
breastfeed without shame in public, the faster it will gain acceptance, in my view:) Babies need to
be fed,
breastfeeding is their birthright, and the people who think it
's «
gross»
are the ones who need to adjust their attitudes, not us.
She still thinks
breastfeeding is kind of
gross.
To make the
gross implication that anyone that practices Attachment Parenting
breastfeeds their children until they
are 4, 5 or 6 years old
was a clever, sensational tactic to draw attention to the subject — but it
's just not true and you
are choosing willful ignorance to paint that as the norm for Attachment Moms.
Breastfeeding a child beyond one year old
is no longer strange, weird, or even
gross.
If that nurse had told me that I might
breastfeed a 4 - year - old I would have told her she
was gross.
On the other side
is a bunch of naysayers telling you to put your boobs away, feed your baby in the bathroom, or even calling
breastfeeding gross.
While there will
be people who judge the decision and claim that
breastfeeding into toddlerhood
is «weird» or «
gross», it
is not a new fad or trend amongst so - called «helicopter parents».
So, when extended
breastfeeding is portrayed as «bizarre» or «
gross» or even «damaging,» there
's a problem; not just for the women who
are currently extending their
breastfeeding journey, but pregnant women who
are contemplating
breastfeeding and how long they
're willing (and able) to
breastfeed their child.
And they all agreed how
gross it
was to have a woman
breastfeeding out in the open.
Being a parent
is no easy task, and making the decision to
breastfeeding may
gross some men out, but it
is a lot of work.
Caulfield et al. (42) and
Gross et al. (43) describe the results of a WIC intervention in which similar WIC clinics serving black women
were randomized to offer enhanced
breastfeeding services (PC vs.
breastfeeding video / pamphlets in the waiting room vs. both interventions combined vs. standard WIC care).
I think back on this moment and though I know what I
'm doing
is beautiful, empowering, and a true testament to the unending capabilities of the female body, I
am struck by how
gross breastfeeding makes me feel.
The problem I have with this video
is that it perpetuates this idea that
breastfeeding is weird,
gross, awkward and prevents others bonding with the baby.
Mothers that
breastfeed too long
are sick, selfish,
gross, perverted, and unable to let their child grow up these people usually assert.
While it
is beautiful to
breastfeed sans cover, and no one should ever
be made to feel guilty or
gross or anything other than wonderful while feeding their child, it
's just as beautiful to
breastfeed with a cover, too.
I can still feel the hurt and shock I felt when my cousin told me that if I continued
breastfeeding my daughter beyond a year she couldn't
be in the same room with me because it
was «
gross» and «really disgusting.»
Not to pick on Sex And The City again but, well, they
're also guilty of another sexist
breastfeeding sin: treating nursing moms» breasts as if they
're gross.
I convinced myself that hurtful comments that breastmilk
is gross,
breastfeeding requires seclusion from others etc stem largely from ignorance of those who have never
been informed.
Breastfeeding in public
is often viewed as «offensive,» inappropriate, or
gross.