Comments on: One step forward, two steps back http://www.phdinparenting.com/2009/01/07/1-step-forward-2-steps-back/ ...exploring the art and science of parenting Fri, 19 Mar 2010 17:16:25 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Laura McFarland http://www.phdinparenting.com/2009/01/07/1-step-forward-2-steps-back/#comment-1920 Laura McFarland Wed, 18 Feb 2009 05:42:10 +0000 http://phdinparenting.com/?p=899#comment-1920 I want to thank you for all the beautiful pictures and also thank you for the feeling that I am not alone to feel it is okay to nurse my almost four year old!! I thought at three we would be done but when the big day rolled around decided to give it another year. And again when the doctor told me I had to stop to get a mamogram and just tell my daughter if her friends in preschool knew they would surely embarrase her out of wanting to nurse. I started to plan a weakend away but the more I thought about it the more my daughter wanted to nurse so I have a new plan to let nature take it's coarse. I want to thank you for all the beautiful pictures and also thank you for the feeling that I am not alone to feel it is okay to nurse my almost four year old!! I thought at three we would be done but when the big day rolled around decided to give it another year. And again when the doctor told me I had to stop to get a mamogram and just tell my daughter if her friends in preschool knew they would surely embarrase her out of wanting to nurse. I started to plan a weakend away but the more I thought about it the more my daughter wanted to nurse so I have a new plan to let nature take it’s coarse.

]]> By: Earthbaby http://www.phdinparenting.com/2009/01/07/1-step-forward-2-steps-back/#comment-965 Earthbaby Thu, 08 Jan 2009 02:04:35 +0000 http://phdinparenting.com/?p=899#comment-965 This all is making me seriously question my membership at Facebook. By being a member I am silently accepting and condoning what Facebook stands for. This all is making me seriously question my membership at Facebook. By being a member I am silently accepting and condoning what Facebook stands for.

]]> By: Carla http://www.phdinparenting.com/2009/01/07/1-step-forward-2-steps-back/#comment-964 Carla Wed, 07 Jan 2009 21:03:29 +0000 http://phdinparenting.com/?p=899#comment-964 Looks a lot like areola to me in the newspaper photo! Has she contacted U.S. news media about this? The evidence directly contradicting Facebook's position should be REALLY useful in (hopefully) getting them to rethink this. I think maybe proposing a specific new policy might be helpful, too--maybe something about no pictures of nipple or areola unless an actual baby is attached. I mean, I do understand Facebook's concerns from a "public standards" perspective--if they allow areola or nipples, then they're afraid of all sorts of truly disturbing stuff being posted (totally unrelated to breastfeeding) and losing their reputation as family-friendly. I think a baby limitation would be a good compromise. I saw one profile picture of a woman expressing milk with her hand into a bottle (for the purpose of providing it to her baby), which is obviously not obscene but would also not be okay under a baby guideline, but I think a baby compromise position would go a LONG way and could alleviate Facebook's larger concerns. Just a thought. Looks a lot like areola to me in the newspaper photo! Has she contacted U.S. news media about this? The evidence directly contradicting Facebook’s position should be REALLY useful in (hopefully) getting them to rethink this. I think maybe proposing a specific new policy might be helpful, too–maybe something about no pictures of nipple or areola unless an actual baby is attached. I mean, I do understand Facebook’s concerns from a “public standards” perspective–if they allow areola or nipples, then they’re afraid of all sorts of truly disturbing stuff being posted (totally unrelated to breastfeeding) and losing their reputation as family-friendly. I think a baby limitation would be a good compromise. I saw one profile picture of a woman expressing milk with her hand into a bottle (for the purpose of providing it to her baby), which is obviously not obscene but would also not be okay under a baby guideline, but I think a baby compromise position would go a LONG way and could alleviate Facebook’s larger concerns.

Just a thought.

]]> By: chelle http://www.phdinparenting.com/2009/01/07/1-step-forward-2-steps-back/#comment-963 chelle Wed, 07 Jan 2009 19:12:41 +0000 http://phdinparenting.com/?p=899#comment-963 For so long I have been around women that were totally comfortable nursing their children, that I was surprised today to listen to two mothers talk about how they could NEVER feed their baby in public and if it came to that they would switch to formula. I was so shocked I couldn't even speak. Then they asked me when my 20 month old weaned. I stuttered that he hasn't and they didn't speak to me AGAIN! I really though Canada was so far beyond secretive nursing and weaning way early, but I was just hanging out with the "other" crowd. For so long I have been around women that were totally comfortable nursing their children, that I was surprised today to listen to two mothers talk about how they could NEVER feed their baby in public and if it came to that they would switch to formula. I was so shocked I couldn’t even speak. Then they asked me when my 20 month old weaned. I stuttered that he hasn’t and they didn’t speak to me AGAIN! I really though Canada was so far beyond secretive nursing and weaning way early, but I was just hanging out with the “other” crowd.

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