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Originally Posted by Margaret Pilkington
And what might be acceptable in the Congo doesn't necessarily translate to Cheadle.
Extended breast feeding for most mothers is a practical impossibility, unless of course you work from home or are a full time mother...which most women aren't.
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Congo/Cheadle ?? Exactly my point .. not socially acceptable in our society any more, like all women at the moment fighting their career orientated motives against nature .. evolution I suppose, 'as we make it' Lots of new mothers make their excuses that they have problems with breast feeding, when what they are really saying is that they wish to have the freedom of bottle feeding to release them to do other things . No criticism on my part at all. Resent the comments that feeding older children points to psychological problems .. to me just the link stuck in the middle of the Congo and Cheadle.
On a personal note, breast fed my son to 5 months until I had an accident which put me in hospital and after being plied with pain killers, was adviced that best to let go. Was naturally worried as he had never had a bottle since birth. I will never forget the lip-curling on the Sister's face when my daughter brought him into the ward and she exclaimed "Goodness, thought was going to be a younger baby, not one of THAT age, what were you fussing about !" Obvious she thought I should have ceased this practice many weeks beforehand. Still hate that b**ch to this day. All relevant again to social acceptancy if you know what I mean.