Breastfeeding Reality Show In The Works

I was wondering what they would come up with next.

Sounds like a winner to me. I actually hate reality shows, but if they're going to do a close up investigation of women's breasts I'll be watching in HD on the big 52" screen, oh yeah…..

Please don't exploit breastfeeding as novelty and joke-worthy. It is a way to nourish a child and help establish emotional stability for life. Don't mock it.

That show will suck.

Oh boy! Just what t.v. needs is another reality show. Come on writers and producers, must you really dig this deep for something to put on t.v.

oh yeah…those ARE what those are for??

I hope that nobody volunteers to be a "star" on this show. Please don't reduce breastfeeding to a circus freakshow. I nursed my little boy until he was 16 months old and it was none of anyone's business.

I hope that nobody volunteers to be a "star" on this show. Please don't reduce breastfeeding to a circus freakshow. I nursed my little boy until he was 16 months old and it was none of anyone's business.

And there was nothing "extreme" about it.

Human level just sank another 2 feet. The last step on the reality food chain- Death- People that murder and take their own lives…….Next on HBO.

CRAP THE STUFF THEY' LL USE TO WARP YOUNG MINDS.AFTER CERTAIN AGE IS UNCALLED FOR.

Please don't place the gift God gave women to care for their children in this way, there is so much ponography in this world we don't need more opportunities for sin in the land. if a woman wants to breastfeed its private and not for public viewing and think also of how it will make the children feel who will be exploited on this show if they are older.

last comment made by chris's wife.

Are they fucking kidding me.

well, time to learn how to use my dvr I new I'd find a reason.

I breastfed all 8 of my children…a minimun of 2 years with 7 and maximum of almost 4 years with my first. It is a personal decision and is a ridiculous concept for a reality show. Nursing is an emotionally nurturing experience between a mother and child with the accompanying health and nutritional benefits an added bonus…it is not a form of entertainment.

show me dem titties!

I'm all for providing a child with nutrients and bonding with your child, but for god's sake..use a blanket or something. There are dozens of different products on the market for you to wear, even nursing bras. I know it is natural- I'm not saying that women shouldn't do it. But just because something is natural doesn't mean everyone should be exposed to it. Sex and peeing and pooping are natural, but you don't see people doing that in the middle of a mall (hopefully).

You have the right to breastfeed in public, men have the right to gawk and stare!

You have the right to breastfeed in public, men have the right to gawk and stare!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lFXMFltbe9w

dumbest idea ever.

dumbest idea ever.

haha I said hopefully!!!

haha I said hopefully!!!

Exactly!

Exactly!

hahahaha i know

I eat in public. I don't poop in public. Lately. lol. Calling something "natural" and then lumping it all together is illogical. Feeding your child, who does need to eat sometimes when the mother is in public, shouldn't be something we "flinch" at. I agree with Theresa Carey-Ryan, though; humans just "sank another two feet."

I guess you've never tried to breastfeed a cranky baby who doesn't want to be covered. My wife has. And equating nursing to defecation is about as insulting as you can be.

At first I was nervous that they'd somehow exploit moms who breast feed thier children for ratings but my fears were all put to rest when I saw that its being put out by the folks who did Bridezillas. We can all rest easier now.

At first I was nervous that they'd somehow exploit moms who breast feed thier children for ratings but my fears were all put to rest when I saw that its being put out by the folks who did Bridezillas. We can all rest easier now.

why am I reading this.

16 months isn't extreme; 48 months is.

We're going too far with the reality shows.

Strongly agree.

What would Jean Jacque Rousseau think?

Wow you have got to be kidding right. This is not something you do as a reality tv show even if you are still nursing a 3 year old. Many great nutritional factors plus the bond of the mother and child. I personally will breastfeed until I feel its time to stop if that is when they are 3 so be it. It is not everyone Else's business.

Wow! So this what t.v. is being reduced to? Really? Yes, by all means let's take a private intimate moment between mother and child and turn into a three ring circus…. I find it offensive, (not breastfeeeding, the idea of a reality show) and appalling. I certainly hope no one watches this!

4 years? i don't know who is more screwed in the head you or you child , shame on you maam!

Gary Lang : You are a moron! Talk about screwed up in the head, Gary. I think you need counseling.

RACHAEL, ONE WOULD THINK THAT WHAT YOU JUST SAID IS COMMON SENSE, BUT THERE ARE MANY MORONS OUT THERE. I AM CURRENTLY BREASTFEEDING AND INFANT AND TRUST ME NO ONE OTHER THAN MY HUSBAND HAS SEEN ANY NUDITY IN THE PROCESS. ITS PRETTY EASY TO BE DISCREET. STUPIDITY RUNS RAMPANT IN OUR SOCIETY

Hey Deb, It's not illogical to compare breastfeeding to pooping and peeing. They are all natural actions and we have to whip out private parts to do them. And none of these things should be done in front of people.

I think this will just create more mommy wars and make breastfeeding out to be a freakshow. its about feeding babies and bonding between baby and mom. leave it to be for that only..

Gary Lang, I am a psychologist and you are the sanest person in the group. Also, the very large majority of people agree you as well. Due to psychological disorders in the parent they need to retain this connection far more than the child does. The child must feel abnormal and abused. At the very least the child is being put in a position of ridicule.

Okay I am both a psychologist and a mother of a four month old (who I plan to breastfeed for the first year of his life). It is common sense to me that my parts should be covered in public when I feed him. I know from experience that it is not difficult to be discreet. Why must people insist on being nude in public? Furthermore, it is twisted to breastfeed older children. Due to psychological disorders in the parent they need to retain this connection far more than the child does. The child must feel abnormal and abused. At the very least the child is being put in a position of ridicule. Use your brains folks.

Breast feeding is a choice for women not a tv show. I nursed my daughter for a short time when she was first born. I look at breast feeding as a personal time between a mom and a baby and I would like to think that privacy is wanted for that time. Now breast feeding your child when they are walking, talking and can some what care for them self is insane. You can be attached to your kid but it's time to put the boob away.

@ dawnmichelle_20 , check your head. There are many other subjects which you probably know little about that warrant your scorn. Such as…, genocide, war, raping of fossil fuels, kicking the cat… this is just another example of why I would never pay someone else to give me advice like yours!!!

The world average for weaning is between the ages of 4 and 6 years old, as a psychologist who has studied human behavior, you should know this! Mother's who practice child-led weaning (that includes me, I also have 8 children!!!) follow the child's cues. The child still has a need for this connection if they are still choosing to nurse. There is no child of any age who feels abused by nursing, it is what they have done since the day of their birth. If anything, it is children who are abruptly weaned at a certain "magic" age who feel abused and confused! You are putting your adult (and societal sexualized) emotions/views into the mind of a child who does not have the maturity nor life experience to have any idea that breasts are thought of as more than food, comfort, and nourishment. Why would a child feel abnormal for doing what has always been normal to him? Mrs. Falk, you are an awesome mother! Just by the few sentences you wrote here, you have shown that you put the needs and the health of your children above the skewed and ridiculously sexualized views of our modern culture. Your children are blessed to have such a dedicated and caring mother. And trust me people…. It takes perseverance and dedication to nurse a child for as long as they individually need. I would LOVE to take a cruise with my hubby, or send my child off to spend the night with grandma, etc…. but his health nutritionally, physically, and emotionally is what is important NOW. The day will come when he is ready to wean, just as it did for all of my other kids: THEN hubby and I can have that romantic get-a-way or a night alone!

But not until the child is a toddler, that is just sick

Shanna Marie Chamblee B.S. I have travelled the world and lived in various countries, babies are breast fed, not older children.

the truth; my child at 4 was reading the newspaper, helping me grocery shop and could write and do simple math, she dint need to suck my breast. btw–she was also a gifted student at school.

Networks cares about ratings. This sound a prog for sick pervert than to educare. There are many sources to get proper medical and parenting sources but reality show on TV , come on , pull the other one..

How about a reality TV show about perverts in elected government offices?

This freak show I'll bet won't go for a full season. As a man, nursing is a private affair and NOBODYS business.

I just don't want them to turn breastfeeding into a freak show. This is NOT the way to normalize breastfeeding. I really feel like this show will do more harm than good.

That's your opinion, Simone.

This show is the worst thing possible for the normalization of breastfeeding. All it will do is cause problems, drama, arguments… ugghhhh…

I had friends who nursed into toddlerhood and it wasn't sick. It was their choice. It wasn't my choice and there is nothing wrong with it either way.

This show is the WORST thing possible for the normalization of breastfeeding.

When I was nursing I didn't need a blanket. I wore an overshirt and an undershirt. Pull overshirt up, undershirt down, and you see nothing but a mother holding a baby.

@dawnmichelle_20, You're a psychologist and you're writing this false information like it's fact? No, most people do not agree, most knowledgeable people know what the American Academy of Pediatrics states: "There is no upper limit to the duration of breastfeeding and no evidence of psychologic or developmental harm from breastfeeding into the third year of life or longer.” Or the Academy of Family Physicians who say that breastfeeding past 2 is natural and that "there is no evidence that extended breastfeeding is harmful to mother or child."

Kathy Dettwyler, Associate Professor of Anthropology at Texas A&M did a study on breastfeeding around the world and found that many mothers continue to breastfeed well into toddlerhood. She concludes "There is no research to support a claim that breastfeeding at any age is in any way harmful to a child."

And as for the comment that the parent needs it more than the child does, implying that the mother is forcing the child to nurse…do you even have children? Have you ever tried to make a 4 yr old do anything they didn't want to? lol If a four year old did not have a need to nurse then they wouldn't. You are the one wrongly shaming the child by saying that their needs are abnormal when all evidence points to the fact that nursing at 4 is completely within the realm of normal behavior for humans.

moron!

It's not just men who gawk and stare, though. Maybe it's just me, but I don't gawk and stare when you whip out your penis and take a piss in public. You may have the right to gawk and stare, but that doesn't make it NOT rude. You make women uncomfortable that way. Don't be a jerk.

WHY are female breasts "explicit"? Why why why? Because men like them? Men's chests are allowed to be out & free and no one blinks an eye… I don't get it. They're just breasts. They don't pee or poop or "do" any disgusting function. They make food to nourish life. That is wrong? Gross? So they need to be hidden? No wonder so many women in our society feel weird about breastfeeding, and don't continue, or even start, or give up very early. Shame. By the way, men can lactate too.

Best case scenario it will be boring and people will tune out. I mean, let's be honest, breastfeeding it beautiful and rewarding but how interesting a premise can it really be? Mom nursing while facebooking, mom nursing while napping, pumping at work, the fidgety nursing toddler trying to do acrobatics at the breast. The realities of nursing into toddlerhood does not a dramatic reality show premise make. Disapproving in-laws, the occasional rude stranger in public and the internet flame wars are pretty much the only dramatic things about it.

I feel sad for your nursing clients..you obviously don't know your ass from a hole in the ground, and I feel bad for them if they are subjected to your "professional opinion".

Are you saying it's a sin to breastfeed a child?? Pray tell, how do you think Jesus was fed? And I'm pretty sure Mary didn't cower in a corner with a blanket over her for "modesty" either.
http://www.drmomma.org/2009/12/breastfeeding-baby-jesus.html

No no no no no no no no no no no. Please do not discourage people from a beautiful, natural act and turn it into a freak show!

No no no no no no no no no no no. Please do not discourage people from a beautiful, natural act and turn it into a freak show!

No, the child is thirsty and likes human milk. Nursing a toddler is not a "need" to retain a connection, it's a pain in the ass, really. They're all squiggly, they pop off, look around, climb on your head. No one is force-feeding their kid, the baby is simply thirsty and milk is simply there. He toddles over to have a drink, what innocence. I think it's the adults who have issues with it who are perverse. Does the milk all of a sudden become expired after one year? Well, no it actually changes to provide the nutrients and antibodies the individual child needs. Amazing really. "Sorry, baby, you're one today – human milk is no longer good for you". Insanity. Most children self-wean around 2.5 -3. Breasts are not sick or lewd. They're just a chest.

While I agree completely with that last statement by Jessica Pielko, I would probably still watch this show. Why? The same reason I watch 19 Kids and Counting, and Toddlers and Tiaras. I consider it a learning experience as well as entertaining. In the case of the latter, while I'm groaning and imagining a million ways to murder the mothers who feed their 3-year-olds energy drinks, I'm also learning quite a bit about an "industry" I didn't know anything about before. Would I ever put my daughter in any of those pageants? Hell no. But who knows. After a show about extended breastfeeding, I might be inclined to try for longer than a year with my next one. Though if you ask me, it's not the mother's choice. My daughter quit nursing straight from the breast at six months, and I had to start pumping. I could never get her interested after she figured out bottles. She's always been VERY independent.

Won't watch the show or the channel it is on. Although I will bet it's TLC and I haven't watched them in over a year. They need to change it to The Exploitation Channel because it certainly isn't about learning.

dawnmichelle_20 – What state do you practice in? Because as a licensed psychologist myself, I find that statement an extreme abuse of your position, poorly informed, and bad clinical practice. Frankly, I think you should be reported to your local licensing board. To say, based on a Facebook post, that one person is sane and another has a psychological disorder is malpractice at worst and makes a mockery of our profession as best. I hope all readers know that you are not a representation of the field, and I sincerely doubt your training and expertise.

This show will not show the benefits of breastfeeding it will just make nursing mothers look like cooks. And yeah, its really not that big of a deal! Its just feeding a baby. Will they show mothers on the show that still give their three year old a pacifier or a bottle of juice at bedtime? I doubt it. I think the idea of this show is ridiculous. I just dont think it will be good for anyone.

How can you make an assumption on how the child must feel? I have an almost three year old who nurses and she is a very happy well adjusted kid. Not to mention active and independent. I'm there for her when she needs me, what is so abnormal or abusive about that? also, if you are indeed a psychologist and have not yet seen the real effects of ACTUAL abuse then maybe you need a few more years under your belt. Full term breastfeeding is nowhere NEAR abuse.

dawnmichelle_20 what experience have you had working with long-term breastfed children and their parents? Is this an opinion based on clinical experience or on personal opinion? My clinical experience does not show this so I find it confusing, maybe you could give some case study examples

pun intended I hope lol!

In Maine women are legally allowed to walk around completely topless.

@dawnmichelle_20, I have breastfed 5 children, in public if need be, and no one other than my husband has seen my nudity either. And I don't use a cover. My husband did see another woman's nipple once at a family party (not someone we knew) and guess what we did?? We smiled and continued eating our food because a glimpse of nipple was not scandalizing that we couldn't handle it. Later we went over and talked to her about her cute little baby girl and no one had to feel angry or embarrassed about a fraction of a second of nipple exposure. Some people need to grow up a little and realize that seeing a boob is not going to give you cooties.

Bfding moms need to boycott the channels that support this kind of show. No good will come of it other than painting a bad picture of al bfding moms. Awful.

Put a blanket over your head!

Wow what intelligence! Who would interpret what Chris is saying as breastfeeding is a sin? She only said people should cover up. Anyone with a brain at all knows that public nudity is indecent. Some people are too stupid to speak.

In my opinion, breasts represent power, because we they are able to sustain life. That is why our culture wants them hidden. Unfortunate!

This is ridiculous. I do not consider myself an "extreme parent" because I still breastfeed my 15 month old. It's a normal, natural thing to do. I know not everyone chooses to do that, which is also fine, but I don't think my choices are in anyway extreme or reality-show worthy…

Dawn, Yes, stupidity does run rampant in our country, and where ever you got your degree to become a psychologist you need to desperately go back to the drawing board and do ALOT more research and have more training…The world averages for weaning is between the ages of 4 and 6 yrs of age, as a psychologist who has studied human behavior, specifically children behaviors should know all of this!! Dont start throwing around a fancy title unless you have the research and facts to back yourself up. AAP recommends a year M-IN-I-MUM of exclusively breastfeeding and Unicef and World Health Organization recommends 2yrs M-I-N-IMUM! Minimum meaning the lowest time you should stop…so 3, 4 , 5, or 6yrs is viewed as healthy for child and mother and if there was something wrong the AAP would have come out with a "magic" number and say (blank) is the time to stop or it will have a negative effect on your child….Until that day happens I dont think us mothers will be taking the advice from DR. Dawn the moron anytime soon!

I have never had a man stare at me for nursing in public. I have had some walk over and talk to me and even touch my baby's head without ever realizing what was going on. I think if they did they would have blushed and turned away, not gawked. I have also had men sit and talk to me knowing that I was nursing a baby and they didn't stare or blush. I must live around some very abnormal men…or I live around men whose wives also breastfeed so seeing a baby on a breast isn't such a big deal to them.

I think Chris meant that its a side show. The cover of times having breastfeeding sexualized isn't helping the breast feeding cause. My daughter is 6 mos and I'm still nursing but I am not about to sexualize it, or exploit my child just for a show.And yes actually people way back when did cover while nursing. And it was way worse back then since they weren't allowed out in public for a while and heaven forbid them nurse in public.

Yeah, I hope they don't do that. Although there are some nutso breastfeeders out there. I, for one, never found it beautiful but I still encourage breastfeeding.

Yeah, I hope they don't do that. Although there are some nutso breastfeeders out there. I, for one, never found it beautiful but I still encourage breastfeeding.

Breastfeeding beyond infancy has been the norm throughout history. It is just since the invention of formula that early weaning became popular. Are you saying that all mothers from the beginning of time have had a psychological disorder? That all children have felt abused and abnormal? What about children in societies where extended breastfeeding is still typical? Your statement is riduculous and I highly doubt you are a psychologist and if you are, you need to read the studies and research behind child lead weaning before you use your title to misinform the public.

Well said… from an OBVIOUSLY formula fed baby raised in a DEtachment parenting style home.

I'd rather say that it has to do with the leftover effects of treating women like property for a large part of human civilization. It doesn't really have to be any deeper than that.

But seriously, I hate women that show their ankles. How vulgar.

Nude in public? Gmafb. I have never in my life seen a nude woman breastfeeding in public. Lmgdao! And, I guess, since around the world the average age for weaning is 4 years old, that everyone, besides americans, must feel abnormal and abused. Ok, then. Ignorance abounds.

It not about a woman's right to breastfeed, but a baby's right to EAT!

Oh and BTW there is a laws to protect moms and babies so they can nurse in public when and how ever they choose….In the great state of NY where I reside nursing moms can nurse there children until they are three in any private or public place….I say we find out where "DR" Dawn works and campout on the lawn of the office she works for and have a boob fest aka nurse in LOL LOL LOL! that'll teach her to pick on moms and babies!

Dawnmichelle – there is no way you are a pshchlogist if you believe that and you also were never taught thaqt in school.

such a gentleman, your lady is a lucky girl

such a gentleman, your lady is a lucky girl

such a gentleman, your lady is a lucky girl

such a gentleman, your lady is a lucky girl

Oh really?
Lets see -this sculpture is from 1335 http://www.fisheaters.com/images/marialactans3a.jpg
This painting is from 1446 – http://www.fisheaters.com/images/marialactans1436.jpg
ANd let's see, this is a great one from 1650 http://www.fisheaters.com/images/marialactans-miraculouslactationofstbernard.jpg
Funny, she sure doesn't look covered to me. And yes, many cultures have traditionally had a "lying in" period, it centered around fear of infection not shame for feeding infants.

"DR" Dawn likes to throw around titles and make herself sound smart and have a higher then high IQ when in reality she has no common sense and no grounds to stand on…..show me the facts….dont care if your the man on the moon…..show me proof not opinion!

dawnmichelle_20 your in diot period if you really think that. You might go back to school bc i would never pay someone like you. Its natural back in the years it was normal and now cuz we are in the future ppl want to be judgemental and cause problems for more mothers who chose not to give their baby formula that has been recalled so many times or babys have passed due to recalled formula. ITs natrual and there are more times then anything where the child is not ready to be off. If you dont like it look the other way. ITs normal healthy and natural. ppl who are against BF need to grow up and look the other ways and stop being so judgemental of what the parent thinks is best for the child. You do as you please with your own kids and stay out of what others do with thier own and move on. If anyone needs help its you and others who judge on this. how come it wasnt a huge deal back in the day but now it is.. come one now get over it!

oh for the LOVE OF GOD, how DARE someone compare FEEDING a CHILD to DEFECATING?! That is disgusting and perverse.

Please, next time you order a fancy meal, take to to the bathroom to eat. No really, it's fine. I mean, eating is natural.. peeing is natural.. so do it all in privacy, right? Or, better yet, if you don't want to leave your company, just cover yourself and your food in a blanket. It's perfectly comfortable, I promise. Just drape it over your head. Be sure to cover everything, now! You wouldn't want anything to show during such a natural act! Don't worry, you'll get used to the suffocation.

I stare them down while they stare me down while Breastfeeding.

Pooping and Peeing are entirely two different kind of functions that can spread bad bacteria and germs if they are cross contaminated with people, food, breasts, human milk ect ect….. thats why they should be done in private….you are a complete fool Dawn! Breastfeeding is not gross or a germ hazard everyone knows that!

It would be pretty cool if they did it like the baby stories..and show how difficult it can be and different options and have lactation consultants…that would be near

Neat

These are some of the reasons I stopped watching TV at all, that and death of the journalist. (Drop the Dead Donkey, FTW). Reality shows aren't, and I can see the people with this show not only deliberately provoking confrontations, but putting an extremely bad face on breastfeeding. "Extreme Parenting" too, doesn't sound extreme to me, it sounds desperately smothering. O.o

'Anyone with a brain at all knows that public nudity is indecent' and yet, dawnmichelle, there are women and TEENAGERS walking around with hotpants up there arse or trousers so low u can see there thong, and tops so low cut they show most of both breasts, much more then you'd see breastfeed, yet this is accepted? this is how women are allowed to dress in pub/bars, in public cafes and just walking around! and how about all the indecent nudity all over magazines and cd covers ectect, society accepts nudity all the time, just not if a babys involved in a natrual, healthy way.

As a man, what women do with their own bodies is none of YOUR business.

As a man, what women do with their own bodies is none of YOUR business.

As a man, what women do with their own bodies is none of YOUR business.

Yeah that would be great IF it were a show on the trials of motherhood and what you can do to get help in the areas youre struggling with but the premise of the show is EXTREME parenting and its just meant to show the "crazy" things that parents do that arent mainstream. Like "extended" breastfeeding or breastfeeding a baby past age one or breastfeeding a toddler. Thats the problem, it wont be helpful. Its like basketball wives, or real housewives. They dont put it on the air to try and show you how to get a husband in the NBA or get super rich and have a tv show, they do it to show CRAZY! lol..They want drama, controversy, people to talk and be horrified and amazed, etc. Thats what makes good tv. I would be all for a show that offered women help from professionals that actually want to help women and not make money but that show wouldnt last! I guess it will be up to the women that would put themselves in this spotlight how they portray themselves. I just dont think its a good idea.

Yeah that would be great IF it were a show on the trials of motherhood and what you can do to get help in the areas youre struggling with but the premise of the show is EXTREME parenting and its just meant to show the "crazy" things that parents do that arent mainstream. Like "extended" breastfeeding or breastfeeding a baby past age one or breastfeeding a toddler. Thats the problem, it wont be helpful. Its like basketball wives, or real housewives. They dont put it on the air to try and show you how to get a husband in the NBA or get super rich and have a tv show, they do it to show CRAZY! lol..They want drama, controversy, people to talk and be horrified and amazed, etc. Thats what makes good tv. I would be all for a show that offered women help from professionals that actually want to help women and not make money but that show wouldnt last! I guess it will be up to the women that would put themselves in this spotlight how they portray themselves. I just dont think its a good idea.

Yeah that would be great IF it were a show on the trials of motherhood and what you can do to get help in the areas youre struggling with but the premise of the show is EXTREME parenting and its just meant to show the "crazy" things that parents do that arent mainstream. Like "extended" breastfeeding or breastfeeding a baby past age one or breastfeeding a toddler. Thats the problem, it wont be helpful. Its like basketball wives, or real housewives. They dont put it on the air to try and show you how to get a husband in the NBA or get super rich and have a tv show, they do it to show CRAZY! lol..They want drama, controversy, people to talk and be horrified and amazed, etc. Thats what makes good tv. I would be all for a show that offered women help from professionals that actually want to help women and not make money but that show wouldnt last! I guess it will be up to the women that would put themselves in this spotlight how they portray themselves. I just dont think its a good idea.

I believe this person is just starting to get things started and people stirred up. I say, ignoring these comments are best, if a normal and decent conversation must persist.

I believe this person is just starting to get things started and people stirred up. I say, ignoring these comments are best, if a normal and decent conversation must persist.

I believe this person is just starting to get things started and people stirred up. I say, ignoring these comments are best, if a normal and decent conversation must persist.

Must stop reading online news article comments. 500 years from now internet archeologists are going to be excavating the world wide web and they will say, "Yes, we found it! They were right, the decline of morality and the fall of mankind was brought about by boobs! Breastfeeding, breastfeeding in public, breastfeeding a baby with teeth, breastfeeding a boy who can say mama, breastfeeding over __ weeks/months/minutes…that's what did it! It wasn't the violence in video games or the sex on tv or the fact that parents can't tell their kids no about anything, it's the moms who chose to nurse their babies…from their actual breasts. All these laypeople, with their anecdotal evidence of Aunt Susie's husband's sister's mother-in-law's nephew who once pulled on his mama's shirt and said "nursies" where everyone could hear him, were so much more enlightened than the anthropologists (Kathy Dettwyler), mother and infant child health specialists (AAP, AAFP, WHO) and millions of happy and healthy mothers and babies all over the world who said "There is no evidence to suggest that breastfeeding at any age, even beyond 2 years to 3, 4, 5 years, is in any way harmful to the child but is a natural and normal part of the mother/child relationship" If only we had listened to the general American population instead of the people who actually studied these things!"

Must stop reading online news article comments. 500 years from now internet archeologists are going to be excavating the world wide web and they will say, "Yes, we found it! They were right, the decline of morality and the fall of mankind was brought about by boobs! Breastfeeding, breastfeeding in public, breastfeeding a baby with teeth, breastfeeding a boy who can say mama, breastfeeding over __ weeks/months/minutes…that's what did it! It wasn't the violence in video games or the sex on tv or the fact that parents can't tell their kids no about anything, it's the moms who chose to nurse their babies…from their actual breasts. All these laypeople, with their anecdotal evidence of Aunt Susie's husband's sister's mother-in-law's nephew who once pulled on his mama's shirt and said "nursies" where everyone could hear him, were so much more enlightened than the anthropologists (Kathy Dettwyler), mother and infant child health specialists (AAP, AAFP, WHO) and millions of happy and healthy mothers and babies all over the world who said "There is no evidence to suggest that breastfeeding at any age, even beyond 2 years to 3, 4, 5 years, is in any way harmful to the child but is a natural and normal part of the mother/child relationship" If only we had listened to the general American population instead of the people who actually studied these things!"

If it's honest the response will be "wow that's a thing? Weird…." and then when they watch they'll say "these are just normal people? Lame!" *click*

Yeah…if it was informative I'd probably watch just like the baby stories…otherwise I see nothing "interesting" or "out of the ordinary"…now if they've got a pre- teen latched on…lol

…then maybe it's time to crack open a can of speghettios

Then you should know better as an 'educated' person. Good grief the average age to wean a child in europe is 4, the uk has the lowest breastfeeding rates in this area hence why it is wrongly seen as abnormal here. Anthropologically it has been researched that the natural age to wean is between 5 and 7 yrs hence why many adults do not tolerate dairy. We are not supposed to have it beyond infancy especially from another species but hey its ok to give a 4 yr old a glass of cow milk before bed but not milk that is tailor made from the person who loves him/her that is the same species? Madness. Breastfeeding should continue as long as mum and baby are happy doing so and that is my professional medical opinion.

Bahahaha!! Id watch too…I think. I think that would fall under illegal! lol. And thats what everyone thing s about someone nursing a toddler..OMG! Theyre never gonna get off of the boob! When you think about it, 4 or so years is nothing compared to rest of the life that your kids are gonna want to be away from you! But, to each their own. I kinda live by the motto, "Live and let live."

It you're a psychologist then you're obviously not a very good one. Go do some research before spouting off you own personal (ignorant) opinions and passing them of as fact. I feel sorry for your clients. They come looking for help and just find another controlling know-it-all who thinks their opinions are always right and everyone else should do exactly what they think, heaping ever more shame messages on the people who come looking for help. You are a disgrace to your profession. (I understand more and more why my mother has so little respect for her colleagues) If you care about facts at all you will go do research on the biological age of weaning and attachment bonds in infancy and early childhood and will then change your mind. Or you can just keep feeling superior in your ignorance and spouting out drivel cloaked in an (apparently) worthless PhD.

Exploiting breastfeeding is just shameful. Anything the producers can do to make a buck flies in today's society. How pitiful for our country. What's next? We should be celebrating nursing, not hiding in bathrooms and drawing negative attention on schlock t.v..

My suspicion is that still breastfeeding a walking & talking boy will turn him into a teenager that sees bare breasts and gets hungry instead of horny.

Right!

I breastfed for long enough to know that breastfeeding is very natural and it's about the bond between mother and child. If I had to breastfeed in public, I took Baby to the car AND covered up. He didn't mind it, and I preferred it that way, because no one but my husband and child need to see any of my boob. Not even side boob. We criticize women for dressing all skanky, with their cleavage out, whatever it may be, but it's okay to bare your breast if there's a mouth on your nipple? NOPE. If so many of you think that it's "natural, beautiful, bonding," then do it in private. Use a sheer cloth. Something. Keep it private. Just because childbirth is natural doesn't mean we should be able to get a midwife to deliver our babies in a department store.

He was supporting the women who don't want this show aired. Saying that breastfeeding shouldn't be expoited? As a woman, calm the heck down.

He was supporting the women who don't want this show aired. Saying that breastfeeding shouldn't be expoited? As a woman, calm the heck down.

Lol! And will turn into a grown man that sees a nursing mother as a woman feeding her child, instead of as someone engaging in a shameful and innappropriate behaviour that needs to be hidden. Oh, the horror!

Lol! And will turn into a grown man that sees a nursing mother as a woman feeding her child, instead of as someone engaging in a shameful and innappropriate behaviour that needs to be hidden. Oh, the horror!

Why are people so over sensitive? It was a joke! My husband was breastfed and he made a joke about buying a bigger TV to watch this show. So that means his mother is open to ridicule from a total stranger who is trying to psycho analyze everyone? Uncool.

Why are people so over sensitive? It was a joke! My husband was breastfed and he made a joke about buying a bigger TV to watch this show. So that means his mother is open to ridicule from a total stranger who is trying to psycho analyze everyone? Uncool.

I am also a psychologist, developmental psych to be specific and could not disagree more with DawnMichelle. Research does not support any correlation between age of weaning and maternal psychological disorders. What an unprofessional and ridiculous assumption.

My husband and I pray before every meal, that is our right. Do we sit there and make a spectacle of praying in public? No, we join hands, bow our heads, and say a little prayer. Just because we CAN pray out loud for everyone to see and hear in a restaurant, doesn't mean we need to. I have personally found that breastfeeding mothers are some of the least humble people I have ever met.

Aw ..admitt it Rachel..you want that spot on the Time Magazine cover. lol.

I agree with you, Jo Sentell. 100%!

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Been to the beach/pool lately? Or even FB for that matter? Women who BF in public are not nude, and in fact are protected by law.

I wasn't going to join this age old argument, but i decided to add my 2 cents. I have 3 children, each nursed for 6 months. In that time, if my baby needed to nurse in public, I would find a comfy seat, and get out my cover (a HUGE piece of eyelet fabric with finished edges) and nurse my baby, covered up, but where my baby didn't feel trapped. I don't think its wrong for a mommy to feed her baby uncovered, though. All babies are different. And, here in the great state of Oklahoma, a mommy has the right to nurse her baby anywhere she has the right to be. The next time you are at your or babys Dr, ask them for the breastfeeding laws card. Or even the health department. It's a plastic card for your keychain, purse or wherever, that lists all the laws pertaining to bf-ing for you to pull out anytime you are getting harrassed. I got free meals from steak n shake, ihop, taco bell, logans roadhouse, Texas roadhouse, a Chinese restaurant, furrs, and many others, because ppl talked to the manager, and i simply showed the manager my little card. Many managers were extremely apologetic and offered me free meals for my inconvenience, and moved the other party to a different area.

This show will do nothing but set us back in our struggle to normalize something that WAS considered normal until the invention of formula. Believe it or not ladies and gentleman but breastfeeding is what breasts were intended for; if not they would not have mammary glands and males would have the exact same anatomy in their breasts and nipples as females. Society has sexualized the breast and made something so natural into something that is viewed as "Perverted" "Sick" and "Wrong" but maybe it is those who view it that way who are perverted, sick, and wrong? I am shocked that there are breastfeeding mothers out there who are willing to exploit the practice of breastfeeding AND their children all for 15 minutes of fame. Don't get me wrong, breasts can be sexual, but while my child is latched on and nursing there is NOTHING sexual about that at all and if someone views it as such than they are the one with the psychological issues, not me. My breasts are first and foremost my means to nourish and comfort my child.

I am still nursing my 20 month old and I get a lot of flack for it, but I view it the same way as you; it's none of anyone's business! I think this show is exploration and I am disgusted that any mother would knowingly volunteer her child to be exploited while also exploiting breastfeeding in the process!

Products on the market to wear to hide the fact that a mama is nursing..a nursing bra? Really? Most women wear nursing bras. How silly is that. And comparing nursing to using the bathroom? Seriously? You do what you need to do, and more than likely you won't even noticing me doing what I need to do.

I don' like that extended breast feeding is categorizes as a "weird American parenting ritual".

I agree–there is nothing weird about breastfeeding. You are feeding your child. How is that wrong or weird?

and isn't it more European or international than american?

This is going to be an absolute disaster. They're are just going to make breastfeeding, period, look bad. Way to go society!

It's crazy to me that nursing at 12 or 13 months is even considered "extended" breastfeeding. Logan is still very much a baby and needs to breastfeed now, just as much as he did at 9 months. It's completely natural for the both of us. I hate the negative stigma around breastfeeding once babies have teeth or reach that magical 1 year mark.

It's crazy to me that nursing at 12 or 13 months is even considered "extended" breastfeeding. Logan is still very much a baby and needs to breastfeed now, just as much as he did at 9 months. It's completely natural for the both of us. I hate the negative stigma around breastfeeding once babies have teeth or reach that magical 1 year mark.

I think Dawn is merely using the anonymity of the internet to lie about her profession and credentials so that she can base her opinion on something like "Facts" to make herself seem "Right" which is, truthfully, pathetic.

I think Dawn is merely using the anonymity of the internet to lie about her profession and credentials so that she can base her opinion on something like "Facts" to make herself seem "Right" which is, truthfully, pathetic.

If you will notice Dawn is posting via her yahoo account where she can not be traced; if she were posting from her facebook we would be able to click and see that she is not actually what she is claiming to be; clever. Lol

If you will notice Dawn is posting via her yahoo account where she can not be traced; if she were posting from her facebook we would be able to click and see that she is not actually what she is claiming to be; clever. Lol

This is going to be an absolute disaster. They're just going to make breastfeeding, period, look bad. Way to go society!

This is going to be an absolute disaster. They're just going to make breastfeeding, period, look bad. Way to go society!

Until you make it sexual, and then my boyfriend kicks your ass. But by all means, look all you want, doesn't bother me

dawnmichelle_20 Hi Dawn, some questions above we were wondering whether you could clarify, being the expert on other people's state of health and now intelligence

lol Dawn now you're a mother as well and you plan to bf till 1 yr.. wow how radical and all planned out surely you mean only 6 months.. isn't that the NORM? lol you're hilarious

Iposted this pic a few weeks ago and said something similar…disgusting photo! Breast feed your child as long as your please but keep it to yourself not on the cover of a magazine!!

Simone Hundt Brandon the WHO organization disagrees with you. Human history and biology disagree with you. But you have a right to an opinion not informed by facts, science, and nature. So, what makes it sick after 18 mo? Does a nurturing act suddenly become sexual? How exactly? Since we all know our toddlers are still so innocent that nudity is a non-issue with them, who is the one with the issue? Please don't push your body issues and unhealthy view of sexuality on me and my toddler. Thank you.

Gary Lang and all other scoffers. I do not believe that you have ever been parents. If so, how is it you missed normal toddler behavior. Go ahead and try to place your finger in the mouth of a toddler who does not want it there. See what happens. Now, it's not a finger, it's a nipple. OUCH. You cannot MAKE a toddler keep nursing. It isn't possible. Toddlers nurse until they are done. You can deny them nursing, but you cannot make them do it. Nursing a toddler provides the nutrients they miss because they refuse to eat balanced meals (there they are refusing to do what we want again). It boosts their immune system which is not mature until five or six. Did you know that, as toddlers nurse less and less, breast milk becomes more concentrated with living cells to boost the immunity of a growing child. Why does the body work this way if it was not something the children needed? Reality, we are trying to push what is a societal value (very recent and localized "value") on our young against a biological norm. Sad, really.

Tiffany Darling 48 months is within the world wide norm. What evidence besides your opinion do you bring to bear for your statement? Any science? Any history of humanity? Nope, because they all side with 48 mo still being well within the norm for human young to nurse.

Actually, if you are behaving as a stalker, iif I am wearing a short mini-skirt, a low-cut blouse, or if I am nursing, I have a right to report your inappropriate behavior to authorities. I don't have a right to not have you see me. I don't have a right to make you smile and nod. But you don't have a right, regardless of my dress and behavior, to objectify me in a way that makes me feel threatened just because I am a woman and you want to treat women like objects.

The only reason the child will be put in a position of ridicule is due to society's in ability to respect the choice of extended breastfeeding. Sounds like our warped society needs more work than this mother/child.

You do not need to expose your genitals to bf. You do to pee and poop. Urine and feces are unsanitary. Bfing actually fights infections. If it gets on a wound, it will work better than any ointment. There is no biological imperative to relieve one-self in pubic. We diaper our babies for the same reason we don't allow adults to relieve themselves in public. Eating is a social activity and, for the very young especially, needs to be done frequently around the clock. Breasts are not sex organs. Breasts are for feeding children. You do not know the circumstances of other bfing mothers, so how about you don't judge them. If a woman wanted to be indecent, she'd find so many easier ways than preg, childbirth, and learning to latch properly. It's not about you. It's about feeding and comforting her child.

o I just noticed this was for a TV show…seriously!!

Jessica Barnes how is bfing any different from any other activity? Some ppl don't want to see any PDA. So I guess you'll have to keep kissing to your house, or wear a bag over your head. Some ppl don't want to see you pray. So only pray in your home, or wear a prayer cover so children don't have to see it. This show is a dumb idea, but so is the idea that, because you don't like bf, other ppl should just hide it away in a corner somehow.

my son who nursed til 3 1/2 is now 10. He's a typical 10 year old. He finds kissing gross and girls strange and, despite how much he loved my breasts for comfort as a toddler, he has NO obsession with breasts what-so-ever now, even tho I am nursing his 2 1/2 year old sister. My son who was 7 when he was born, and 15 when his sister was born, was a typical 15 year old when I started nursing his sister. He'd look away quickly when he walked in the room cause "eek, gawk, mom's boobs" but now, at 17, he's totally over it. He doesn't stare and he doesn't bat an eye. It's all just normal. Now, this doesn't mean there aren't girls his age who show some cleavage or wear a swim suit and get his attention. And he's not thinking dinner, I assure you. A world full of men who could see it as he does would be a beautiful thing. BTW, my 10 year old also doesn't think anything of his sister feeding. It's just his baby sister nursing.

agree. i saw this as a joke post. a bit of sarcasm and humor. I smiled and was thankful for a nice break from all the uninformed, judgmental posts here. sounds like something my husband would say. guys like boobs! as long as they are supportive of me feeding my children with mine, it doesn't bother me at all.

agreed. like the births they show that contribute to they idea that birth is scary and make it harder to normalize healthy birth choices. sigh. i hope it never makes it to air.

dawnmichelle you are not a psychologist. No psychologist would talk to people the way you do. You're obviously a liar and you've lost all credibility, so do us all a favor and stop posting. There is nothing indecent about public breastfeeding – even if your baby is a toddler.

dawnmichelle you are not a psychologist. No psychologist would talk to people the way you do. You're obviously a liar and you've lost all credibility, so do us all a favor and stop posting. There is nothing indecent about public breastfeeding – even if your baby is a toddler.

yet comments like those are EXACTLY why this show is a bad idea. It is GREAT that your husband was breastfed. All babies should be, if possible. Its thought of as a joke when many moms have to fight with RIDICULE daily when all they are trying to do is feed their child. Extended breastfeeding should not be exploited on national tv as one of "America's Weirdest Parenting Rituals". So what is uncool is joking about it at all

dawnmichelle_20 I feel sorry for you

Gary Lang what a sad, judgmental thing to say. shame on YOU

I just hope that kid really belongs to that model or that it is photo shopped otherwise so akward for that kid.

There needs to be a change.org petition to stop this show!

By the way, has anyone stopped to proofread this article? Who wrote this? (shaking head…)

I know some guys that pick it up again later in life…..

Ugh! Climbing Mount Everest is extreme. Jumping out of airplanes is extreme.
Breastfeeding is the NORMAL, BIOLOGICAL way to feed your child. And child led weaning is the gentle, nurturing way to end the breastfeeding relationship. Many cultures around the world routinely breastfeed for many years. We live in a culture where barely 75% of new mothers even attempt to breastfeed and an even smaller percentage make it to six months. We also live in a culture where our breasts have been sexualized. It seems more "normal" to use them to sell beer than what they are there for – to nourish our offspring. Frankly, I don't know how the garbage mongers who sell this shit can live with themselves. It's just repugnant.

@elizabeth, it's only "weird" in America apparently. The stats according to WHO has America near the bottom for % of women who attempt breastfeeding-let alone breastfeeding to the minimum 1 year ebf recommendation.

She is not a model and that is her son, Kim.

http://www.change.org/petitions/breastfeeding-should-not-be-a-reality-show

dawnmichelle_20 You are so obviously not a psychologist. Your poor attempt at psychobabble is LAME. What is wrong with you that you need to pretend to be an "expert" in order to substantiate your hate?

Tiffany Darling -Actually, by global standards, 48 months is not extreme in any way. What is extreme is people's sense of entitlement to harshly judge, criticize, and shame one another for every little thing we do. We all live with this feeling of being scrutinized from head to toe all day every day.. we grow up with it, so we think it's normal, not only to be treated that way.. but to treat others that way as well. It's especially sad (to me) when I see womyn do this to one another. All parenting decisions, breastfeeding duration included, are extremely personal ones that should be made out of love and regard for the child by the parent. Frankly, it's not your place, nor anyone else's, to judge or dictate for any other parent/child dyad what they should do. I suggest you find a positive outlet for your energy.

Go ahead and gawk, you just reveal your naivety. The longer you look, the less interesting it will be. That is what we need, for it to be boring and blase, just like walking past a sidewalk cafe while someone is eating a bagel. That is what it has been for thousands of years… a mundane miracle.

Dawnmichelle- Is that your clinical opinion as well?

Sara Klotz "Way back when"… When and where was this, exactly?

I also breastfed my son until he gave it up a month or two after he turned 3 years old. I fed on demand so I always had milk. The last 2 years were mainly a 'comfort' thing for my son, he drank regular milk with every meal but in the early morning hours, he needed a little snack to get him to breakfast at 9 to 9:30 am. Afternoon nap, he nursed and before bed, he nursed both sides and then slept from 7 pm to between 1 and 2 am then up every couple hours. He slept with us so my breasts would be close and when he FINALLY slept thru the night, he was giving up the breastfeeding! He's healthy and has my same alergies but BREASTFEEDING WAS THE BEST THING I COULD HAVE DONE FOR OUR SON! If a woman wants to continue with breastfeeding HER CHILD until 4, 5 or maybe even 6 years old, or beyond then that's her perogative and her choice and she shouldn't be ridiculed for a choice she may feel very stongly about. Lay off Media Hounds!

The PARENT has psychological disorders about needing to "retain that connection longer than the child needs"? ARE YOU CRAZY TOO? My son WOULD NOT take a bottle EVER!! He went from breastfeeding to grasping for a sippy cup, not a bottle!!! My son still needed it and I never pushed him to give up my breasts or potty training either and he was off my breasts within 2 weeks. Potty training took one week BECAUSE I DIDN'T FORCE HIM TO GIVE MY BREASTS UP! He did what he needed to do when he needed to do it & he's completely happy and a great teenager with a good head on his shoulders. PSYCHOLOGICAL DISORDERS MY ASS!!!!!!!!

Melissa, you're right about that. People do feel entitled to judge and perhaps we are all judged every day but I have chosen of life of not caring about people's judgments.

the problem wasn't her breastfeeding it was her taking this picture, you know I'm so for breastfeeding but when the child can tell you to unbutton your shirt then I think it's time to let go but you are right that everyone has a right to do what they want be keep it to themselves when they are this old and please don't put yourself on a mag for everyone to judge you because that is what they will do

it's suppose to say but keep it to themselves

That coming from a "nanny"; shame on you.

Leah Shofstahl It's funny because if you read through all of the breastfeeding stories on Inquisitr about 70% of the comments against breastfeeding come from women, which is kind of scary.

who is to say what that "certain age" is?

How do you moms of so many (8 is many in my book) who nurse so long even get pregnant? I'm not trying to be rude, but I'm nursing my 8-month old and plan to nurse as long as he likes–but I'm already thinking ahead to baby #3 and wondering how nursing will impact conception. My daughter weaned herself at 15 months and I was pregnant 3 months later. Just my curiosity. I think this is a delicate matter that should be up to the mamas doing the nursing. I agree that it isn't sexual for the parent or child–it's a wonderful way to bond and the health benefits of breastmilk are endless. Though I don't see myself nursing my son much past a year (he's already easily distracted at the breast and I want at least 2 more children and would like them to all be close in age), I don't think it does any harm. On a side note, perhaps they will include some bouts with poopy accidents of the two children at the same time at lunch–no? Just me today? Come on, isn't cleaning up an 8-month old's and a 3-year old's poopiness extreme?

How sad yet true. Ours breasts are there for our children not our lovers. Do any of the other species sexualize the female breast? No!

Watch the show yes. And I would love to be on the show. I feel so passionate about breastfeeding that I have decided to become a breastfeeding consultant despite my love for wanting to own my own business and cater. I wish more people in the medical field would encourage breastfeeding. I used to work at Md.Anderson Cancer Center and one day I decided to go donate blood and the lady who was taking my information was pregnant and we started talking about breastfeeding and she said she wasn't going to breastfeed. I was appalled. How can you sit here pregnant working at a world renowned Cancer Center and be against breastfeeding. What in the world. It was mind boggling. I mean breast milk lowers the risk of childhood cancers and lowers the chance of getting cancer in the nursing mother. People these days. I just don't understand. It's selfish if you ask me. I went back to work at 3 month pp, commuted 2 hours to work and back and was at work for 9 hours and pumped, drank mother milk tea, took fenugreek talked to the women in the working mothers room ( a room to go and pump at when at work) Because I was determined to do the best for my child. Yah it takes time and dedication but it's well worth it in the end. Why someone wouldn't want the best for their child is beyond me. Especially the people who work in the medical field.

I would bc I feel like ppl need to stop looking at breastfeeding as being taboo. The only way i see it being something like a freak show is if they had ppl on there breastfeeding children who are way older like 10 or something.

And your right it is no ones business what you do with your child but if other ppl dont mind sharing i dont see the problem with that. People are going to think what they want and hopefully this show if it airs will open peoples minds to how normal it is and how abnormal formula is. Now dont get me wrong for the formula fed baies and moms out there.Sometimes i person cant breastfeed and i understand that but for the most part a lot of ppl can and choose no to.

how does porn and breastfeeding the same. It's not about prostitutes making money breastfeeding grown ass men bc they have some sick ass lactating fetish. i just dont see the connection. SO ar you also saying that since its so private that women shouldnt be able to breastfeed in public or that if they do it needs to be covered up and that it's just to extreme to show your breast in public while feeding your child.

Sara Klotz im not sure how the times cover was sexual in anyway but i guess. y pint is i breastfed both of my children in public covered up and not covered up bc i dont care who sees me. it's not about them it's about my baby being hungry and me feeding them right then and there. now if i happen to be close to a nursing room or in the car or by a changing room i will go in there but i just dont understand why this is so controversial

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So TLC's Baby story and shows alike are freak shows um ok yah whatever.

Extended breastfeeding isnt for everyone but for those who do it more power to you. it doesnt harm me and do anything to me so why should i care what other ppl do with their children inless it's causing them harm in some way

Extended breastfeeding isnt for everyone but for those who do it more power to you. it doesnt harm me and do anything to me so why should i care what other ppl do with their children inless it's causing them harm in some way

I agree with Jen Suter. Who is to say what is right for your child when it comes to this. If my child was ten and i had another baby and happened to pump i would give him my milk in his cereal, chocolate milk or whatever. it's good for them . if anything is Taboo its drinking milk froms cows and other animals. How is that Norma at all.

I agree with Jen Suter. Who is to say what is right for your child when it comes to this. If my child was ten and i had another baby and happened to pump i would give him my milk in his cereal, chocolate milk or whatever. it's good for them . if anything is Taboo its drinking milk froms cows and other animals. How is that Norma at all.

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You better believe Jesus was breastfed in public… and without a cover too!!

Breastfeeding is an important behavior to address our increasing burden of diabetes, obesity, allergies, infectious diseases, and, well, isolation. Real strides have been made towards normalizing this important behavior. Please don't' turn back the clock by presenting only extremes.

By the time your child is 4 years old you don't think it's going to be used against them suckling on their moms boob. Seems like the mother needs to chill with her need to use her boobs and let the child become a child it's not a baby anymore. No kids going to proudly ever tell someone they sucked on a boob till they were the age an adverage child ate real food

Lol yes breast feeding is good but there comes a point where you got cut the umbilical cord.

Lol yes breast feeding is good but there comes a point where you got cut the umbilical cord.

I'm pretty sure this show would be really boring. I still nurse my two year old but it isn't as if I walk around with him glued to my chest all day. He runs around and does his own thing, signs milk when he wants to nurse, then goes about his business. Unless they are purposefully putting people into situations where they will be confronted for nursing their child I don't think there will much to it. Who wants to watch a mom do housework and intermittently nurse her toddler during the day? No one. Breastfeeding past 12 months isn't exciting or extreme, it's quite normal all over the world.

Well Said Catherine, or Kayti Completely agree even though he only nursed till 17 months…

If it were to be tasteful and tactful then I think fewer people would care. However, considering the producers are the same as Bridezillas and Dance Moms, I hardly see that happening, especially since they categorized it as part of 'a range of America’s weirdest parenting rituals'. This will most likely do more harm than good in getting breastfeeding to be viewed as a parenting norm.

Sooo, does food make you horny? My guess is that same boy about which you are speaking will more than likely grow up to be a man who RESPECTS women and their right to feed their child as they wish…