Time Cover

[chi-o_cat]

Originally Posted by Greek_or_Geek?

I find it hard to believe that a mother who "cares" so much about her child to continue to breast feed them so long thinks nothing of exploiting them by putting them on the cover of a magazine like this. The kid's going to grow up. Google is forever. He's not going to think this is cute in a few years.

This times 100!

[MaggieXi]

A child who is thriving and is happy is what is important. There needs trump the needs of moms to engage in "mompetition". This story was only covered by TIME for sales reasons.

I had planned on breastfeeding for 6 months. I ended up only doing 3 because my daughter was not gaining enough and had severe reflux. More than one pediatrician said she would be better off on formula. After the switch, my daughter was happy and you could see the developmental change in her within 2 weeks. When I tell moms who breastfeed that, they freak out and say doctors would never say that "breast is best".

My daughter spent several days in the NICU after she was born, the nurses there said do not allow this baby to sleep in the same bed with us once we got her home. She was already used to sleeping away from me. She has been in her crib since day 1 for bedtime (that doesn't mean I didn't sleep in the chair in her room for the first few days), and she has always been an incredibly good sleeper and was sleeping 7-8 hours straight at 4 months.

(a side note: I was listening to coverage of this story on my way to work this morning, a report said mom is a former play mate and stated that she was breastfed until she was 6).

[Munchkin03]

Even though I don't even have kids yet, I've been sanctimommied by AP women with whom I work. For them, it's gone beyond "mompetition" and is just another way to cause schisms between women. In a male-dominated field that's kind of effed up.

My mom was always really adamant with my sister about letting my niece and nephew sleep with her as a matter of principle...it's not just about the kid it's about your marriage/partnership! There are kid zones and there are adult zones...

Also, I don't think that 20 years is long enough to call oneself a "parenting expert," the way that Dr. Sears and some of his most loyal acolytes have.