Andrea wrote:
wrote in message ...
A mother on one of the message boards that I lurk on decided to wean her
six month old "cold turkey". *sigh* I wanted to cry for the little girl
when I read her post. She was trying to get her to take a sippy cup and
said that she hadn't eaten much in 18 hours until she finally gave in and
nursed her. She keeps talking about how it's a battle of wills and how
stubborn the baby is! It upsets me just thinking about it. That poor
little thing just thinks that her Mommy will feed her, she doesn't have
enough logic to understand that Mommy is never going to feed her again. Of
course, most of the other mothers were saying things like 'poor, Mommy'.
Poor Mommy?! Mean Mommy and poor baby! Finally, some people spoke up and
she attacked them, of course, as being crazy APers. I don't think you have
to be AP (and I'm not) to think this seems cruel. That poor baby must be
so confused.

Manda

Oh my 6 months? The poor baby! It confuses me that she would choose 6 months
to give up, nursing is so special when they are looking up and smiling at
you!
Maybe she thinks it's a quick fix to a sleep problem? Or the baby is on
solids so she thinks the baby doesn't need to nurse anymore. Dear dear..how
sad (

I think 6 months was her magic cutoff point that she set before the baby
was even here. She says she's exhausted by it. Kind of confusing since
this is the point where it actually starts getting easier.

It's causing quite the uproar on the board. Not really because of what
she's doing - most are strangely supportive - but because everyone is
attacking the people who stood up for the baby as being trolls and
unsupportive.

Manda