I had my third child when my oldest was only 4 years old. I took it for granted that he understood what breastfeeding was since I had breastfed his younger brother for a year and now was breastfeeding his little sister. One night when I was feeding her on the couch, I winced and sort-of let out a yelp as she first latched on. My oldest son was watching and said, "Mommy, do you want me to go get her a bottle so she doesn't have to eat your body?" It was so sweet and pitiful! I tried to explain breastfeeding as best as you can to a 4 year old!
A childhood belief about eating
others believed things like this
- My oldest sister is 15 years my senior. I used to think that she was older than my mom.— Callie
- I used to believe the oldest person in the world was 214. — Imaginative_Kidd
- I used to think that i was the oldest kid of my family because my birthday came first— The youngest of kids
- i used to think that if i didn't celebrate my birthday each year my younger sister would catch up with me— q
- My sister uesd to think that you did a whole year's worth of growing in the night before your birthday.— Richard Davies
- I thought that 1983 went on for 3 years - had to ask my sister who decided how long a year lasted.— Sally