Toddlers are Quackers

[BullChick]

I turned the television on, and "Ellen" was showing. The guest has quadruplet girls (2 sets of identical).
They are two. Drinking bottles! I felt horrible for letting Duckling have a bottle one day in the store when she was 14 mos!

 

[duluthralphie]

I turned the television on, and "Ellen" was showing. The guest has quadruplet girls (2 sets of identical).
They are two. Drinking bottles! I felt horrible for letting Duckling have a bottle one day in the store when she was 14 mos!

That is nothing to feel horrible about. However, when I see 3 year olds going for the boob, I must admit I think some judgmental things... ( I know I am old fashioned)

 

[BullChick]

I don't understand a 3-year-old still in diapers. Duckling is waffling, but she knows what she is doing.
Know what? I don't understand a lot.

 

[Chaos18]

Duckling makes waffles?

 

[Lucky Lemon]

Duckling can probably make waffles better than most adults.

 

[Bantambird]

Here are some waffles

(#) (#)

 

[BullChick]

Duckling makes waffles?

Yes

 

[kajira]

I don't understand a 3-year-old still in diapers. Duckling is waffling, but she knows what she is doing.
Know what? I don't understand a lot.

Don't feel bad -my oldest was in diapers until almost 4. ^.^

My toddler is going to be 3 in april and he's not potty trained yet.

 

[kajira]

That is nothing to feel horrible about. However, when I see 3 year olds going for the boob, I must admit I think some judgmental things... ( I know I am old fashioned)

The average 3 year old will nurse in private, not in public. I've nursed all my kids past 2-3 years old and I could set limitations and boundaries to not nurse in public 99% of the time once they are past the age of 15 months or so.

Did you know my almost 3 year old son still nurses occasionally, and his developmental pediatrician specifically told me to provide breastmilk until age 4 adjusted to help his lung growth and maturity, besides vitamins - especially for kids with compromised immune system, it still provides over 30-50% of his daily needs for vitamins, including iron, which is harder to absorb via vitamins/foods. With his short gut syndrome, he doesn't have as much intestines to digest food - so breastmilk for him is important for his growth and weight gain. The health immunities to illnesses, is probably also why he hasn't ended up in the hospital as much as formula feed preemies, because he gets natural immunities from my milk still, to help fight off illnesses.

I've been very lucky that our family doctor encourages extended nursing too! The WHO actually recommends nursing past the age of 2, as the norm. It's only in the US do we act like breastmilk has an expiration date on the vitamins, immunities, calories and other factors.

 

[kajira]

I turned the television on, and "Ellen" was showing. The guest has quadruplet girls (2 sets of identical).
They are two. Drinking bottles! I felt horrible for letting Duckling have a bottle one day in the store when she was 14 mos!

haha, don't feel bad. Babies don't come with an expiration date on when they are mature and ready to move on to new things. I'm a firm believer in not thinking there's a magical day when kids "just grow up." LOL

How many 18 year olds are "ready" to be adults, just because they had a birthday? - it's something that happens over time, organically. A birthday, or a specific date, doesn't magically make a kid a different kid.