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breast feeding issues with the grandson?

I am at my daughters' house and she's on her second day home with my second grandson. Her first son is almost 5 years old. She is having issues with the 5 year old making boobie jokes and other silly quips. Can you tell me anything you did to stop the boobie issue he is making? We've tried telling him that it's normal, natural and that's what mommies do-all mommies (dogs, cats ect). Will it go away and just become "part of the furniture" cuz it's still too new for him? Please help cuz she hates sending him away every time she nurses. Thanks!

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  • 10 years ago
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    I have a 3 year old and I breast feed my 4 1/2 month old twins. At first my son was concerned because the babies were "biting" me (how cute :) ) but I just explained this is how mommy feeds the babies, i let him watch me pump a little milk out to show him, and now he just sees me nursing and goes about his business. Try not to make a big deal about it or send him out of the room, then he knows it's something that he "shouldn't" talk about and being 5, of course it will make him talk about it more.

  • 10 years ago

    Hi. All you can really do is allow him to be as exposed to seeing it as he and your daughter are comfortable with and every time he jokes or makes an issue of it, just re-enforce the fact that it's normal and natural and it's how all babies (including him I presume) eat when they're very little.

    As time goes on he will get more and more used to it and will just come to accept it for what it is. The key is to just persevere with the exposure and the reiteration.

    Good luck with it all.

    Source(s): personal experience/mum of two
  • Hailey
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    10 years ago

    He's curious and he probably just has questions he doesn't know how to maturely ask. Perhaps letting him watch and explaining he was fed the same way, and let him know it's okay to ask questions but not make fun (it hurts mommy's feeling) would help.

  • 10 years ago

    Don't send him away! He will be interested and once he has found out everything he wants to know, breastfeeding will stop being a novelty to him. All of you should ignore his silly jokes, but do praise all his good behaviour.

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  • 10 years ago

    fun things for kids is what every is new. Sit him down and talk to him about it and tell him all the boring details until its not fun and he finds something else to look at.

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