You Said It: Five Great Comments

CBB was once again buzzing with commentary this week, on everything from young mothers and manners to health situations and breastfeeding. You all had a lot to say, and we loved reading every word. Here are some of our favorite comments from the week:

Posted by Ellie on Kelly Rutherford Minds Her Manners With Hermés:

I agree Brie, my eldest daughter is very polite -- we taught her that you need to say excuse me if you want someone's attention and now she says "'scuse 'e" before she starts saying anything!  Her other over used phrase is "I love Hatty lots and lots" or "Hatty I love you" Hatty is her little sister. I'm a manners maketh man kinda person so I always say thank you or please to other people, and my children, and I expect it back. Alexandra's first sentence was 'drink please' followed closely by 'fank you mummy.'

Posted by CTBmom on Rainn Wilson Doesn't Find Son Relaxing:

LOL. I love Rainn's response! I felt the same when my son was that age. He was so active, and while I had so much fun with him, I definitely would not have called spending time with him relaxing. There were moments here and there, like sometimes after his bath right before bed, that he was calm, and we would just snuggle....but mostly, he was a little man on the go! :-)

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Posted by SH on Charlotte Church Loves Being a Homemaker:

I wouldn't judge a woman who wants to breastfeed their child until 5 years old, just like I wouldn't judge a woman who wants to stop at 6 weeks. Everyone is different and breastfeeding is a very personal thing between a mother and her child. It's not for everyone and everyone has their reasons for doing/not doing it. I personally breastfed all my kids until they were ready to wean on their own -- 15months, 13 months, 14 months -- and am currently breastfeeding another. I was pregnant again when all of them weaned so I am a firm believer in the fact that the milk takes on a different taste when I'm pregnant. I also don't think there's ANYTHING wrong with a toddler breastfeeding. It takes a loving relationship between a mother and child to do that, and what's wrong with that? To each his own!!

Posted by MB on Around the Web:

I agree BFing Mama. I feel like the article was set up to look like breastfeeding could cause rickets. You have to read farther to say that it's the deficiency, and that the deficiency can be caused by too much juice or too much time indoors.

The take home message? Doctors just need to remind moms who are going to breastfeed to take (or keep taking) supplements and make sure their children get time outside. The mother of that girl did nothing wrong by breastfeeding; she just didn't apparently know to be taking vitamins. Likewise, I don't think that doctors telling moms to take vitamins would keep them from breastfeeding, like the one doctor seemed concerned about.

Studies I read when researching breastfeeding for a class last year showed that most women decide whether they will breastfeed before coming to the hospital to deliver their babies. Introducing the need for vitamins is not likely to dissuade moms who are committed to trying out breastfeeding from doing so.

Posted by Stella on Javier Vázquez Talks About Daughter's Diabetes:

I'm a type 1 diabetic, too, but was diagnosed later in life, so i didn't suffer as a child. From my point of view the most important thing is to make it possible for the kids to lead an almost normal life. Another point is raising awareness in other people that diabetic people can almost live normal lives with a limitations, but that stuff like not giving a diabetic kid a normal Coke instead of a Diet Coke is important, and the more other people know about diabetes, hypoglycemia and dangerous situations the more can parents relax, and the children then lead a happy life. Of course there's the point that insurance companies should cover devices like continuous blood glucose monitoring and insulin pumps, too!

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