Talk, talk, talking

Aiden’s language has really taken off lately he says more than double the “normal” amount of words for his age. Of course it helps to have such a smart (and modest) mommy. He is pretty taken with his babysitter’s pets. She has a cat named bobby and a fish named bubble. So when Aiden comes home it’s bubble and bobby, it’s pretty cute. He sometimes says Bobby, and sometimes says kitty. However kitty doesn’t really sounds exactly like kitty, it comes out a little like titty. This is slightly amusing, in public (like today when Aiden and I went to target) Aiden was sitting like a big boy in the cart and saying “titty mommy, titty” (he saw a toy cat) well not everyone can understand what he is saying, Ok well maybe they were misinterpreting it. Aiden was breastfed, but when he was 13 months old (3 months ago) we both decided we had had enough. But when he’s asking for titty in target it doesn’t really seem that way to onlookers. Not that I have a problem with toddler breastfeeding, but the way he says it. I’ll admit that I used to call them boobies, but that was before he could talk. I guess it could be worse, huh?

I was reading some articles on “lactivists” these are people who advocate for public breastfeeding. I guess there have been some pretty heated debates. They never happen here in West LA, in fact if you have the “nerve” to give your baby formula you might as well be blowing smoke in their faces while beating them in your rat infested cardboard box. The hospital where I work has a very high status type of clientele, and according to studies on breastfeeding women with higher education and make more money are far more likely to breastfeed. Seems funny, you don’t have any money for your rent, but instead of breastfeeding you buy formula? Doesn’t make much sense to me. I understand sometimes it is impossible to breastfeed which is why formula should be readily available. It just seems so weird to me that a stay at home mom would chose otherwise. Ok so there was my shameless plug. Oh, and BTW I HATE teaching women who know everything to breastfeed. I have to act like it’s rocket science, it’s not. It’s work and it’ll take some time to learn, but it’s really not that difficult, women and babies have been doing it for thousands of years. However I hold strong to the belief that if your child has enough teeth to chew through a porterhouse, they no longer belong at the breast.

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