You know those e-mails you get that are clearly spam. The ones that are kinda vague and some Christian lady in Africa needs help getting her millions if you’ll just give her your bank account number? Well I thought it was one of those!
I opened my inbox to a letter from an assistant at Time Magazine who was writing me on behalf of a Photo Editor who wanted me for a photo shoot. You know, go to New York City (on them of course), have a photo shoot, return home, etc, etc, etc. I sat on this e-mail for 2 hours. I sent it to my husband. I called them. The phone rang.
The editor picked up the phone. I told him I had received a strange e-mail from them about attachment parenting. “Oh, YES! We need a subject for a photo shoot on a profile of Dr. Sears”…..
Um…..Um….Um. It was totally cool, and it was for the photo shoot of their latest issue that is causing all sorts of controversy in the social media universe this afternoon. Â In the end, Poppet was a little younger than the look they were going for, but the fact that they read the articles on Extended Breastfeeding and co-sleeping, and got in touch with me was an amazing experience! I hope I get an opportunity like that again. I mean, TIME MAGAZINE contacted me!
The story on Dr. Sears in on newsstands today, and I for one am amazed at the tribute! If you haven’t heard of it yet, the cover pic is an L.A. Mom breast-feeding her 3-year-old son while he is standing on a stool, and it is trending all over the world right now. Â Many think it has gone too far, some think it will open doors that are closed in this part of the World. Â There are many other nations where breast-feeding is a normal part of everyday life, but even at just 18 months-old I get all sorts of looks from people when I nurse Poppet, and I often feel the need to hide! Â Would love to hear your ideas on attachment parenting. Â Do you agree or disagree? Â Do you feel obligated to act a certain way because of the culture we live in? Â What do you wish was different? Â Comments are open!
Warmest regards,
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A HUGE CONGRATULATIONS to you, Joy! I am so excited for you…so much so I feel like I’m going too! I know that’s weird, but I really am happy for you! I can’t wait to hear all about it! :D
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First … how AWESOME that Time contacted you! That is amazing! As for the attachment parenting … that isn’t something we did with our boys. But we did breastfeed. All of my boys have the same rare disorder and we decided with their extra health problems that breastmilk would be the best thing we could do for them, despite all their challenges.
I remember getting offended and weird looks when I was nursing my one-year-old, even my eight-month-old … there’s this stigma in American Society, I think, that tells society that a woman should hide away if she is breastfeeding, that it is something shameful.
But I found it the total opposite – it was the most freeing, exceptionally emotional time I spent with my children, two of whom started life in the NICU.
I also saw that picture of Time’s cover … the child they included for the cover looked like a very old three-year-old to me … but I wasn’t nearly as disturbed by the photo itself as I was by the headline underneath it. I just feel like Time tried to pit parents against each other … moms against dads, attachment-parenting proponents against those who subscribe to different theories.
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What a wonderful thing to do for them! Thanks for sharing!
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OMG. Totally awesome! Congrats!
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That’s very cool that they called you. I’m anxious to read the article, because what people seem to be taking away from the hype is that attachment parenting=extended breastfeeding. I was physically unable to breastfeed my kids, but I still consider myself an attachment parenting mama. There’s so much more to it than breastfeeding and cosleeping.
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Totally agree!
This is very interesting and so cool you got contacted! I have to admit that I am one of those few who feels very uncomfortable breast feeding in public. I often breast pump if we are going out just to avoid it. It also makes me less stressed. I don’t see any problems with other mothers choosing to, it’s what I feel comfortable with. As far as the age, it’s a personal choice that every mom has to make and none of us should judge at all. Really cool post!
I fell into attachment parenting quite accidentally, my son just wouldn’t have it any other way and I chose the path of least resistance as the only way to preserve my sanity. Later I read a lot about it and felt empowered about my choices, but in the beginning… I was just following my instincts trying to make the most of each day I had with my baby.
I breastfed both my kids until they weaned themselves, my son at – 20-21 months and my daughter at my daughter – at 2 years and 3 months. I think if it works for you why should anyone care what you do? But having said that past a certain point I did make an effort to avoid breastfeeding in public and getting the ‘looks’
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First of all congrats on that e-mail/phone call! Secondly, its hard for me to comment on the breastfeeding because I wasn’t successful at itl. So I can’t say how far I would have taken it. But I have always felt uncomfortable with the babies that could “feed themselves”. Side note about hiding, my son was a huge two year old who I felt looked too old for me to be changing a diaper. When we were out I started changing him in the back seat. So I’m kinda thinking I would have not fed in public at a certain age if I could help it.
Congratulations! What a cool thing to be contacted for. I think it’s interesting they didn’t want an 18 month old on the cover, they certainly were looking to push the envelope.
I nursed my first child till he weaned himself, sadly, at 11 months. I would have gone longer had he wanted to, it was a great experience. I will say though that I totally understand when you say that at even just 18 months you are getting odd looks. I got a few looks when Tom was 11 months. I believe in a lot of the ideas of attachment parenting and even though I nursed my second daughter till she was 5 months old, and didn’t ever nurse our third child, I was very mindful of feeding my children the bottle the same way I nursed. It was our time. None of my kids walked around with a bottle, a bottle was lap and mommy time.
Congrats again on being noticed by Time, that is wonderful!!
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I nursed my daughter untill about 16 or 17 months. I didn’t hide it and all around me knew and accepted it.Then when my son came he bearly would feed after 5 months! I pumped and got him breast milk that way =)
Don’t know if I could pose as this Mom did-
Very intresting…I know what you mean about never deleating the e-mail. I recived an e-mail from O magazine that Me and Hubby thought was a joke at first too—the next month I was a feature in the “WE HEAR YOU!”section!! =^D
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Wow, that is amazing! Congratulations!!
Kathy
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