I have two girls a 7 year old and 1 year old. I breastfed my 7 year old until she was 3 months old because we hit a problem. And I am still nursing my 1 year old, but trying to wean little by little. My 7 year old did not act so "gimmie" like when she was a baby. But my little one OHHHH! Everything is "If I don't have it I'm going to fall out on the floor and scream and cry!" Everything with her is a must have and she cries/screams ALOT. I'm curious on this topic because I have enjoyed the special bond that me and my girls have but is this a negative? Please let me know what you nursing or ex-nursing moms think.
I think yes it might be because she it breastfeed. I only have one baby and he is breastfed. He is 6 months old and he is so spoiled. And my husband says he acts different than other babies when it come to being spoiled but I didn't know it was because I was breastfeeding until now. But I think its true.
what a ridiculous assumption.
You have TWO different children. Don't compare them to each other.
I think it is probably more their personalities than breastfeeding.
My sister has 2 kids both were bottlefed. Her first was a happy and content baby. He didn't cry much and didn't have to be held 24/7. You could put him down and he would play.
With her second... he is a different story. He is still a happy baby, but whenever you walk away from him he cries. If no one is paying attention he cries. He cries just to be picked up.
2 totally different kids!
EDIT: i forgot to add that i wasn't successful breastfeeding my son. he was bottlefed and is very very spoiled and clingy. he always wants to be around mommy or daddy.
LOL this has nothing to do with bottle or breast... i have two bottle fed girls, the oldest now 7, is fine, a little whiny and pouty but its the age... and the youngest 19 months, is very freak out if she doesnt get her own way...its the personality and it passes........eventually.
Not thinking that this has anything to do with how a baby is fed. Sorry. Sounds like the little one has a case of "crying gets me what I want...eventually" You might already do this but I would stop reacting when she throws the tantrum (even if it's in public and embarrassing).
well i think so, only because my two best friends both just had babies. one in nov and one in jan. the nov baby is bottle fed and the jan is breast fed and he is sooooo much more whiny and needy. not to say its a bad thing, but he cries alot more until he gets fed, and one time she pumped milk so we could go out to eat and her boyfriend called and we could hear her son screaming crying in the background and he wouldnt take the bottle and was screaming until she ended up leaving and having to go home. the nov baby is never that loud or demanding. it could be the temperments of the babies, but we all have talked about it and we think thats what it is. needless to say i will still breast feed but hopefully my baby wont be so bad....
No. It's an interesting theory, but I don't think it has anything to do with the breastfeeding. I think personality and parenting are the factors at play. That is also kind of saying that you don't give bottle fed babies the same kind of immediate attention or bonding that you would if you breastfeed and I can't say I agree with it. I nursed for six months, does that mean I am only half bonded with my daughter?
No, I don't. Each child is different and each child will have different needs. I think it's kind of silly to think your baby is spoiled rotten simply because she was breast fed for the first year of her life, if anything she benefited greatly from it.
No, breastfeeding does make make children spoiled. All babies have different temperments, and it sounds like your younger child is more high strung/high needs than your older one.
No, not by any stretch at all.
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