Dooce Blogger Heather Armstrong on Breastfeeding

Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/04/01/Heather_Armstrong_It_Sucked_and_Then_I_Cried

Dooce blogger Heather Armstrong relates humorous stories about breastfeeding, in an excerpt from her book, It Sucked and then I Cried: How I Had a Baby, a Breakdown, and a Much Needed Margarita.

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Creator of the fabulous website, dooce.com, Heather Armstrong reads from her latest book, It Sucked and Then I Cried: How I Had a Baby, a Breakdown, and a Much Needed Margarita. - Books Inc.

Heather Armstrong is the creator of the website dooce.com, her personal site and blog that became hugely popular. She now has two books, Things I Learned About My Dad: In Therapy published in 2008, and It Sucked and Then I Cried: How I Had a Baby, a Breakdown, and a Much Needed Margarita in March 2009.

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[AtheistEvolution]

His comment was pretty directed at me I felt. Especially the "I hope your son has a long lonely life"

Pretty terrible.

I am sure that he is thinking that he is somehow trying to express his concern for children but it didn't come across as anything but insulting.

As for the rest of it, I can agree with some of it.

Peace

[AtheistEvolution]

ooooh! My mistake. I didn't get that. lol

Phew, I was feeling bad that I had insulted you with an innocuous comment. It is never my intent to offer offense.

:)

Peace

[imstillwalking]

I can't speak for n8iveidiot13, but maybe my typo triggered your response. I took his comment as more generic and not directed at you, but at society. I apologize. I'm guessing people who end up at this particular video are people who are trying to do the best we can for our children. But that's a guess.

[imstillwalking]

n8iveidiot13,I agree with a portion of your comment.I think there is a push on our children that from age one to get into Harvard.More importantly,I think the economy has changed the family.I grew up where mom stayed home & dad worked.Now,mom & dad both work,sometimes more than one job.I believe that is a major part of why there's the problems there are.I was lucky.Home with my son from K-8 grade & mom worked at home.He's now finishing his last semester in grad school & a good man.

[imstillwalking]

I've sent you a message. I DID NOT take your comment as an insult. The comment below yours was meant as a correction to my typo.

[AtheistEvolution]

You took opportunity to attack me as a parent because I said something that you didn't like about someone that you don't know. My son has a full life, he has parents who spend most of their free time with him and enabling his needs and desires. I didn't insult the lady whom you are defend, so I am not sure why you attack me.

IF this is the level of maturity with which you deal with opposing opinion, then I am sad for YOUR children. Maybe they will learn how to be civil from somewhere else.

[AtheistEvolution]

Who said that I don't care about my son? Who said that I don't engage with my son emotionally? I am not sure why you felt the need to come out of the blue and make such a ridiculous comment about my son, but I have to say that I find it insulting in the highest degree. If you commented on here with such a vile comment based on my surprise at a mother breastfeeding for an unusually long time then I am not sure how you draw your conclusion that only long time breast feeders love their kids.

[AtheistEvolution]

I guess you can take surprise as an insult if you wish. Certainly wasn't meant that way, but if you wish to take it as an attack, that is your right (even though you say that my surprise is pretty regular and that most people exhibit it). 

It was in no way an insult, only a remark on the unusual nature of the act. It was not a commentary on your abilities as a mother in any way.

Peace

[n8iveidiot13]

we all must act mature in north america right from childhood... thats why kids turn to drugs and volience as they turn older because they feel alone that there mothers and fathers dont care about them because thoughs memories of neglect as a child will go with them through there teen years... i hope your kids have a nice lonely life

[imstillwalking]

.....DON'T TAKE....