LilBabyWithTheSundressOn wrote:
Julia Sugarbaker wrote:
These women who are obsessed with their sons like this are so damn creepy. Whenever they are describing their 'bonding', they always sound it could also be a description of their relationship with a grown man: "And he holds me tight, and I hold him tight, and I know that there was never ever ever anything wrong with nursing Fred."
I do agree that some of these women have creepy relationships with their sons (and daughters, too), but I don't think that quote is creepy at all.  When you're a mom, it is an amazing and beautiful thing to just hold your child.  Even now, sometimes I take Allie (3) for a nap.  She usually snuggles in close and throws an arm around my neck.  I will miss that so much when it stops.  I also very much enjoyed nursing my kids.  But I would never have done it longer than a year (and I only made it one month and two months respectively anyway).


See, the way you phrased that sentiment and expressed it, I wouldn't have any icky feeling at all after reading it, unlike how I did after reading Mayim's version of the same sentiment. I can completely understand a parent relishing the very short time that their child is a baby/toddler/kid and I find nothing wrong at all with a parent enjoying the bonding that occurs during that period in their child's life.

It's only the almost-romantic way Mayim described it and how I've seen other attachement-mothers describe their 'bonding' with their kid (usually their son) that makes me give them a side-eye.