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Clips of mothers breastfeeding their babies.

posted 17 years ago by sinceimetjc
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Alright, I seem to remember once, when I was very young, seeing an episode of Mr. Rogers where he showed some clips of mothers breastfeeding their babies. Now, maybe it was another show and all these years I just thought that it was Mr. Rogers, but I know that I definately saw these clips on T.V. It was a shock to me, b/c I had never seen a mother and baby bfing before. Now that I'm grown, and I have a daughter that I breastfed, I have no problems with this being showed on T.V. In fact, I think it ought to be shown more, b/c I feel that the reason that people are uncomfortable with seeing bfing moms, is b/c they don't see it enough here in the U.S. It's not a big deal in other countries where more women bf.

Anyway, I hope I don't start any debates about bfing, but I just really wanted to know whether it was on Mr. Rogers or not. And I only explained why I'm interested.

Thank you.

"The hideousness of that foot will haunt my dreams forever."

[–] BachOmega 17 years ago

I've actually never seen the term "bfing" used to refer to "breastfeeding" before- at first I thought it was "barfing." (?!)

[–] sinceimetjc 17 years ago

I'm sorry. I go to some boards for other moms, and we use that for breastfeeding all the time. I'm just so used to typing it that way.

"The hideousness of that foot will haunt my dreams forever."

[–] ExplorerDS6789 17 years ago

That was indeed on Mr. Rogers. It's the first episode from the week of "Food". Watch for it around Thanksgiving.

[–] sacredxheart 16 years ago

actually, i remember it too.... although.. i remember it to be on Sesame Street about babies or... something related... they showed clips of infants and toddlers doing baby things, and that's what i remember...

maybe it was on both shows?

[–] HaveYouEverNoticed 9 years ago

You are correct. Mister Rogers did show clips of mothers feeding their babies. They showed cows, cats, goats, then they showed three separate mothers breastfeeding their babies. They even shows the entire breast, including the nipples. I am a pro breastfeeding mom, so I was pleasantly surprised to see it on TV. I just found the clip on YouTube, so I could show my kids and husband.