Okay, so I wasn’t going to weigh in on the whole Bill Maher thing* because about a zillion people have done it already…and better than I could ever do. But…..
Tonight we were watching Inside the Living Body on the National Geographic Channel (which is way cool, by the way). It starts from birth, so right at the beginning, it discussed breastmilk. It showed a woman breastfeeding, in ways deemed “obscene” by the great moral compass that is Facebook. It discussed how that a mother, being in close proximity to her baby, is exposed to the same bacteria that her baby is exposed to. In response, her body makes antibodies to defend against those bacteria, and then, in turn, passes those antibodies on to her baby through her breastmilk.
The Boy, stopped what he was doing, and said, “Wow, that is so cool. I thought it was just for feeding. I had no idea it did all of that. That is some cool stuff.”
The Boy, who will be 10 years old next week, can understand the awesomeness of breastfeeding. Congratulations, Bill Maher, you are less intelligent and enlightened than a ten year old.
*The Bill Maher “thing” being when he said breastfeeding was akin to masturbation, and should be done in the privacy of your own home. And any need to breastfeed out of your home was due to laziness and/or bad planning. Cough. Neanderthal. Cough.
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2 Blog Antagonist // Sep 21, 2007 at 11:32 am
Heh. That doesn’t surprise me at all. Obviously, your son is not only smarter, but more mature as well.
3 Carrissa // Sep 21, 2007 at 1:30 pm
LMAO. Good one.
4 Heather // Sep 21, 2007 at 2:49 pm
Amen! All Bill did was make himself look like an uneducated idiot. And dumber than a 10 year old.
I love smart boys! Way to go Boy!
5 andi // Sep 21, 2007 at 2:54 pm
I really didn’t get the whole “lack of planning” thing. How do you “plan” to not have your baby eat for like 6 hours? Because sometimes I actually dare to take my disgusting self out for that long with my baby. Oh, and if it meant giving a baby a bottle, some babies won’t take bottles.
It would be super-cool if people who’ve never, ever breastfed would keep their mouths shout about things they know nothing about.
Whew. My rant is over. And you’d think I got it all out during my monstrous post on this…
6 rachel // Sep 21, 2007 at 5:55 pm
lack of planning? this guy makes me sick. actually, he’s always made me kind of irritated, but this takes it to a WHOLE new level…
7 Max and Me // Sep 23, 2007 at 2:04 pm
you are preaching to the choir. i think maybe he says idiotic things just to get publicity.
8 AngelNicki // Sep 23, 2007 at 5:25 pm
Well, we’ve always known The Boy is one smart, enlightened little dude!
Breastfeeding being compared to masturbating? How sick-minded is that. Having watched my sister breastfeed her newborn many, many times, I’ve noticed that if you actually WATCH, the act of breastfeeding is amazing! The baby getting nourishment from the mother’s body… and as my sister says a lot as she looks at her baby, “I GREW this baby, and I’m STILL growing her! I’m SUSTAINING this baby all by myself!” How can THAT be compared to masturbation?
9 Crunchy Domestic Goddess // Sep 23, 2007 at 6:13 pm
the boy obviously knows what he’s talking about and will make a great supportive husband/daddy someday.
and i can’t even bring myself to comment on the other other than to say i think i just threw up in my mouth a little bit.
amy
10 Jen // Sep 24, 2007 at 4:00 am
What?! You let your ten year-old son look at breastfeeding on television?? Does he have a subscription to Hustler, too?
(you know I’m kidding, right?)
11 petite mom blog // Sep 24, 2007 at 2:23 pm
I can’t believe he actually said that on TV. He is an idiot!
12 kellypea // Sep 28, 2007 at 7:25 pm
Actually, Neanderthals were believed to be more intelligent that Maher has shown himself to be with his comments. And now that I think of it, chimpanzees, monkeys, and orangutans also seem to reason at higher levels than he does. Okay, seals and penguins, too. Amoeba.
13 Little Tykes // Jan 2, 2008 at 2:46 pm
I could not beleive Bill Maher when he said that on tv! I was felt really let down as a mother and breastfeeder. Your kids sounds great! I hope my kids will react the same way when they hit 10 years of age.
14 Carrie // May 16, 2008 at 8:28 pm
Bill is just jealous. He wasn’t breastfed.
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