Does anyone feel like there is some similarities between Kalini and Emily. Kalini was breastfeeding her 3 year old and 2 year old. Plus it is almost the same storyline. Kalini got pregnant and had the baby before Aseulo arrived. She lived with her family. When he arrived she did not want him doing anything with the baby because she had her rules. Kalini breastfeed and made him sleep in another room. Kalini's excuse to not working was breastfeeding.
I understand people have different views about when a child should stop breatsfeeding. It seems agreed upon till age 1 is beneficial but after age one it is a good thing but a child can get have whole milk and solid foods and be okay if you cant produce milk or if you have to work. If you are living with your parents and need to work and you child is over 1 and the only thing holding you back from working is breastfeeding, it might be time to pump/breastfeed only at night.
What I find odd about Kalini and Emily is they do not strike me as the type that would be advocating for moms to be stay at home moms and wives. Kalini has sure been vocal about not liking to do homework, cooking or childcare, yet she breastfeeds for years and says she cant work (yet she does have a college degree and it is in high demand in her area and she would be able to get a job in a day, maybe just with a phone call). Kalini talks about female empowement yet chooses to be a stay at home mom over a working mom. Emily form what we have seen thinks women should be in control yet from her edit we see someone who had a baby a year and a half ago and is still in her parents basement using breastfeeding as an excuse for not being able to do more the babysit other kids occasionally for a little spending money.
To add to the breastfeeding stories when I was at a moms's play group years ago I was kind of taken back when a 4 year old was still breastfeeding. I guess it was weird at the time to see a child talking and playing at such a high level just pull up the mom's shirt and breatfeed. That was nothing compared to years later. One of my kids was in a gifted class (6-7 year olds) and we were at an arts night. My child had a friend who was brilliant, some adults could not do the math this 7 year old was doing. So a 7 year old is talking about equations and varaibles and yes they still breatsfeed and co-slept. The child was in my child's class for years, and is brilliant(I have seen lots of perfect ACT/SAT kids 4.0 kids ranked #1 in their class kids, but this kid just beyond a good student & with their choosen science/math path could make some big discoveries) but they are so socially awkward, the co-sleeping meant no sleepovers and other parents seem to shy away from social invites other them birthday parties. Our area was for sure pro breatfeeding and even co-sleeping but there was a social cut-off I kind of feel like when school started that both of these had to end.
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