Quote Originally Posted by Brina
This has been hashed out on the parenting board I frequent. There are people saying, "I wouldn't want my son to see that picture". I showed it to my two 6-year-old boys and their comment was, "cute baby". I asked what the baby was doing and they said, "drinking milk". Then they went on to talk about the river otter we saw at the Seattle Aquarium that was nursing her baby and cleaning its toes (talk about a seriously cute moment). No trauma, no scarring, no big deal.

I did my own unscientific experiment with my family. My oldest teen said and I quote: "eeewwww". SIGH-I do not know what I thought I would get from a teen boy. He did not like the Brit photo any better.

Next my twins. Also teens-neither noticed the baby was bestfeeding. They just said "so, it is a baby, ick". I asked them what was "ick" about the picture. Their response-"the baby. We do not like babies"

Finally DH. First picture-"what is the big deal? It is a baby". Second picture, "that was done before by Demi".

None of them were scarred and have all gone on to finish their morning.

Sidenote-not certain if it matters, they were bottle fed. Long story short (and it is a long story), I could not breastfeed due to meds passing into the breast milk-the meds caused apnea, anmong other horrific things- so all were bottle fed. However, they saw my best friend breastfeed for several years. When the twins first saw this (they were 2 or 3) they actually climbed on her lap to see what the baby was doing. I was horrified by their actions. My friend who had breastfed her two older children was not phased at all. After that first day, they never noticed her feeding the baby.