August 15, 2007
In my marketing, public relations, community service, and event management worlds, the keyword “sexy” means “attractive,” “appealing,” “hip,” “trendy,” “in vogue,” “fashionable, “in style,” “contemporary” and all the positive adjectives you can think of.
Dr. Belen Lardizabal-Dofitas, a gorgeous, multi-talented Filipina mom (a.k.a. my youngest sister) from Quezon City, Philippines breastfeeds her almost-five years old son, Matthew. When Belen was in Oxford, England last year for three months, upon her return to the Philippines, Matthew couldn’t wait to get his fill of mother’s milk. Mind you, Matthew has been my favorite poster child since he was born. When he barely turned two years old, Matthew and I bonded — and guess what, it was about constructing sentences in the English language, with the correct subject and verb placements. I could see the “aha!” lightbulb expression on his face as we cheered him during our Christmas English lessons… But I am digressing! Matthew is Belen’s fourth breast-fed child, and yes, he’ll most likely be breastfeeding when he’s five years old. Mama mia! I asked myself, “When is he going to stop?”
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may lumalabas pa po bang gatas kahit ganon? gets ba?
kasi almost 5 na yung bata… eh kung hindi na naman siya nasundan ng baby, may capability pa po bang magproduce ng gatas ang isang ina?!
I’m all for breastfeeding a child. The old one I have breastfeed is my fifth child. He’s 17 months old. When he talks and can ask for “breastmilk” by it’s proper term, I’ll probably wane him. Just something I’ve decided long ago. I doubt my breast milk would last that long.
I consider it a miracle that I still have breast milk when my baby is 17 months old already.