Bekah Martinezis ready to stop tandem nursing — but she worries her toddler might be resistant.TheChatty Broadspodcast co-host shared on her Instagram Story Tuesday that she is “honestly sooooo over tandem nursing but sooooo scared of the weaning process” when it comes to her 2-year-old daughterRuth Ray De La Luz.Martinez — who has been open about continuing to breastfeed her firstborn alongside her second child, sonFranklin James, 11 months — said she’s “nervous” of how Ruth will react to no more nursing.“I’m nervous not for myself. I’m nervous for how Ruth will handle me telling her that she can’t have boob when Frank is having boob,“The Bacheloralum told her followers in a video. “Because I have tried that [and] it does not go well.“Want to get the biggest stories fromPEOPLEevery weekday?Subscribe to our new podcast,PEOPLE Every Day,to get the essential celebrity, entertainment and human interest news stories Monday through Friday.Bekah Martinez/ instagramBekah Martinez/ instagramBekah Martinez/ instagramOverlapping the video, Martinez wrote that “at this point I could be done with breastfeeding altogether.” The reality star shared in another slide one helpful DM she got from a fan who said this will teach Ruth boundaries and she’ll quickly catch on.“Honestly this was what I needed to hear today!!!!” she wrote back to the follower. “Was able to be gently firm about no boobie this afternoon and before bed…and I stuck to it!! one day at a time. she probably gets more confused and agitated when I give mixed messages or give into the tantrums!“Martinez, who shares her children with boyfriendGrayston Leonard,defended her decision to continue breastfeedingher toddler back in September.“I’ve said it beforeand I’ll say it again: there is NOTHING weird about feeding and soothing my toddler via breast. There is NOTHING wrong with sharing it via social media,” shewroteat the time. “So many moms stop breastfeeding earlier than they want because of stupid pricks like the people online who comment ‘isn’t she a little too old?’, ‘we get it, you breastfeed’ or even ‘that’s disgusting 🤢.’ “Before that, back in July, Martinez shared a snapshot on Instagram that showed herbreastfeeding both of her children simultaneously. She took the opportunity at the time to fire back at commenters who called her parenting practices “disgusting.““If a child is voluntarily nursing … there is NOTHING psychologically damaging aboutnursing through and even past the toddler years,” Martinez wrote at the time. “We’ve got it soooo backwards now as a society. Children don’t have any concept of breastfeeding being sexual.”
Bekah Martinezis ready to stop tandem nursing — but she worries her toddler might be resistant.
TheChatty Broadspodcast co-host shared on her Instagram Story Tuesday that she is “honestly sooooo over tandem nursing but sooooo scared of the weaning process” when it comes to her 2-year-old daughterRuth Ray De La Luz.
Martinez — who has been open about continuing to breastfeed her firstborn alongside her second child, sonFranklin James, 11 months — said she’s “nervous” of how Ruth will react to no more nursing.
“I’m nervous not for myself. I’m nervous for how Ruth will handle me telling her that she can’t have boob when Frank is having boob,“The Bacheloralum told her followers in a video. “Because I have tried that [and] it does not go well.”
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Overlapping the video, Martinez wrote that “at this point I could be done with breastfeeding altogether.” The reality star shared in another slide one helpful DM she got from a fan who said this will teach Ruth boundaries and she’ll quickly catch on.
“Honestly this was what I needed to hear today!!!!” she wrote back to the follower. “Was able to be gently firm about no boobie this afternoon and before bed…and I stuck to it!! one day at a time. she probably gets more confused and agitated when I give mixed messages or give into the tantrums!”
Martinez, who shares her children with boyfriendGrayston Leonard,defended her decision to continue breastfeedingher toddler back in September.
“I’ve said it beforeand I’ll say it again: there is NOTHING weird about feeding and soothing my toddler via breast. There is NOTHING wrong with sharing it via social media,” shewroteat the time. “So many moms stop breastfeeding earlier than they want because of stupid pricks like the people online who comment ‘isn’t she a little too old?’, ‘we get it, you breastfeed’ or even ‘that’s disgusting 🤢.’ "
Before that, back in July, Martinez shared a snapshot on Instagram that showed herbreastfeeding both of her children simultaneously. She took the opportunity at the time to fire back at commenters who called her parenting practices “disgusting.”
“If a child is voluntarily nursing … there is NOTHING psychologically damaging aboutnursing through and even past the toddler years,” Martinez wrote at the time. “We’ve got it soooo backwards now as a society. Children don’t have any concept of breastfeeding being sexual.”
source: people.com
