MomtoCandJ Posted April 22, 2013 Share Posted April 22, 2013 Just watched a segment about this on the local news. What do you think freaky or cool??? I'm leaning very strongly towards freaky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dandelion Posted April 22, 2013 Share Posted April 22, 2013 Can you share the link to the segment? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Incognito Posted April 22, 2013 Share Posted April 22, 2013 Do you mean a nursing necklace (which is something for the baby to play with while the mom nurses them)? I never had one, but can see how they could be nice. Otherwise, I'm having a hard time imagining what you mean. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MomtoCandJ Posted April 22, 2013 Author Share Posted April 22, 2013 http://m.cbsnews.com/storysynopsis.rbml?pageType=health&url=http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-204_162-57579128/breast-milk-jewelry-helps-mothers-preserve-memories/&catid=57579128 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MomtoCandJ Posted April 22, 2013 Author Share Posted April 22, 2013 It's jewelry made of breast milk. I've seen the nursing necklaces and though those were sort of cool but a pendent made with my breast milk no thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted April 22, 2013 Share Posted April 22, 2013 Okay, wow. I breastfeed for one year (each baby) and I think this is so weird! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dandelion Posted April 22, 2013 Share Posted April 22, 2013 It's not my thing, but I honestly don't see the harm in it. I read the article linked by the OP. Sounds like the women who buy these pieces are just buying them for themselves, as a way to commemorate something that was special to them. To me, this is no different than hanging on to teeth, umbilical cords, etc. Some people fashion those into mementos too. Some keep their pregnancy test sticks, and there's apparently at least one company that makes special keepsake pouches for those. Again, not my thing. But if it makes people happy and they want to preserve memories this way, I don't see the problem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mommymilkies Posted April 22, 2013 Share Posted April 22, 2013 I EBF, even past two. I don't see the harm in this. Basically, what Dandelion said. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MomtoCandJ Posted April 22, 2013 Author Share Posted April 22, 2013 Well maybe I should have worded it different, maybe not freaky but just a tad too sentimental? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mommymilkies Posted April 22, 2013 Share Posted April 22, 2013 Well maybe I should have worded it different, maybe not freaky but just a tad too sentimental? lol I keep weird things. I do have one umbilical cord stump. I know, I'm crazy. But I had ppd and just couldn't get rid of it. :lol: I don't think this jewelry is freaky, but then again, I'm pretty pro-breastmilk. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moxie Posted April 22, 2013 Share Posted April 22, 2013 Well maybe I should have worded it different, maybe not freaky but just a tad too sentimental? Professional organizer, Peter Walsh, said he has seen several people who have saved a poopy diaper. THAT is too sentimental! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VeganCupcake Posted April 22, 2013 Share Posted April 22, 2013 I want one when I'm finished nursing my last baby--so sometime in the future. Nursing has been an important part of the relationship I've had with my babies/toddlers/preschoolers, so yeah, it's something I want to remember. I think it's a sensible way of saving something that is special to you--doesn't take up a lot of space, doesn't require refrigeration/freezing, isn't obviously yucky, is useful in the sense that it can be worn as jewelry by mom. Makes perfect sense to me. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stripe Posted April 22, 2013 Share Posted April 22, 2013 Well maybe I should have worded it different, maybe not freaky but just a tad too sentimental? Some people feel the same way about saving teeth! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dandelion Posted April 22, 2013 Share Posted April 22, 2013 Professional organizer, Peter Walsh, said he has seen several people who have saved a poopy diaper. THAT is too sentimental! Definitely too sentimental. :ack2: Somewhere out there, there's probably an enterprising jewelry designer who's already working on the designer poop pendant. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
briansmama Posted April 22, 2013 Share Posted April 22, 2013 Nah, no harm, but also not for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Mungo Posted April 23, 2013 Share Posted April 23, 2013 I nursed my kids for 2 1/2 years each. I don't feel the need to keep some breastmilk for posterity. I didn't keep their baby teeth or umbilical cord or my placenta either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catwoman Posted April 23, 2013 Share Posted April 23, 2013 My personal opinion: :ack2: But if someone else thinks it's cool, there's certainly no harm in it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NicAnn Posted April 23, 2013 Share Posted April 23, 2013 I think it's lovely. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QuirkyKapers Posted April 23, 2013 Share Posted April 23, 2013 I saw this. I thought it sounded gross before they explained it. It is clever how they figured out how to preserve it. Not that I would want any of that jewelry though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forget-Me-Not Posted April 23, 2013 Share Posted April 23, 2013 Not my thing, but not even remotely the weirdest thing I've come across jewelry-wise. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrsBasil Posted April 23, 2013 Share Posted April 23, 2013 I think it's just a personality thing. I didn't even keep the lock of hair from my son's first haircut and apparently I was supposed. I would not want that kind of necklace, or baby teeth, or umbilical cord reminders, but I can't say that I would call it too sentimental as a blanket statement about everyone. It would be too sentimental for me. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sisyphus Posted April 23, 2013 Share Posted April 23, 2013 I have a cool pouch shaped like a flower with a transparent center in a scrapbook...that is filled with baby teeth. In fact, I have a small box in a trunk that houses all my jr high notes and college flotsam with...my baby teeth. Going on 40 years old, those are. So yes, I'm a freak, and no, I don't find this particularly odd. I have no poopy diapers tastefully scrap booked though! So there is that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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