This recent shot of Jamie Lynne Grumet, a 26-year-old mother, breastfeeding her 3-year-old boy stirred up a lot of chat on the internet, turning breastfeeding into a controversial topic. She says she will continue to breastfeed until her son turns 5. She also breastfed her adopted five-year-old son named Samuel, and Jamie herself was breastfed until she was 6.
Controversial breastfeeding photos
Angelina Jolie was photographed by Brad Pitt breastfeeding one of their twins in 2008 for the cover of W magazine. While many breastfeeding advocates praised the photo, some people considered the photo to be attention seeking, and even lewd.
While on a goodwill trip to Sierra Leone in 2009, Salma breastfed another woman’s baby. Salma’s daughter, who was 1 and weaning at the time, was back in USA. The actress said she did it to encourage infant nutrition in the country, which has the highest infant mortality rate in the world.
This mock Oreo ad from a South Korean agency was never intended to be used for general marketing. According to Kraft food it had been designed for a forum of advertisers only and was not part of their campaign, however it went viral on the net.
Bialik, who is famous for her roles in hit TV shows 'Blossom' and 'The Big Bang Theory' became very vocal about her opinions of the TIME magazine cover. Bialik thought that the image sent the wrong message and that the magazine "sensationalized" attachment parenting. The actress, who wrote a book on attachment parenting entitled 'Beyond the Sling: A Real-Life Guide to Raising Confident, Loving Children the Attachment Parenting Way' said in an interview with CNN "Just to clarify: attachment parenting takes no stance on how long you should breastfeed. The notion is to educate people about breastfeeding. I breastfeed my 3-year-old because he's not done breastfeeding, and I'm not ready to tell him not to. ... [I]t is still a tremendous source of discipline, and of bonding, that occurs between a mother and a child."
Bialik posted this photo on her blog of her breastfeeding her 3-year-old son on the subway.
This photo of Jerry Hall was taken by celebrity photographer Annie Leibovitz and is featured in Leibovitz’s book entitled “Women.” Here Hall is breastfeeding Gabriel, her son with Mick Jagger. The photo caused a bit of stir at the time as it was not considered to be 'nurturing' or 'loving'.
Miranda received a lot of praise for this photo, which her husband Orlando Bloom took. What is interesting about this photo is that it is one of the very few breastfeeding photos that Facebook did not take down.
Julie, who plays Claire Dunphy on hit TV show ‘Modern Family’, showed a photo of her breastfeeding her twins on talk show ‘Lopez Tonight’. She described breastfeeding twins “like two little liposuction machines on you”.
