THIS is what happens when they follow that stupid Dr. Sears and his "attachment parenting" line of bullshit. This 7 y/o is already a freak and she's barely off the tit herself.
(from kellymom, breeder site for attachment parenting and extended breastfeeding)
"Is this sibling attachyment?
That is the only thing I can think to call it! My 7 y/o has taken it upon herself to be Vienna's mom. Vienna makes the tiniest noise and it's, "I'll get her!" or "The baby's crying!" It's so cute. She changes her diaper when it is barely damp, mops up reflux vomit like it was a water spill, and is constantly lugging her around. She said if she could bf her, she would do that, too! She tried to wear the Baby Bjorn but couldn't get it on. She wants to sleep with her, but I said it wasn't safe, so she's trying hard to convince me to wake her up when the baby gets up at night and she'll take care of her. She sings her to sleep and gives her the pacifier, and can get her to nap faster than anyone else! I love how helpful she is and how attached to her baby sister she is, but I keep telling her she doesn't HAVE to do it. She is MY responsibility. She must hear what I say to my family about attachment parenting, because you know what she said? "We don't let Vienna cry. I'm doing attachment parenting like you. We're an attachment family."
This 7 y/o has been warped, perhaps with no chance of recovery. It sounds like the family doesn't approve of this nonesense, so in addition to turning her kid into a freak of nature, she has ALSO instilled this defiant "Us against them" mentality. I do not think it's normal behavior for a 7 year old child to yearn to breast feed, at all. This girl is headed to be a teen moomie statistic and it is a LEARNED behavior. I am sure grandmoo would be tickled pink. What an idiot.