Mayim Bialik, star of 'The Big Bang Theory," Breast-fed her Son Till He Was Age Four, Would She Do It Again If Given The Choice?

Mayim Bialik is many things. She's a television star on a hit show, 'The Big Bang Theory,' playing a quirky and lovable character, Amy Farrah Folwer. She's also has a PhD in neuroscience and a licensed lactation education counselor.  But, it seems as if the 37-year-old Primetime Emmy Award Winner is having her name associated more with her controversial parenting choices than being Sheldon's Neuroscientist-girlfriend

It's Bialik's strong opinions towards attachment parenting that has many questioning her choices in regards of how she raises her two boys Fred, 4, and Miles, 7, according to Yahoo.com.

Attachment parenting is a phrase coined by pediatrician William Sears that uses the philosophy based on attachment theory in developmental psychology, reports Yahoo. Bialik's preference in raising her children consists of "baby wearing" which is when you wear your child in a sling across your body rather than a stroller and "co-sleeping" which is a practice when you sleep with your baby in your own bed rather than two separate ones.

However it was Bialik's blog post about finally weaning her younger son at the age of four that stirred the pot. Reactions about Bialik's honest parenting choices ranged from applause to disgust.

"Obviously the notion of an older child nursing is very strange to some people. In certain cultures it's not. And I was very careful about when and how I chose to breastfeed my older child. I put a lot of boundaries and limits around it and again took the guidance of women who had sort of walked this path before me," she wrote.

"I think the notion of breastfeeding at all is still very controversial in some circles."

And controversy is exactly what Bialik received when she discussed attachment parenting with others. The actress noticed that although she received good attention she also found herself getting into one-sided verbal fights when strangers wanted to argue her choices.

"If I'm talking to girlfriends, if I'm talking to random people, and we're talking about parenting, I tell them what works for me and why," the mom of two shared. "And just because I'm a public person, who happened to have breastfed and slept with her kids, that doesn't mean that I want to fight with you on the street or in the supermarket."

After the debate over breastfeeding Bialik had received she now makes an effort to be encouraging when she sees a mother nursing her baby in public. "I make sure to give them a friendly smile or a nod because it's nice to have support like that because I remember getting lots of kind of nasty looks."