I went for my post natal check earlier in the week with a practice nurse at my GP surgery, I have a nearly 12 week old DD and I'm currently tandem feeding her and DS who is 23 months.
I've been feeling light headed lately and sometimes feel like my vision has to 'catch up' with my head when I move it (don't know if that makes sense) - I mentioned this as I had the same when DS was little, I said I think it's either DD feeding more because of a growth spurt or perhaps a symptom of anxiety.
Basically she told me I should 'think about' weaning DS because "he's not getting anything nutritionally from it any more anyway, he's just feeding for comfort" I told her I disagreed because when he was ill recently and not even taking water, breastmilk was all he had and he was fine on that for a good week. Even if it were true I also see nothing wrong with him needing it for comfort.
She said "He might not be ready until he's 5" when I said I was going to let him decide when to wean (I don't believe it'll be that long as I will want to stop before then but I don't see why it would be a problem for her) - she also told me my periods wouldn't return until I stopped breastfeeding which clearly isn't true as they came back when DS was 7 months (quite useful in conceiving DD)
The thing is she was really nice and I don't want to get her into trouble.. But it really bothers me that she's giving mums incorrect advice that some of them may act upon.
So.. Do I write to the surgery, maybe enclosing some info on extended breastfeeding from kellymom.com?
Do I speak to the local breastfeeding group leader and ask if they can have a word/arrange for some training or something?
Do I do nothing? Or something else? WWYD?
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NiceCupOfTeaAndASitDown · 10/01/2013 16:51
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