Aww poor dd!

Nice to seeyou have a supportive GP! And she is absolutely correct of course!

Poor little DD got sent home from nursery early yesterday because she'd been sick. She snuggled in a just fed and fed when we got home. Mum came home a couple of hours later and asked her if she wanted some milk I told her milk was a bad idea for a child who'd been sick so she asked her if she wanted yogurt!

That same yogurt came back up all over the doctors surgery . When the doctor (who I'd never met before, to make it worse) said that actually milk and milk products- incl yogurt- were a bad idea for a child being sick I told her that grandma had given it to her and she looked very sympathetic. She was the first doctor I've ever come across who didn't bat an eyelid when I said I was still BF, and who suggested it was the best thing for her while she's not feeling too good.

DD much brighter today.

I quite agree picklemama! My mum is equally supportive, my dad has also never said anything about it, though if he did I think my DSM would have a few words for him .But I think that natural term breastfeeding is more common in Spain.
It still wouldn't stop me even if I did get looks off people, my little ds is a total boob addict. I just love his little face when he is feeding, he always raises his eyebrows like he is really concentrating. Though I agree the boob pinching and kneading is rather irritating!

elvislives - to your mum and her cat's bum face! My mum is fairly supportive of me feeding my ds, but does sometimes mention 'you're a bit big for that now' (he's nearly 2)- though not sure if she really thinks that or if she thinks he's mithering me up. My dad thinks it's a leetle bit embarassing, but then my mum was given no encouragement at all to bf me and my brother a few decades back, so they've got no experience of it.

MamaArwen - welcome!

I was lounging in bed with my lovely child this morning, when he stopped feeding for a mo and said 'Mummy milk! Nice!'. What's not to like? (Well, apart from the damned fiddlin', pinchin' and pokin'!)

mawbroom until we sell our house

DD got up this morning in a really cheerful mood rabbiting on about "I feed a mummy ina bed", which went down like a lead balloon. I won't stop feeding her just because other people don't like it, but it's not fun to have someone so openly anti.

So pleased to hear that others have older toddlers still nursing. Welcome mamaarwen. My DD is feeding a number of times a day (and night)

Ah <penny rolls around floor>

Congratulations.

He still plays with it you know!!

Welcome MamaArwen!

You are very welcome - and you are not alone!

I know 4 other RL mums who have breastfed for as long as or longer than I have (ds is 22mo), 3 of them I met through mumsnet!

You will actually know who I am better than anyone Mawbroon!
How is ds' obsession with the salad spinner ?
<awaits sound of penny dropping>

Welcome MamaArwen. Tandeming a great idea .

Oh, sorry, and welcome MamaArwen.

HappyAccident - I'm rubbish at working out who people are when they name change!! But congratulations on your news.