Is there an 'extended' breastfeeding support thread?

[Unrulysun]

Or would I be better off on LLL?

Just read the 'school-age children' thread with interest but didn't want to derail :)

dd is 1 today so it's not 'extended' bf by any normal definition but judging by the number of 'Are you going to carry on breastfeeding her?' (yes because otherwise she'll be composed primarily of grapes) conversations I've had inflicted on me in the last week I think I'm going to need all the support I can get

so proud we made it this far - ha ha!

[Cosmosis]

Well done :) and happy birthday to your dd!!

I think there used to be one, my ds is only 8m, so can't join in yet though

[Unrulysun]

Cosmosis we could start a new one.

And Lenin could oversee us like a wise breastfeeding owl.

Or something.

I thought I'd do it to six months and then maybe a bit at night but it turns out she has her own ideas about that :)

[Cosmosis]

I thought I'd do 6m and see how it was going, then I thought Id do 12m, but now that 12m is only 3m away I can't imagine stopping then!

[Unrulysun]

I think it's a bit odd thinking about giving up. I'd have to go out and buy it (I'd only forget) or feed her cow's milk. It's for cows innit

but everyone else think I am wrong in the 'ed. Clearly.

Where do I find one of these rooms full of bfing toddlers?

[TheCountessOlenska]

Hello, I'd like to join in please - DD is 13months and shows no sign of giving up of her own accord (and I am far too lazy to actively wean)!
I didn't expect to be breast feeding a walking child with teeth that's for sure!
I breastfed her for take off on the plane last week (works a treat, didn't have a peep out of her the whole flight both ways!) I got told off for having the armrest up so that DD could lie across me to feed - I did feel a bit embarrassed when the stewardess stood there till I had unlatched DD and moved the armrest back down (cue much protest from tired baby). Then I moved it back when she'd gone (naughty!) - perhaps we need extended breastfeeding friendly seats on budgets airlines (better than crying children!)

[Unrulysun]

I think the problem was not with the armrest but with the breast :) Good for you for lifting it again.

[Unrulysun]

Lifting the armrest. Not the breast. I don't know what you did with the breast. Attempted to protect it from tiny claws probably IME.

[EsmeWeatherwax]

I'd join this thread, lol, planned to ff dd2 after total inability to bf dd1, thought I'd give bf a go in recovery room after cs, 25 months later, we're still going strong!

[WoTmania]

Ooooh, I was thinking about starting one of these (there was one, ages ago but it got very big.
I'll join in. DS2 has recently stopped (I think, last time I said that he hadn't nursed for around two weeksish adn then asked again and that was maybe 2 weeks ago now) I can' t remember when the last time he nursed was. It was a really nice way to stop, nursings gradually went from 1-3 a day to the eventual once every 5-6 days and then the last two have been two weeks apart.
DD is still nursing and cosleeping. She's 2.3.

[Albrecht]

Think this will be me. Ds is nearly 11 months and still feeding as much as he was at 6 months. I'm fine about it, although I'd like some sleep sometime and do wish he'd eat a bit more solid food as I hate chucking it away after meals.

He has had othermilk now because last week he was routeling through the cupboard and found my emergency formula carton. Turned around from cooking dinner and he punctured a hole in it and squirted it all over himself.

[TruthSweet]

I'm nursing DD2 who's 3.6y/o & DD3 who's 19m.

My extend bfing credentials are fairly respectable - DD1 nursed until 3.6y/o when she self weaned, I've been nursing since March 2005 so have notched up 62 months of continuous nursing and 103 months if you count it cumulatively (42 + 42 + 19), I'm also a LLL Peer supporter (with NHS) and a ABM Mother supporter and am hoping to start BFC training soon.

I hope that doesn't make me out to be a complete bfing aficionado

[mawbroon]

I'll join too.

DS1 is 5.7yo and ds2 is 14months.

DS1 has finally hit the stage where we can go several days between asking to nurse. And thank goodness, I have been waiting for this for a long time!! I know exactly where you are coming from LeninGrad

DS2 is nursing on demand and I still think of him as a relative newcomer to bf seeing he could potentially doing it for another 4+ years......

[Babieseverywhere]

It would be lovely to have a nice supportive thread and not be hijacked by posters wanting to tell us how wrong we are in nursing our children

I'm still nursing my three. Through DC1 (4.9 yo) is down to once every couple of days, so I am really hopeing she will wean very shortly. Expecting DC2 and DC3 to be nursing for a few more years yet.

Especially nice to hear from celadon and mawbroon as they have older nurselings than me, hurrah :)

[purcellfan]

A supportive thread would be helpful for us too. My ds is 22 mths, still bfing and mostly co-sleeping, can't see him stopping for a while (also following path of least resistance and don't want to force him to stop). I find ithard to get to real life support groups as they often clash with work.

[LargeGlassofRed]

Still breast feeding my twins who are 22 months, dt1 has pneumonia at the moment so feeding all the time!

[MummyBerryJuice]

Hi all. Congratulations on your DD's birthday OP. I'm still bf 17mo DS and am 18 weeks pregnant (am on pregnant and breastfeeding thread also)
I don't get much flak for it in RL but then I don't know many people in Britain and my friends here are a part of the bf support group. I know MIL and FIL have their issues with it but... hey-ho!

[RhinestoneCowgirl]

Hey can I join? Although DD is a mere babe at 2y5m :)

Fed her older brother until 2y, when he stopped I was about 4m pg and had only been having 1 feed a day. DD has had more feeds for longer, but recently has had less as she is sleeping through the night - tends to come in about 5am for a bf and to use the potty then heads back to her bed. Throughout the day it depends what we're doing, she tends to ask more if we're at home.

[pearlgirl]

Can I join too - currently bf ds4 who is a mere baby at 13 months , but did bf ds3 until he was over 5 (he stopped so gradually that I can't remember exactly when). I am hoping to get to 2 years with this boy.

[Unrulysun]

I have been out eating an ice cream the size of my head celebrating dd's birthday. :)

Love the idea that 14 months is relatively new!

So for you more experienced mums what (if anything) changed about nursing as your baby got older?

[WoTmania]

what changed? Being able to negotiate and delay when it really was't convenient

[rubyslippers]

I'd like to join

DD is 19 months and still going

I agree it is easier to distract now although if we are at home, and I sit down on the sofa, DD inevitably comes and asks but if we are out and about she wont bother

I am another one who thought I would feed for 6 months

[rubyslippers]

unrulysun - happy birthday to your DD