I breastfed my child til she was 6yr old AMA

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DD was breastfed til she was 6. Ask me anything

Good on you.

Some of the comments on her are quite shocking towards you and shows the ignorance of why breastfeeding rates up to 6 months are so poor let alone to beyond that.

Each family do what's right for them and what better milk for a toddler than mummy's milk.

A 6yo is not a toddler; I’ve no particular issues with breastfeeding a toddler but 6?

Just wanted to say well done OP

We’ve had this in my family with a family members kids until 6/7. It is great. I personally as an outsider saw absolutely no downside in that particular family set up.

I BF until 2.5 but was sick of it by then so we mutually weaned aka I didn’t offer and discouraged when asked. DS was an utterly unpleasant feeder by that stage, a little messer so I was done but extending feeding is nothing but positive when it works.

if you were to insert anything into another persons genitals that is rape

No in humans it's sexual assult, in the US if unconsentual it may be rape, but in the UK, where this website is based it is not.

OP you are brilliant and DD sounds lovely.

I BF DS1 until 32 months but had to wean him due to wanting to conceive DS2. He's still going at 27 months. Everyone's telling me to give up

continually That's your prerogative. This aim of this thread to make everyone want to breastfeed til their child is 6. It's simply an opportunity for people to ask me questions about my experience

Praisebe

This is about a mother breast feeding a child, it's not the thread for you to push this agenda, it's not the right thread for you to bring anything sexual in to it, and this certainly isn't the site to downplay rape.

lindah thank you

niamh thanks and well done to you! BF a toddler is certainly an experience isn't it!

shackup. Thanks and well done! I found answering every question with 'why?' Shut up the naysayers

I think its great. I wouldnt do it myself.
We did 2 years & I was glad DD stopped in a way.

People are just ignorant OP. Also, if they haven't done something, they take you doing it differently as a criticism, if that makes sense.

DS1 used to call my boobs 'jam and bread' (that's what they tasted like??!)

Thanks for posting this thread OP.
Re being touched out, I'd feel better if boyo would stay in his own bloody bed at night. Argh. We'll get through it. He too gets upset when I suggest stopping. It's hard.

At 4 years old I still BF my girl. As it's night and morning I don't think her school friends know. Did your DDs friends know? I worry about stigma for her now she is at school.

shackup I did find that some people did indeed see me breastfeeding as a criticism of their choices. They then felt it okay to criticise me!
badumtum I can totally empathise with that! DD still likes to have a sleep over in my bed! But these days sleeps in her own bed and goes to bed no problem - I sometimes miss her snuggles tho!

Theresalways Like I said earlier my DD never thought to mention it as it was something so mundane why would she?! She wouldn't tell her friends I tucked her into bed or that I gave her a hug as it was just what we did. BF was the same.

On the occasions it came up between me and the other mum's - I was a BF peer supporter so it was often a topic of conversation which invariably turned to 'how long did you feed for' - DD might join in and give her opinion on BF but she was never teased at all. If anything kids either weren't interested or my DD 'sold' it as something so amazing other kids were like 'wow!'

@Praisebe

Would you shut up and go to bed. Stop ruining threads about something you know nothing about. People like you are the reason vegans have this reputation, do the world a favor and pipe the Fuck down. We're all adults, we all know about the diary industry, we all know what goes on. You're making yourself and the rest of you, wrongly for the non preachy, look ridiculous. Leave the OP to discuss breastfeeding and stop trolling.

And as some one who has been raped, your stupid comments about sexual assault are dispicable. Get an education.

Op I fed dd until she was 4.5 yrs. we suffered no ill effects, she remembers it fondly and it is normalised in our house. Makes me sad how divorced many people are from the fact that humans are mammals and bf is perfectly natural and healthy until early childhood.

Amazing achievement, OP! It is such a challenge in a culture like the UK. Well done. What a fabulous start to life for your DD!

I really struggled to bf DD1 and was mix feeding by day 10. With lots of peer support and great leaders in the LLL, I was successful with DD2 in EBF to 6 months and then on demand, day and night, until she was 2 as recommended by the WHO. DH and I then night weaned her and she is happy with morning and bedtime feeds at 4 years.

I am astounded at the difference in quality of her attachment compared to DD1. I am so thankful I found the LLL for support.

Well done. I can't imagine breastfeeding at 6 but I never thought I'd be breastfeeding a 3 year old either and about to embark on tandem😬

Choccy I was the same-it was tough at times but oh the relief from engorgement the toddler gave-better than any pump! feel free to pm if you need any support.

Thanks @Haggisfish I'm hoping there's many benefits to the tandem. Namely a much better supply than first time. 😄