I still breastfeed my 5 year-old

[TandemFeeder]

I’ve had another baby too so am now a tandem feeder. Happy to answer any questions.

I still breastfeeding my almost 6 year old, so hello from me...and well done!!! I have never tandem fed, so my question is about that...do you ever feel totally touched out?

Maybe this is a dumb question, but why? Why not stop at 1 year or 2 etc

Thank you. Same to you. I am fortunate that I can honestly say I have never felt touched out, even when feeding the two of them together. I know some mothers do feel like this.

Why?!

This is really really disturbing

6? you’re stunting them so much my god

Not a dumb question at all.

It wasn’t something I particularly set out to do. Things just evolved this way. My goal originally was to get to six months, then to a year then to two.

There was a time when I thought I’d need to wean to conceive again, yet it turned out that just reducing feeds was enough (although this isn’t the case for everyone). I then thought DS might wean during the pregnancy. Yet he wanted to keep going and I was happy with that, so there was no reason to stop really.

So when will you stop?

congratulations op i think that’s a brilliant effort.

my question: has he/ she ever mentioned it to their friends at school? is that a potential issue you’ve wondered about?

Surely there is no need for BF after the age of 3.eg as the child is getting enough nutrients and vitamins from food. I find it odd and self indulgent to still be doing it. And a child of school age is super weird. If his class mates knew he would be teased unmercifully.

Breastfeeding 5/6 year olds mental if you ask me.
The mums i know that have breastfed kids stop around 12 months or so.
But 5/6 year olds no way to far imo.
There ive said it.

There's plenty of things I wouldn't do in public but are perfectly healthy! I didn't feed my older child in public because he only fed before bed, but I imagine many don't because of perceived judgement.

My DS self-weaned just before his 5th birthday. I fed my eldest DD until she turned 3. I tandem fed for anout 3 weeks bit I think the change to the milk put DD off.

No questions to ask right now!

I suggested many times to my 4yo DS that he might prefer milk in a cup, but he was adamant he wouldn't! Feeding definitely wasn't self-indulgent!

You’re very brave op to post as lots of people won’t understand as it’s not their own norm. I bf ds until he was 4 and dd until 3. Well done!

breastmilk doesn’t magically lose its nutritional value when a child reaches a certain age, just like dairy milk doesn’t stop having nutritional value at any point.

Why?
At almost 6 i think school and drinking from cups and eating from plates not being breastfed.
Or am i missing something.

Do his school friends know?

Haha...you've not met my child

Stunted 🤣🤣

She's bright, independent, happy, healthy.

How is doing something biologically normal (the natural weaning age can be anything up until 7ish) stunt a child?

By that rationale, nobody would ever stop breastfeeding.

Why would you do this?

The lastEmperor ofChina was breast fed until he was at least 8.

Didn’t end well for him.

This!!

How often do they feed? Has starting school changed anything?

Dd self weaned around 2.6 when I was pregnant with Ds - think my milk was changing. Ds was almost 3 when he stopped - at that point it was only bedtime or if he was ill/hurt

I wonder if people don’t realise it’s usually only a 1 or 2 times a day max at that age - not like they are on you as often as a 1 year old!

I have told DS that I will no longer BF him once his GCSE's are over