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.

Fair enough! I am yet to have a teenager so I don’t know their general ins and outs!

Story keeps changing, but I thought you weren’t fussed about people’s take

It's no different. It's implying that women who breastfeed longer are weirdos creating emotionally stunted children. And all the comments about it being about OP's needs or for her benefit are a direct correlary to that poster's comment applying the same accusation to formula feeding.

I thought you were taking about Peru?

Anyway, initial rates of BF are higher in the U.K. than at 6-8 weeks. There is a big drop then as that’s usually the trickiest time if you have any issues!

My understanding is that the latch is lost fairly rapidly once the milk teeth start to fall out. Please correct me if I am wrong anybody but I think the suction created plays a part? Certainly they don’t need to lose ALL their milk teeth.

For most children the ability to latch is lost around 6/7 and I believe it would be very unusual for it to continue beyond the age of 8.

I don't know. It's not a dirty little secret we keep hidden away. But my partners friends views aren't going to influence what we do. It's nothing to do with them

Good for you OP - my then 2 year 10 month old DS did not want to give up breastfeeding but unfortunately I want to do an IVF transfer for a sibling and they usually won’t let you do that if still feeding (both due to the drugs and it potentially reducing the chance of the transfer working).

I do still feel slightly bad though as it’s such as comfort to them - several months later DS is still boob obsessed and constantly sticks his hands down my top 😩 I think if I’d kept producing the milk he would have kept feeding once a day for another year or two.

I agree with your outrage but there is a difference in those who breastfeed and CAN stop and those who FF because they CANNOT breastfeed. One has a choice.

A bit like the mums who pushed Turkey Twizzlers through the school gates in the aftermath of Jamie Oliver saying they were rubbish.

Form an orderly queue, mums:

Tits to the Right! Turkey Twizzlers to to the Left!

What about when they start school? Will you go to school to feed them?

Expressing in a cup fine but otherwise no, not my cup of (milkless) tea. I breastfed both of mine for just the first three months. They are six footer adults now so I think they’ve been fine with that.

I’m not sure (as I don’t know the research) what a person would think of it as they got older, would they be ok with that or will they be resentful/get the ick? 🤷‍♀️

A bit Bitty?

See above.

Point out where my story has changed?

I breastfed my daughter who is nearly six.

I asked my son how he felt about breastfed until almost five (when his friend was outside and he came in for food)

My two middle children were breastfed until they were 3/4.

Think harder

"He walked back out to his mate" and "he went back out to his friend" is not changing the story.

For anyone who said something along the lines of “I’ve tried stopping but they’re not having any of it”, a friend very easily stopped BFing her toddler by putting plasters on her nipples at bed time and saying they were hurting. 😂

Feeding to two years old and beyond is recommend by the NHS, AAP and the WHO.

Why? Because it’s natural and beneficial. Not to two and then stop, and beyond. It was recommended to me by an NHS nurse who ran our childbearing session things and by my first midwife - that’s older than two, not just an under 1. Feeding toddlers is normal, natural and recommended. Older than toddlers can also get benefits both health-wise and comfort-wise. Do your research.

Again, think harder. Not the bit I’m referring to

I was not the poster talking about Peru. I was responding to the poster who said that lots of mothers at her child's school breastfeed school-age children; I quoted the 0.5% figure at one year to show how unlikely that was - as indeed the later figures show.

I think this is right. My daughter has lost three teeth and her latch is getting really lazy and shallow since she started losing them.

There's nothing to think about. It's literally the same comment applied to a different choice about feeding. But your double standards are noted.

Nope...still can't see where story has changed....

I'd have to suspend logic to understand what you're trying to say in both cases!

Sorry, that was in reply to @fashionqueen0123