to feel annoyed that people are ALREADY asking me when I'm stopping breastfeeding...

[girlwiththecherrytattoo]

...DD is 7m! Already family members and one or two friends have started saying "Are you STILL breastfeeding? When are you going to give up?"
One said that they knew of a 2 year old who is BF at night and that that was completely "weird".

I worked so hard to get BFing right, and I'll give up when DD is ready! Why do people have such issues with it?

Also, when I said the WHO recommends BFing till age 2, I was told that only applies to 3rd world countries.

oh lord, another BF thread... I'm not sure I have the energy...

BUT, OP, just tell them to MYOB.

Find some better friends.

Your kid, your tit, do with both as you please.

Nice! ??

Hormones or what - you can ask what you like on here as far as I last looked?!

Not surprised at all GWTCT, i have not even had my baby yet and the MIL has asked me this questions, suggesting perhaps that rather than bond with my baby by feeding from the breast, i perhaps express from day 1 then she can get her claws into the poor little thing (oh watch I will be flamed for even saying the word "MIL" in a minute!)

You feed as long as you want to and can do so practically, thats what I plan on doing, and if i cant breast feed at all either for whatever reason, i wont be persecuted or feel bad either :o)

Your doing your best for your baby, who could ever argue with that x

I had a difficult time establishing bfing with dd1 and at 7 mos I was not going to give up because it was too convenient to give up especially when stuff was so bloody hard at the start. Why was I going to short change myself of the reward?

their questioning are projections of the uninformed decisions they have made for themselves.

Breastfeed for as long as it suits you and your child and practice serene indifference.

"Are you STILL breastfeeding?"
"Yes, we're still breastfeeding and we're both enjoying it. Isn't that great?"

(alternative reply: "Are you STILL being an interfering busybody? When are you going to give up?")

I'm still breast feeding a 3 year year old, purely because he is adamant he doesn't want to give it up. His siblings gave up voluntarily about when about 12 months old. I might be unusual, but definately not weird. Was reading recently about the various hormones release during breastfeeding, one of which is commonly know as the 'nurturing or mothering hormone'. I therefore think if my body is flooded with the hormone because I'm still breastfeeding, it can only make me a better mother.

My hubby was keen for me to stop bf earlier, but once I was invited to train as a bf peer support counsellor by my Health Visitor, and started bringing all the info back home, he changed his mind! Have a look at Le Leche League and also their book on 'Womanly Art of Bf' which your local Children's Centre should have for borrowing.

I had a wobble at "still" BFing DS at about 12mo, but now at 17mo we're both quite happy.

Having said that, tbh, I am pretty private about it, as he got so distracted if I tried to feed him out that I have only fed at home or in the car for a long while now. I don't really talk to people about it in RL, except a few from my NCT group. I had to make it clear that I was still happily feeding to a few of them a while back, so they know that I don't want to hear the "How could anybody do that?" sorts of conversations.

I'm hoping he will wean himself off at around the 2yo mark .

You do it as long as you both want to .

I am ridiculously over impressed who manage to bf to 1, 2, 3 yrs +.

If I saw you bf a 2yr old I'd probably want to give you a round of applause.