to be really pleased that I'm still BFing my 13mo

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Purely because I've just realised the Breastfeeding room in my local mall has free wifi? I'm sitting here on a vaguely comfy sofa and browsing MN :o

I still breastfeed an over-two year old, born at 35 weeks and little. I was feeding on demand until a month or so ago. And until then I was fed and resettled tosleep every two to three hours. There were times I fed 18 hours out of 24 because I worried about her size. So no, not easy, but just part and parcel ofmotherhood. I'd still cringe if someone said well done (not that they did)

I don't know, there's a faint tang of 'them and us' to this.

Still, I'd not want to piss on op's bonfire, and will say I'm glad it worked out the way you wanted

otchayaniye- I see your point and agree to a certain extent. Maybe not a 'gasp of awe', but I definitely think OP should feel a sense of achievement. I have no idea if she faced any challenges along the way, but I know that my bf journey hasn't been a completely smooth one and I feel pleased I'm still bf my DCs.

Well done OP for keeping going for 13 months. BF an older baby has some great advantages (most already mentioned) and you should feel proud.

otchayaniye - is it bollocks like congratulationg someone for breathing!!!

breastfeeding is hard work, even if the baby latches on no dramas and feeds like clockwork. it is a physically challenging task, especially in the first few weeks. i'm sure i wasn't the only mum who promised herself 6 months and got to 6 weeks thinking ' farking hell! do i even want to carry on that long'. i did, to 12 months then i stopped because dd lost interest but 12 months was a hard slog and i am really, really proud of myself

op yanbu!!! well done my love x

and fgs can no one start whining that this thread is offensive to ff.

furthermore, in the first few weeks when it hurt like hell and i was knackered all the time it was the priase i got from midwives/hv that buoyed me up and made me want to stick at it. and i'm not ashamed that at 31 i still need praise, new motherhood is a very emotionally sensitive time

i have to agree with you there otch, i do cringe if someone says "well done" to me. i do think, "i'm just feeding him" but then i think well, you know what, it was tough for a while and i persevered and it's an achievement so i take the praise graciously.

Cross posts otchayaniye. Sounds as if you have faced a real bf challenge yourself. I know what you mean about feeling you're being congratulated on something you see as just part of the 'job' so to speak.

i definitely dont get a sense of 'us and them' on this thread however.

me neither booyhoo.

ach, I don't think this will turn into one of those us and them threads, so ignore me! I think I was reading too much into it (although you could play devils advocate and say the whole idea of patting yourself on the back for mothering implies very very faintly that anyone who didn't reach this watershed doesn't deserve self-praise -- but that's probably the conclusion a paranoid sleepless wreck would reach!)

Ignore me.

I am still breastfeeding too and my DD is 16months. I was told off by the nurse for still breasfeeding which came as a shock. I totally love breastfeeding so OP yanbu

@ otch, i think it is safe to ignore that last one indeed!

has dc learnt to latch on (normal position, looking up at mummy) then try to turn over, throw their arm back over their shoulder, clonking you on the nose and then stand on one leg with the other in the air? makes for very stretchy nipples!!

nose picked,lol!

and why the hell do they slip their fingers into the other side to twiddle the other nipple?

ds 2yrs

Hmm, wasn't actually looking for a Well Done - only started thread because of the free wifi thing :o

I mean, I am proud because these days it is quite unusual (and I really struggled BFing my first child) but at the same time it's not really a big deal - we just kept going as I couldn't be arsed to change the status quo!

Well done. I failed in hosptial and paid for a relactation consultant to get my milk back at 4 weeks then I had to stop at 5 half months. My body shut down my let down reflex due to anxiety and sleep deprivation. I did evrrything I cold to breastfeed. I still miss it.

Just for the record, I breastfed DD2 until she was 2 and a quarter (her 2 siblings till 13 months each). DD2 is the most loving, sweet-naturedand happy child you could wish for, and I put that partly down to v close bond through extended bfing and co-sleeping till same age.

V hard work (too hard to go through again with dc3) but worth it.

You will be glad you did it.

I'm still bfing DS at 21 months as i dont know how to stop and we are now cosleeping for half the night anyway so i dont think i will be stopping any time soon he just likes it too much

I also like the free wifi

for myself.
for you, OP. Well done.

Ooh dont beat yourself up about it diziet. One thing I've finally come to realise after having 2 kids is that nobody can do everything 'right.' and that no single issue, be it BFing or whatever else the experts sell books on, is the be all and end all of parenting.

My happiness at feeding DS was somewhat marred by guilt that it hadn't worked so well with DD - it really got me down. After a while I realised i had to let go of that guilt - I'd done the best I could and that's good enough in my book :)

how very exciting!! Now i just wish my DD2 had carried on BF then i could have been enjoying it too!! :)

She stopped feeding about 4 weeks ago- milk completely dried up... :( :( she's 20mths but my last baby... i'm so sad and heartbroken... and to top it all off the last week or so she keeps coming to me for feeds and is really upset when i say i can't... :(

Make the most of it!!! :)

I BF my DD1 till she was 15.5 months and had so many negative reactions including 'that's discusting' from a close friend!
Later I laughed at her when her 13 month old still BF :o

Ive not met many ppl in rl who BF over 12 months so good to hear so many positive stories.

YANBU I'm still feeding an 18 month old.That's a benefit of breast feeding I've never come across but not unreasonable to get the NHS to add it to the list!

hehe, there are some very definite compensations... Not least of which is that my 14 mo appears to have avoided the hideous sicky bug that is running around our house- this I attribute to breastfeeding. I think she is actually ill as well, as she's only accepting milk and pomegranate at the moment, but there's no puking and no diarrhea from her.

I bf the older children for increasing lengths of time- 14 m with the first, 18 m with the second, 24 m with the third. Don't know when I'll stop with this one- probably around 2.

My DD and I got a sickness bug too last week. We really suffered but DS threw up once, and after a bf was fine!

Good for all of you carrying on "so long" . My DD self weaned about 6 weeks ago, just before her first birthday so a bit and

I don't beat myself up much about it anymore - after all, the DC are 5 and 3 respectively! But when I see people BFing I do get a bit wistful and yes, a bit too.
Keep going as long as you both want to though, why not??
I'm still going to keep working on the time travel though, it might be useful...!