Come on Aibu rather than the breastfeeding board as I think you trusty vipers will give it to me straight.😂
Reading a thread on this board has got me thinking. I am still breastfeeding my DD who will be 1 year old this month and I am wondering if I am holding her back/doing it for too long?
My 2 older children stopped breastfeeding at 3 months and 4 month respectively (not my choice but I had to go onto formula) and I know literally no one who has breastfed past 6 months old. I thought my DD would stop when we introduced food but tbh she has shown no interest in stopping, she still feeds to sleep and she co sleeps still (again not my choice but it was the only way to get sleep!). She averages about 3 feeds during the day and she wakes once at night. She will not take any bottle at all, not even expressed breast milk believe me I've tried.
She also has not teeth yet which I think is due to her breastfeeding as my boys both had teeth by 9 months. She also doesn't walk, she can crawl but she prefers to bum shuffle herself along.
I'm worried that breastfeeding her this long is holding her back, she is supposed to start kindergarten in September but she is still a baby and I am worried that she will be so far behind the other children, but I have no idea how to get her to stop she won't take a bottle, she can't have formula has it makes her have awful reflux (first time I ever experienced this too) and she won't take ordinary milk.
Be honest vipers am I breastfeeding her to long? Am I holding her back?? Any suggestions would be welcome.