To think BF-ing a 2yr old is, um, weird?

[Lucy85]

Well what do you think? I know it's a very emotive subject, but I've seen it a couple of times and it makes me come over all strange.
I BFed my baby exclusively until 7 months when I went back to work, but the thought of doing it now is just plain odd, - not wrong, it's just I can't imagine doing it to someone who can walk, talk, get their own drinks, eats proper food and is too big to lie sideways on my lap.

arf

there could be a quota system for lentil weavers at bf groups and a ticklist to see if prospective mothers fit the profile

'have you now or ever contemplated wearing a sling'

'where do you stand on fleece'

alternatively they could cruise around postnatal wards looking for well groomed women who applied lipgloss as their first postnatal act to recruit

"Maybe when people comment that we are only breastfeeding our children to meet our own needs we should reply 'happy mother, happy baby' ?
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brilliant reply!

i think its weird also lucy. 2 yr olds are quite obviously not babies and can feed themselves. i think a year is adequate.

!pregheadpumpkin am I right in assuming you are on your first with no knowledge of what bf is or whether a 2yo is a baby or not.

Also for my baby adequate is just not good enough .

It is all a bit pointless and will run and run. I doubt whether anyone changes their mind-it is either something they do, have done or would do- or they think that it says more about the needs of the mother. Just agree to differ!

I understand from the posters that say a child doesn't need breastmilk that they mean at 2 yrs old during the day their food and fluid intake should be adequate enough that they don't need it in a cafe, park playground etc.

I can see why parents use the breast like a pacifyer - eg- when a child is distressed as it's probably easier to get from the child when appropraite - hell they can't walk around town sucking your breast (can they? )

As Ive said not sure how I feel about EBF as couldn't past 7 weeks

people do change their minds from reading threads like this
i have been blamed thanked for persuading a couple of posters to carry on breastfeeding till they turned weird

actually i think threads on MN can be extremely influential
thousands of people read them
it doesn't make no difference when hurtful comments are made and people are given the wrong information

Am I being unreasonable to think that the OP is the one with the narrow minded hang up?

Breastfeeding is about nutrition, plain and simple, it is a luxury of modern western society that our breasts have been set as purely sexualised objects, were you to live not in the first world or turn the clock back (not even too far) OP you would find that your ancestors would not survive without aaahh, don't get scared, I'm going to say it - breastfeeding

Why don't you just be glad it's got humanity this far so that you can have your petty complaints.

And I'm not going to return and bicker, I just think threads like this are inflamatory and base.

Lucy85

YANBU. BF at 2yrs is, well, er, unhealthy to say the least. To suggest otherwise is absolutely riddiculous. Some strange women on here.

OP is clearly ignorant on what is and isn't natural. educate yourself and then feel embarrassed that you did this.

Isn't this all about our culture of what we classify as normal / not normal. In some cultures they would probably think it strange that a woman would give her child formula at all. I did think it was strange until I thought about it properly. I would BF for 2 years if I thought it would make a difference to my child's health and there was a lack of clean water.

Yes these thread do change minds - it has mine.

When I read the OP I first thought yes seeing a 3 year breast feed would seem a little wierd. However altho I wanted to BF I would have only done it for a year but would now consider doing it longer if my dc wanted it. I still don't feel comfortable with the idea of EBF in public NOT because I think its wrong/embarrasing etc just that I think a fully weaned child should be eating/drinking during the day but breastmilk instead of bottle/ sippy cup of milk is definatly something I have been persuaded about.

from the converted!!

"BF at 2yrs is, well, er, unhealthy to say the least."
LOL, breastfeeding is the healthiest thing you can do for your 2 year old. Dare I ask what you would recommend as a healthier source of milk for a human child ?

"BF at 2yrs is, well, er, unhealthy to say the least."

another poster who needs to educate themselves before posting.

milk from a cow's udder, OBVIOUSLY, Babieseverywhere

not from a filthy HUMAN breast

LOL, Of course CoupleofKooks

Give it another 4/6 weeks and there will be another similar thread! I still don't see that it matters-do what suits you.

never mind
we keep chipping away
"changing the world - one bigot at a time"

Actually Piecesmoon has a point perhaps we should all vow to just hop on and do a thousand [biscuits]. Advertise in the breast and bottle feeding area too that we intend to do it. I think it would really piss the op off.

OOps

One size never suits all-either all mothers or all DCs. There always seems to be an idea that 'one method' is right, but all you can say is that 'one method' is right for you. One person's heaven is another person's hell!
For some reason people always need to prove that their way is superior. I'm sure that it is a modern thing, as people have turned it into a career-parents in the past just got on with it and didn't worry about what others thought!

i haven't seen anyone on here suggesting that everyone bf their toddlers
i've seen a lot of people suggesting that we should all stop doing it, though

It always surprises me when people think that these threads don't matter. I have to disagree. I have had my mind changed, my perspective changed, countless times by reading threads on mn. As have many others ime.

It is good if it changes minds-it would be lovely to know how many it has changed.
I just can't imagine, if the internet was about 40/50 yrs ago, people needing to comment or justify.It is private thing-up to the individual.

Watched the football whilst bf my baby & 2yr old - totally normal & nice. My 2yr bf for most of the first half. Then she had some bread & had a break from tv. Saw the last 10 & she had a bf for a few mins. My smallest bf & slept in my lap.