Anyone want to continue the fascinating convo on EBF? Thread title was something like: 'bfing a 2 yo is weird'

[SpeedyGonzalez]

Didn't realise I was posting the last post!

Aw Second, not the sweatshop 'argument' again...pleeease.

Shall we try and think of other random cultural or social events that occur in the lives of 2yos aropund the world and make some kind of spreadsheet?

I mean clearly if we can't do one, we shouldn't do another..? This reasoning is very shoddy.

Dear God. If you want to bf your child bf your child. If you want to give it formula/cows milk/fruitshoot then give it that but ffs just shut up about it and get on with life!

Thesecondcoming Here are my reasons for why I think it is different. Disclaimer I have no axe to grind or judgmental of ff. A dummy causes lots of orthodontic problems, Formula is no longer a fulfilling drink for a baby over 1year and they switch to cows milk (sorry if that is not exactly right) bf continues to change and be a healthy valuable part of a young child's diet, Which IMO means while ff is no longer physically necessary having no health benefits, dummies can damage a child's teeth but breast milk is still beneficial that is why I have no problems with children drinking it past age 3 and don't think it should be classed as unnecessary . (However personally have no problems with ff or dummies after age 3)

Should we post on flights thread so as not to annoy the accommodating ladies on AIBU.

(Quoted)"if you'd read the last thread,you'd have seen the child who was doing 'the most natural thing in the world' was apparently surrounded by his peers (who he'll be at school with in about ooh 8 weeks) like he was a freak show.
in those circumstances would you think it fair on the child to do that.give the kid a bottle of water or a cup ffs. "

DD was BF until the spring before starting reception, occasionally this would have happened at nursery / at other children's homes with the children she later started school with.

It was really no big deal to any of them, I think there was at least one other child in the circle who BF into late-toddlerhood so perhaps that helped - in that there was no negative reaction from other parents, which might feed into undue curiosity from the children.

Other children either weren't interested or just didn't really notice.

In our house its called "Mummy milk".

My son is 17 months and i have just stoped the mid-day feed but i couldn't imagne him not being breastfeed at night as he wants it so much or first thing in the morning.

Its normal in my family to bf till 3 and a half or until they start school. My mum and sisters have bf all their kids and the men in our family are very supportive of it.

I dont understand why people "want" to ff? If you cant bf fine ff but to not even try to feed your child yourself is just not right to me!

Wanttofly - because people are different and have different priorities, wants, needs and desires?

I guess within such a supportive environment it must seem unthinkable that bfing wouldn't be attempted, but then few of us have that sort of support.

Some have families and partners who are totally opposed to it.

That must be awful. I stopped HEing my son because I had literally no support and could not sustain that level of independence of action against the incomprehension and doubt of my entire family. They were furious about it and talked about reporting us to social services

I feel terrible for giving in over that, but then we are all subject to what our circumstances allow in some way or another.

dd is 15 months and still breastfed, i'm 34 weeks pregnant as well, that gets some funny looks

i call it milkies, she calls it mi'kies, milk (pronounced miluk by dd) is the stuff in the fridge

i breastfed ds (when i was 18) until he was 2 and self weaned and i had planned to let dd self wean although now that i will be feeding 2 there may be a time when i have to wean her for my sanity