Surestart breastfeeding mums group is my baby too old?

[Fernie3]

I have seen a breastfeeding mums group advertised and wondered if they are generally for newborns as support or if older babies tend to go? My baby is only 6.5 months but obviously of its a newborn support group might we might not fit in?
Has anyone been to a surestart group like this what do you think?

Occasionally I go to our local 'BF group' which is run by a Sure Start midwife - DS is 6m now.

Its a bit crap though as I am the only BFer out of 16 or so regulars and they say that once they are 1 you 'can' (I think they mean 'must') go to the Sing'n'Talk group instead.

But this area is rubbish for things like that (rural - the midwife running it is sent from 25 miles away once a week) so I expect most places have better BF groups. I'd go along if I were you.

I still sometimes go to the one at my SureStart centre - DD is 8.5 months. There is a range of baby ages there. The people who run the group really encourage us old-timers to come and give peer support to those with new babies.

Yes- you can show everyone how much easier it is to bfeed a 6 mo old than a newborn.

I stopped going to ours as it was all toddlers & dd3 was a tiny baby. Didn't feel in the right place at all. Quite a few didn't/weren't bf either.

The BfN one near me is run by people from the Surestart centres and has a variety of age babies there.

at the children's centre near where i live there's a BF support group with babies from 0-2, plus another nearby children's centre has a BF group and a "BF+" group for older babies. i think they had to split the original group because they had so many

if in doubt just ring up and ask really. we staggered in the door of our local place when DS was 6 days old and to be honest it's so good i think we might move in

Go along and give it a go. I go to a bfn group most weeks. My dd is 10 months old. In our group the age range is 0 - 3 years at the moment and everybody is made to feel welcome. Its not just for new mums with problems. Its a great way to meet other mums too and as crikey said, it'll be good for you to show how breastfeeding generally gets easier over time and that it can be done!

I'm going to my local surestart bf group with 18 day old ds3 (been twice so far). He is by far the youngest baby there, most of the babies there are between 7 months and 15 months old. I think there is one baby there that is still bf at 18 months, but none older than that.

Our group see the Surestart premises and our youngest is DS at 13 months . Not that we're not activelly getting to 'recruit' new members, we are. Just no one seems interested .

Go along. They may be exactly your type of people they may even over you a

'See' should be 'use'

My bf group is my lifeline and the babies are all ages - the oldest is 2 years old I think. You don't just have to go if you're finding bf tough either - it's also a social thing. Try it and see what the vibe's like, mine is really lovely.

Go along anyway, wear a smile, you may discover how much you already know but don't realise it yet till you meet mothers who are just starting out on the same journey and also provide a role model for new mums. It can be a big confidence booster for you.

that is poxy QoFE. The NHS sets out no upper age limit for breastfeeding so it is wrong to tell a mother she cannot attend an NHS financed group. Just smile at her and say, oh no, you are very comfortable with this group. If she is more direct on what she really wants to tell you consider putting in a complaint in writing.

Definitely go! At our group there are BFing 3yos so 6m definitely not too old :)