to think my midwife doesn't know what she is talking about regarding breastfeeding?

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I had a midwife appointment today and I took 19 month old ds with me, he was fidgety so I breastfed him, the midwife wasqquite horrified and said;

• The toddler will steal the baby's milk

-The toddler will get too many calories -Ds doesn't need breastmilk, I pointed out the WHO guidelines, she seemed unfamiliar with them. -My breasts will get too big

She was amazed and didn't seem to believe me when I told her I already had colostrum.

I have some questions I'd like to ask about breastfeeding both the baby and toddler but she seems so limited in her knowledgei don't feel I can ask her.

Oh and I really recommend the LLL book Adventures in Tandem Nursing!

YANBU. My suspicions that my midwife had known nothing about breastfeeding were confirmed when after a year I got round to reading her notes from the birth. Casually dropped in amongst the details was the tell tale phrase - "taught memememum to breast feed".

Evening all. Thanks for all the advice and useful links on this thread . Will shortly pop it in the Breast and Bottle Feeding topic section as may be more at home there.

Ignore her. Don't waste your time thinking any more. Do what suits you.
I was told by a GP my 8 month old didn't 'need' feeding anymore when I encountered difficulties. I was enraged.