Oh my God! Are you still breastfeeding, don't you want your life back?

[Sushipaws]

This is what someone said to me this weekend.

DD is almost one and I'm getting pressure from all sides to stop bf'ing. It's not all strong comments but lots of subtle hints.

DD has 4 bf's a day, most of these are done in the house so I don't even see how it effects anyone else. If I start on bottles now it's just more work and expense and it's not as good for my baby as bf.

I have a life, I work pt, I even went away on a hen weekend recently.

Are there any other freaks like me out there who don't want to stop.

yet again i agree with bb9 - def sour grapes. Ignore them.

guys, i dont know why y'all being so negative and giving me your ppp. i mean, i breastfed all my kids till they was bout seven, maybe eight. also i know for fact my husband likes it. everyone in our house gets there fair share of calcium. i mean comeon, dont you want your kids to have strong teeth and bones. by not breastfeeding, you are not giving them that oppertunity. sicko.
im soo pissed at you guys. listen to me, take it from bertha. i have five kids (another one on the way) i think i know what im talking about okay...problem, i very much doubt it. yeah thats what i thought.

well im away, the kids are calling. want the milky goodness. they call me the milkybar mum.

BS.xxx much love amigos.

here4hubbz??

This thread was looking so positive... And then there was here4ubbz!

I agree with all of the loverly MNers who suggest that you just ignore them. It really is not anybody else's concern. You are doing a fabulous thing and so long as you are content there is no reason to change the arrangement.

I do contend that most people are well meaning when they suggest that you might want your life back but it does seem rather an odd perspective. What would they stand to gain if you fed your child from a bottle or a cup?

I shall remember to be thankful that my family don't live near enough to make similar suggestions. DD2 was 2 this month and I am still feeding her. I have no plans to stop until she loses interest as she is likely our last and I quit with the first three when I was pg...

enter stage left: 14 yr old spotty lad who needs to wash his sticky fingers before using a keyboard.

trip trap.

Still feeding my 3-y-old. Who cares? He wants it. If it's natural, (I have the milk, he has the mouth reflex to get it out of my boobs), then a bunch of small-minded, era-culture-brain-washed non-thinking sheep twonks won't get in the way of a good thing. It's good for him, for god's sake!

Just wanted to add my name to the Roll of Honour! Still bfeeding after nearly 13 months - and I have a lovely and enriched new life, and a very happy little boy too. I hope this thread has inspired any other mums out there not to stop feeding their babies after 6 months / a year etc because of the expectations of society i.e. other people who don't matter. Congratulations all round!

Just stopped feeding dd2 - one month shy of her 3rd birthday - she self-weaned. So though I am not a BFer anymore - at heart I still am (and probably still would be given the choice).