how do you deal with a very interested 3 year old when breastfeeding?

[misdee]

i stopped feeding her a year ago now. i am pregnant with dc#4 and am planning to breastfeed again.

this morning, dd3 came in my bed and said she was thirsty. i said i'd get her some milk, 'no mummy, i want some of your boob milk'

'i don't have any in there anymore'

'but i want chocolate milkshake in that one' she says jabbing me in the right-hand side breast.

its going to be interesting isnt it?

Oh no...I'm planning another this yr...dd will hopefully be about 3 when he/she arrives...stopped feeding her mid feb... (presuming I concieve as fast as I did last time...!) She jumped into bed the other morning when there was no bottle of milk waiting 'boobies! boobies!' and started shuffling down the bed to get in position

lol we get that a lot these days. little monkey.

she keeps saying when she is born and a baby again she can have breastmilk again. hehe.

i used to read ds1 a book when feeding ds2. when i was feeding dd2, dd1 used to get a bit jealous so i gave her a bottle of cows milk(in a baby bottle) even though she had long been using a cup-she was much younger though

DD2 thinks I stopped breastfeeding her because she finished all of my milk, she knows I will produce milk for the new baby and is planning on having some herself. I stopped 18 months ago, she has just turned four yet is still totally boob obssesed!

my dd is a bit younger than yours misdee, she'll be 3 in june. i stopped b-feeding her when she was 18 months, but she is still obsessed with my boobs. likes to twiddle nipples to get to sleep . i am fed up of it, but feel a bit mean as she clearly finds it very comforting. i'm certainly not having another baby though!

My ds sometimes says he wants some milk when dd is feeding (he's 4.9 yrs!). I say it wouldn't work for him because the milk is only for babies and he's big now. I remind him that he had milk when he was a baby too, but now it's dd's turn, then change the subject and distract him. He seems to accept it and doesn't get upset, but occasionally still asks.

well, if you wouldn't find it too weird you could let her try.
I expect that after this long she'd have forgotten how to suck properly and probably won't be able to get anything out anyway.

my 3 1/2 year old who was unable to breastfeed as a baby recentley expressed an interest when dd2 was feeding - I let her have a go and it was quite cute. For a couple of days she'd come over and have a quick 2 or 3 sucks - she told me it tasted lovely but could I please squirt some into a cup for her to drink! after a day or two she lost interest and hasn't asked yet.

I'm a bit disturbed to hear about all these young breast-addicts! dd2 turned 2 last week and is a hopeless addict - my mum keeps going on about us having a weekend away and when we get back dd would have forgotten about breastfeeding and wouldn't ask again. yeah right... looks like I'll be breastfeeding for a few thousand years yet. I don't really mind- it's just the whole wanting to sleep with my nipple clamped between her teeth thing..

Yes theres nothing like a two year old boy rummaging in my top when we are out and about (specially in front of the ILs ha ha) looking for boobies - He was bf till 8 months so it looks like their memories go back a long way!

I let my dd, who was nearly 5, have a go. She couldn't get anything - she had completely forgotten the technique! Then I said "Never mind - there are some chocolate buttons in the kitchen" and that was the end of that!

I bought DD (2.9) a doll when DS came along 4 months ago so that she could feed 'her baby' when I was feeding mine. Unfortunately I only managed to bf DS for 2 months but when DD feeds her doll she still lifts up her top and puts the doll to her chest - v sweet. The other day DH joked that DD clearly has more staying power with the bf than I did!