Is this weird? 4.5 yr old ds wants to have some breast milk?

[Quicksilver]

Since I had my 12 wk old dd, my ds has been fascinated by the feeding process.
He keeps asking if he can try some of the 'special baby milk', but I say no and that it is just for babies.

However i am now starting to feel mean and am considering expressing some milk for him to drink.

Does this sound odd? Has anyone else done this?

I love it

I think it's such a shame when kids 'lose' the ability to say things EXACTLY how they are

You know where you are with a 4yr old

"Mummy, those shoes are like old ladies shoes, I don't want you to wear them" (dd1, 4.4)

I've offered DD and DS my milk but they both say yuck and ask for the milk from the fridge

I love the way children are so blunt, DD(7) explained to FiL how babies are squeezed out of the vagina, and then durng a Q&A session with her pregnant teacher asked her 'will you be having a vaginal birth or a caesarian?'

DD1 was playing with a little girl at the park yeaterday, who was deaf

DD said on the way home, "I made friends with X and X had a baby brother and X is deaf because her ears don't work very well and she has lovely pink things in her ears to make her hear better and X had the same sandals as me and...." blah blah blah

All said so normally and naturally, and straight to the point

Oh my god VictorianSqualor what was her reply - or is your dd still waiting for her answer?

When I was still feeding ds dd would often ask for some, in fact when I got out the pump she always crowded round for a share. In fact when ds now 2 was about 9 months old he and dd had a horrible stomach bug and the dr actually asked if since I was bf I could express some for dd if she would drink it.

She dealt with it rather well I believe and said that she was hoping for a vaginal birth but if there was an emergency she would have a caesarian.

No further detail though, I expect DD explained it all in the playground

Yes 4 year old speak is amazing - no tact, no malice, no agenda - just saying what to them is a simple fact.

When ds was asked a question at his pre-school recently, he replied to the teacher 'Well I would have expected a 53 year old to know that already!'

LOL Quicksilver!

I had lots of milk one day so expressed it and put it in a cup for DS2. DS1 picked the cup up and had a sip and spat it out and saying "Bleugh - I don't like DS2's milk!"

I did ask him when DS2 was younger whether he wanted to bf and he said no. He is fascinated by it though. If DS2 is crying he shouts out "DS2 wants his nipple"!

I am pregnant and ds(4.4) will be 4.10 when baby is born.
Ds has always been very interested in my boobs and is fascinated by the idea htat he used to bf, and always wants to see the one picture that we have of of him breastfeeding.
I was wondering how he will re-act when baby is born. I don't think he will be jealous, because he desperately wants a sibling.
But he may be VERY jealous of the fact that baby is bf and he can not.

mum2ben your ds sounds like mine.

Oblomov do you think you will let him try some breast milk if he asks?

Quicksilver, I just don't know.
And if I do, do I express it into a cup and offer him to try ?
Or do I actually offer him the opportunity to actually breast feed ?
Is that wierd/wrong/unusual to offer bf to a 4.10 yr old, when they haven't done it for over 4 years ?

You might find that they've "lost" their latch.

My friend remembers her mother giving her ebm in a cup to drink when her little sister was born, and says it made her feel all warm. Is very nutritious for them too i think.

Absolutely nothing wrong with offering them the breast though - be prepared for them to get frustrated if they can't get any milk out though.