Two years is too long to bf, the dr told me today

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Apparently I must wean him immediately, as little boys in particular are far too clingy to their mothers which is Not A Good Thing, and ds must be taught for his own good to let go.

When I said he's not at all clingy and only bfs at bedtime she replied 'Well, he's still bf, isn't he?'

And then she wondered why it took me so long after ds' birth to come in for a smear test...

well you know thats a lot of rubbish, crazy talk even.

Ignore her - she's wrong.

Oh, I know. I was just telling dh that I had been thinking about weaning but she just bought ds at least another years' worth of bfing

There must be something in the air - this is the third post from today I've read about craop 'advice' from GPs re. breastfeeding!

None of her bloody business, of course.

I've had similar attitudes from every doctor I've spoken to about DD's fussy eating - she's 2 too and often wonder how long this uninformed attitude is going to prevail as i'm otherwise so impressed by anyone in the medical profession... It really puts one off going and I hate feeling constantly judged when I'm simply looking for DD's best interests.

I know what you mean looseleaf. I've had hcps practically imply that I was abusing ds by bfing. I laugh about it now, but at the time it made me

ib, this is complete shit.You know the WHO recommends a minimum of 2 years don't yuo.
Write nad complain (and refer to Bohemianbint's thread tonight in smae lines.)

Oh deary me.

I was told the same when I had mastitis. Except dd was 6mo. GP was horrified that I was 'forcing bf on her' when she should have been fully weaned. Might pop in and bf my 20 month old in the waiting room tomorrow. Just for a larf.

Twunts.

Oh shit, I'm in right trouble then!!!

I don't get why she said it though. Was she relating it to the reason you were there? I mean do you have a problem you can't resolve until you have given up bfing?

I have - sadly! , but I know this and wouldn't expect the gp to persuade me to stop.

Nope - nothing to do with why I was there and I did not ask her advice. Nor is her specialisation one which means she would deal with children in any way, not her area of expertise.

Unfortunately I am in France, and the setup here is such that she is effectively self-employed.

Won't be going back to her, that's for sure.

t'es en France. Bien sur qu'elle va dire ca!

Hope you don't mind me using the familiar. Unfortunately almost all the french women I know have been encouraged to stop if they dared start to begin with.

But on the clingy thing my mother (in fairness wouldn't criticise but.....) always maintains that if you feed boys too long you'll never get them off . All based on a friend of hers who had to weaned her little boy at around 2.5/3 against his wishes.

Yes, it's quite astonishing how bad the support for bf is among medical people here.

Which is utterly bizarre as among non medical people I have encountered nothing but positive attitudes about my bf. When I was pg or with a newborn just about everyone asked me whether I was bf, and expressed support when I said yes.

And I have seen women openly bf toddlers around here (once in the middle of the supermarket ) and no-one batted an eyelid - in fact most people smiled at them.

I just don't get this country sometimes.