My DD is just 2 and still breastfeeding (much to my DH,MIL,friends' disgust but that is another story!). The problem is she seems to be very prone to ear infections and I am concerned that this is due to the amount of feeding she still does lying down at night (Co sleeping) - which I know she doesnt need but she thinks she does! I am sure that I have read somewhere that giving a baby a bottle means the milk can "pool" in their ear tubes and lead to infections, is this not the same thing as me feeding her?
My DH thinks I am contributing to the ear infections that she keeps getting with the breastfeeding, she also gets a lot of chest infections and coughs as well, all of which he claims are because she breastfeeds so much. Which I know is really a lot of rubbish but it is hard to tell people about the health benefits of a toddler still breastfeeding when I am at the drs most weeks with my DD!!!