So, my family have started asking how long I plan to keep on with 'that breastfeeding thing'

[arolf]

DS is 3 months old and EBF. it's going surprisingly well, and although when pg I said max of 6 months, after some thought, I've decided 2 years will be my 'deadline' - so if he hasn't self weaned by then, I'll wean him. DP is happy with this, as am I.

My family on the other hand - they all want me to wean now, and get him using a bottle and on solids ASAP. I'm being reasonable with them, and have promised them links to show them the benefits if I can find them. So, can anyone point me towards some good links please? thank you

(btw, my mum bf 4 of us for 8 months each, then we self weaned apparently, and many of my family are healthcare professionals, so would like to inform them if possible!!)

I had some strange ideas about BF to 6 months then expressing and bottlefeeding to a year, but soon realised that was a stupid plan.

Within a few weeks I had done lots of reading etc and DH and I had decided to aim for 2 years and see how we went, so when the comments started I would just say "oh well if he's still going when he starts school we might think about weaning" (I didn't have any intention of continuing that long at the time but it shut them up )

We're 2 weeks off 2 and still going, finally happily down to morning and night tho I expect that will increase when DC2 arrives in june!

Unfortunately having trained in nursing or medicine or anything at all does not mean the person knows anything about brastfeeding.

It needs to be on the school curriculum, probably in science when covering reprductive biology. It was not mentioned in my science classes, yet surely is a vital part of how mammals reproduce? Kind of wierd it isn't covered!

So true what you say pag, although I would say you have the face of a Lady myself