Guardian article on EBF

[Bumperlicious]

Here.

Not the usual knee jerk reaction but still finishes with:

'I'm more swayed by one mother who stopped breastfeeding her 14-month-old for the simple reason that "once they're old enough to walk across a room and ask for it, I think it's probably time to stop."'

Some of the anti extended bf comments are very naive. Extended breastfeeding has many benefits healthwise for the older baby/toddler. I quote some medical research:

"In fact, some immune factors in breastmilk that protect the baby against infection are present in greater amounts in the second year of life than in the first."

www.breastfeedingmums.com/dr_jack_newman_breastfeeding_a_toddler.htm

Erm, you kind of irritated me by talking about force feeding and finding feeding "icky" . You say you think your points are interesting. I don't. As you say, horses for courses and all that.

Maybe. I don't like being rude, think I was more blunt. However, those of us who continue to feed our children put up with being called (or considered) 'icky' every day. The force fed comment pushed me into responding. You seem nice. Let's call it quits. Good luck with bubba no3.

Why is it weird to breastfeed a child for as long as you see fit, yet we actively encourage people to drink the milk of other animals their whole lives? And why is it not seen as "icky" that people eat mouldy cheese, cheese which is basically gone off milk from a cow?!

Or eggs, which, correct me if I'm wrong, are unfertilized eggs that go to making babies.

This world is insane.

Thesecondcoming - anyone who told you to "hold your squirming toddler and force your nipple into his mouth" (sorry if misquote, I can't scroll back) was not giving you sound advice.

Feeding strikes are sudden and usually are a symptom of another problem, which is why many people do want to try and overcome them. If the mother wishes to wean, no-one is saying this is wrong - but feeding strikes can be upsetting for people because they are often sure that the problem is something else, not the same as self weaning and a gradual stop.