Breastfeeding till the age of 4 - what do you think?

[lisalisa]

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Nannyjo don't shout.

You called me 'gross' and 'an abuser' by default because I have breastfed toddlers. So, IME you can't really start whining about feeling judged.

I don't think a child is capable of seeing the breast as 'a piece of meat' and I find that comment particularly alarming and deeply unhealthy.

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Nannyjo - do you seriously think that breastfeeding over the age of 1 is abuse?

Sorry, but that's a repulsive view, and one that belittles real abuse. You really think that breastfeeding, say, a two year old comes under the same banner as forms of abuse such as violence and neglect?

Words fail me.

take away from you as a mother nannyJO?
erm, no such thing implied, nor could i if i wanted to!

my opinion is just that. nanny, mother or troll so please don't post on these threads if you don't like them.
You have every right to tell me your so i told you mine.

Simple as!!

I will shout if people ignore that i am talking as a mother because my name has nanny in it.

Wish I'd not blinking bothered now...

BF at 4 (which is waht this thread is intitled is abuse BF over one i think is unecessary that is what i said !!

BF at 4 (which is waht this thread is intitled is abuse BF over one i think is unecessary that is what i said !!

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The thread's called breastfeeding till the age of four - which kind of implies that you breastfeed a one, two and three-year-old - right?

Hmmm. I'm not sure I understand life on planet nannyjo. I drift further and further from you with every post.

Phew! It's much cooler over here.

But Dior, if you'd breastfed him every day until now (not sure how old he is now?) then it wouldn't be odd.

I cannot believe that anyone could think that bf a child past 12 months is child abuse. And by the way, my ds4 knows what breasts are.....a source of both nourishment and comfort, something he has known all his life, and not just since he past the 12 month stage. He celebrated his second birthday today, and is still happily breastfeeding, and will until he no longer feels the need to.

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This thread is making me sick. How dare anyone imply that extended breastfeeding is abuse - fair enough, if it's not your cup of tea then fine, but to actually state outright that extended breastfeeders are abusers is outrageous.

I think it's disgraceful to equate feeding a child in any manner with abusing them.

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Lockets, DS did that to me too - but I'm obviously an old perve as I'm still feeding him past one

shall i reiterate one more time??

BF at 4 years old is child abuse (IMO, which i am intitled to)

BF beyomd 12 months i just don't think is necessary due to cows milk and being old enough to break the attatchment of BF.

This is just for thode of you who seem to be misunderstanding me!!

God this is tedious (or am i also not allowed to say god on this thred???)

I shall leave you all with this thought.

Each to their own but that is what you have to accept if you do something that is GENERALLY against the norm (or else this thread would not be so popular)

Perhaps people think that those who feed into toddlerhood and beyond sit down and bf 34 year olds several times a day, as they would a newborn.

It's not like that. IME it tends a little bit now and again when they ask. Perhaps mum still has milk anyway as is feeding another baby (that's my experience) and doesn't see the need to withold milk if it's requested by older child.

I think I've only fed a four year once (as detailed earlier) but would have no hesitation in doing so again if they ever asked. (which they haven't to date).

I'm sorry you had to stop BFing before you wanted to nannyjo, but please try to be a little less reactionary against your fellow women. Read up so you can come to a debate better informed and less judgemental.

nj - i couldn't care less whether you are a mummy, nanny, or a typist-trained baboon.

all that bothers me is that you talk crap, can't/don't explain your wild opinions coherently (or at all, from what i can see) & take offence where none is intended. & yes, you intend to SHOUT about it, for some reason i don't understand!

It is your opinion, which you are indeed entitled to, but it says a great deal more about the state of your mind than it does about people who breastfeed 4-year-olds. I pity you.

Ooooh! Bad typo. Very unfortunate. I meant 3-4 year olds not 34 year olds.