Page 44 | Breastfeeding till the age of 4 - what do you think?

roosmum · 27/07/2005 19:39

dh thinks it's quite nice, more like fruit juice than milk!

i can't really tell tbh, tho i only tried a tiny drip

nooka · 27/07/2005 21:01

NB - I meant gross, as in tastes nasty, not gross as in a nasty thing to do (assuming that it's for the breastfeeding/weaning baby). I don't have a sweet tooth, and I really did think bm tasted horrible, as does formula.

Also I can't believe that anyone could really express enough for making rice pudding (even a baby sized portion)! Bobbybob you must be a fantastic milk machine (actually macaroni cheese takes a lot of milk too, so the same goes to WimWamBang). I never managed to express at all, although I do believe I leaked enough to make several puddings. When dd and ds were cutting down sometimes I would wake up to find the bed sopping

PocketTasha · 28/07/2005 11:47

wow, what a thread. not even sure why i'm posting. I logged in to ask advice elsewhere and got sucked in by it. But some of the veiws are insane. Why can't people see the difference between a genuine opinion, and name calling? some of the suggestions made by people here about breastfeeding are not opinion, they are acusations. And that /is/ unacceptable. But hey, unfortunatly we can't make these shut up or go away. I think its about an inability to see the full point of veiw/circumstances of others.
I am almost worried about posting my personal veiw but here goes it... I am a mum of two, breast fed them both, ds1 stopped when he was 4months, i didn't want to stop but he slowly weaned off due to miss information. i was really upset about it at the time and thought there was nothing i could do, i now know differently. Ds2 is nearly 7months and i have just started mixed feeding, i have no desire to stop beast feeding yet, however i have no desire to continue until he is 2 either.
Not because i think it's unecessary (imo it not about necessity)
not because i think it's weird (i think that anything natural should be considered normal, But no i don't knit lentils )
and certainly not because i think it's dirty or abusive! (my god!)
I don't wish to go on that long because as much as i enjoy breastfeeding i am also looking forward to getting my body "back to myself" i don't think demands would be high, I will just want my body to be all mine again for a while before i start sharing again when i have another child. I hope my veiw has come across the way i wanted it too. I truely beleive in each to there own, providing they dont make wild and crazy comparisons between trying to do whats best for your child and the very opposite. Wow i've gone on... Sorry.

mandyc66 · 28/07/2005 14:33

well said! Have you found the advice you were seeking elsewhere?

shinypeople · 28/07/2005 19:22

i always had way too much milk

When DD was 8 weeks old, i had 6 bottles in the freezer "just in case".

I leaked everywhere.....it was so disgusting. I always had that sweet aroma no matter how often i showered.

shinypeople · 28/07/2005 19:24

just out of interest, at what age would most of you think "yuk" to a mum breastfeeding?

I mean it is one thing to feed a baby or toddler but a much older child?

I know that it is the most natural thing in the world and everything but everything good in life has to end at some point

Lisa2 · 28/07/2005 20:42

I think BF should be out of the routine by the time a child is 18 months... absaloute max.

WigWamBam · 28/07/2005 20:43

Good for you, Lisa. And if that worked for you, then that's fine.

Now read the thread and find out why other people disagree with you.

hunkermunker · 28/07/2005 20:45

Shinypeople, I don't think I'd think "yuk" to a child breastfeeding. What age were you thinking of? From what I've read, most have self-weaned by the time they're four.

nooka · 28/07/2005 20:51

About the same age as I'd think it of a child having a bottle outside of bedtime - probably the walking talking, out of a pram sort of age - maybe three?

Lisa2 · 28/07/2005 20:53

There was a question asked and i answered it... thats all!!!!!

Socci · 28/07/2005 20:58

Message withdrawn

Lisa2 · 28/07/2005 20:59

I have said before and il say it again too... there was a question asked and i answered it... simple as!!!!!

WigWamBam · 28/07/2005 21:00

Lisa, sorry if I was short with you, but simply stating "should be out of the routine by 18 months ... absolute max" sounds very, very judgmental - particularly as you give no reason at all for that figure.

Lisa2 · 28/07/2005 21:05

I would wean any child of mine off my boobs no older than 18 months... that is just me though perhaps.

hunkermunker · 28/07/2005 21:08

Lisa2, there's a difference in what you've said - your first post suggests this should be the case for everyone, the second that it's how you would do it. A small but important difference, IMO.

shinypeople · 28/07/2005 21:10

this website is great but it really winds me up when people aren't allowed to express their opinion without someone jumping on them.

If Lisa thinks 18 months is good for her then accept it.....we are being told that we have to accept that you may want to bf your 4 year old.

No-one is right or wrong. As mums we are all simply doing what feels right for our own family and who gives us the right to judge others simply because their view is different?

WigWamBam · 28/07/2005 21:12

I do accept that Lisa thinks that's right for her ... trouble is, the way she posted suggested that she felt that it should be that way across the board, and that everyone should stop by 18 months. Based on her later post we now know that wasn't her intention, and that's fine - her opinion is fine for her.

Lisa2 · 28/07/2005 21:15

Hunkermunker... please stop twisting things, i have not changed what i had posted first up until now.
I clearly said i think 18 months max is enough time for a child to be BF, then i went onto say that no child of mine would be BF after 18 months.

Lisa2 · 28/07/2005 21:15

Hunkermunker... please stop twisting things, i have not changed what i had posted first up until now.
I clearly said i think 18 months max is enough time for a child to be BF, then i went onto say that no child of mine would be BF after 18 months.

Lisa2 · 28/07/2005 21:16

Thank you Wig wam bam.

motherinferior · 28/07/2005 21:16

Actually, that's made it unclear again, Lisa. Do you mean you and your kids, or everyone's?

hunkermunker · 28/07/2005 21:21

One is a judgement on the way other people do things, the other is how you do it personally.

If I said "Babies should be bottlefed from birth" then "no baby of mine's going anywhere near my boobs", they're two separate points, do you see?

MaloryTowers · 28/07/2005 21:23

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Lisa2 · 28/07/2005 21:25

Yes my children.Saying that i persionally think any child should be weaned off by the 18 mth mark. Again...just my opinion.
A child doesent NEED breast milk at that age but mother knows best for there child/ren.