Are breastfed babies 1yr+ more clingy?

[Sophie1029734]

I EBF till my baby girl till 6 months, so no bottles or pumping. She is now 13 months and I'm still going and plan on doing so until shes ready to stop.
I've been told so many times that she will become too clingy and so on. I'm not really bothered if she is, I'm a stay at home mum so I dont have to leave her any time soon until shes 3 and goes to nursery.
Is this true though?

My first was ff and went to nursery at 11 months. My second is bf and at 20 months is still at home with me. My first was more clingy.

No. It’s a personality thing not a feeding thing.

My breastfed baby is far less clingy than my formula fed baby so in my case, no, it's not true

My DD was breastfed until 18 months, she's really independent, not clingy at all, if anything a bit more clingy would be nice 😄.

I would ignore the comments and do what feels best for you and your daughter. I think personality comes first if that makes sense. I bf for yonks as that's what DD seemed to need - don't know if you'd class that as 'clingy', but I don't think bf caused the 'clinginess'.

No, not in the least. Secure attachment if anything seems to make them less clingy. But it’s definitely mostly personality.

DD started nursery at 13.5 months having never been left with anyone due to Covid. She was EBF (no bottles) and still BF now at 18 months. She has been the easiest settle the nursery can remember. No tears, settled straight away. She eats all the food, naps brilliantly and never cries. Bounces in every day. I was gobsmacked.

We also co-slept exclusively until 9 months and she didn’t go into her own room until 15 months. I felt very vindicated that our parenting choices were right for us.

I have one fully formula fed & one breastfed until he was 3yr 3mo.
My bf child is definitely more attached to me but isn’t clingy, went to nursery school at just turned 3 for 5 days a week no tears. No problem with sleepover at my parents. He was very clingy between 1-2 I’d say but it’s not been an issue at all!

I breastfed DS until 16months and he talks to everyone. I had a two minute walk home and took us forever as he was busy nosing and talking to the neighbours. I'm still breast feeding DD at 18months and she's not that fussed about me either.

I don't see why feeding method would make any difference TBH.

People do like to spout crap about breastfeeding blaming all sorts of random things on it though! Just ignore them.

My bf one was way less clingy and slept better and slept through the night sooner than my ff one. It really isn't about how they're fed. It's so much about personality. My ff one is 8 and still really intense and on top of dh and I constantly. It's just who she is.

All my 3 ds were breastfed until 18months and none of them had a bottle. Ds1 and ds2 were definitely not clingy - in fact the opposite. However ds3 was a nightmare- took until the October half term in reception for him to leave me happily and even now he would rather be at home with me than at school. Completely to do with their personality.

I’m going to be the odd one out here, but my 15 month DS is breastfed and he is very clingy to me and I do attribute that to breastfeeding. X

I breastfed DD until she was 2.5. She wasn't clingy at all - quite the opposite!

I think it is down to personality and I don't think it is possible to separate that out from things like breastfeeding to point the finger of blame at any one thing.