Mine is 15 months and we’re still going. Funny while I did have the long term goal of going till 2 (per CDC recommendations) there were many times in the beginning I didn’t not think I would get this far and often I don’t even think about it anymore.
At 3 months I swore I would stop at 6 months because it was so awful and painful and the sleepless nights and crazy hormones made it seem like it would never end! But now it does not hurt and she’s night weaned and everything is just so easy and it’s actually a great parenting tool for calming her down when she is hurt or sad or I need a reason to get her to slow down and fall to sleep.
But I’m curious how common it is to get this far? I’m american and my family thinks I’m weird and is a little creeped out. My mom is very supportive though. She breastfed all of us into six months and then her doctor told her to stop and wean us. My sisters didn’t get passed two months with any of their children because they were rushed back to work and then it was difficult to maintain their milk supply.
I live in canada but the reception seems to be mixed. Some women think I’m hero and others are politely uncomfortable. I don’t really have any strong feelings one way or the other though so feel free to speak your truth.
I don’t breastfeed publicly. I tried once and hated it and never did it again.
Once upon a time I never would have imagined breastfeeding this long and probably would have thought it was weird and disgusting too. But I don’t feel like that at all anymore. I feel like it’s kind of strange to not breastfeed this long actually as it is really convenient. You know assuming nothing gets in the way such as life/work/health problems I very much see my child as still a baby. Yes she is a toddler who can speak but she definitely still needs lots of love and attention and breastfeeding is a calm safe place for her to be.
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DaughterofDawn · 25/10/2022 06:58
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