Still nursing two to three times a day at 16 months.
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Anonymous
No, dear, the AAP does not say the opposite of what I am saying. Please link your source. No one thinks breastfeeding a four-year-old is a good idea in developed countries. |
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I would start by getting rid of all nursing sessions but one (the morning one) and see where you are in a month or two.
It is easier on the child, in my experience, to wean by 18 months. But some kids wean themselves at around two without problem (just not mine). |
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This sounds perfectly normal to me. I had no issues weaning my kids off their bedtime nursing session when they were about 2. Most of my friends tried to nurse at least a year and many nursed once or twice a day past then.
I do think some older people have weird ideas about breastfeeding and sexualize it in a creepy way. That’s a them problem, not a you problem. |
Anonymous
No one is saying it’s problematic except you. Child development is highly individual. Children wean when they are ready or when moms milk dries up, not because they have reached a certain age that you deem it to be inappropriate. Kids don’t get the memo that nursing is ok at one age and then not at another. We are all mammals, we don’t necessarily adhere to Puritan timelines of proper behavior. |
Anonymous
“ However, the American Academy of Pediatrics supports mothers who want to nurse as long as necessary. "It's completely appropriate that a mother should avail herself to her infant or toddler," said Dr. Lori Winter, of the American Academy of Pediatrics. "That's in no way damaging to the child." Guess she just didn’t ask you whether it was healthy for development. I’m sure if you give her a quick call she’ll retract it as well as the 2005 statement that says that there is no upper limit to nursing and no negative developmental consequences. I can’t believe she didn’t remember to consult Random Internet Poster!!! |
Anonymous
Oh, stop! Millions of people find your opinion problematic, including child psychologists, and you know it. I find breastfeeding both beautiful and healthful but at age four it’s definitely unhealthy in terms of a child’s and mother’s autonomy. Let your child grow up, PP. “Babying” a four-year-old is not healthy. I know I am right and will not respond to your sad justifications again. |
Anonymous
First, calm down. Second, four-year-olds are not toddlers. Third, my contention is that it’s so far from being beneficial as to be damaging to breastfeed a normally developed four-year-old. |
Anonymous
Cite your sources other than your feefees. No recognized medical body agrees with you, all recognized medical bodies say to carry on as long as mother and child want to. Which is surprising for something that is so “damaging” |
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As the American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) states, “There is no evidence that extended breastfeeding is harmful to mother or child.” In fact, the AAFP goes a step further and claims that nursing beyond infancy can lead to “better social adjustment” for children.
The Academy of American Pediatrics (AAP) has a similar stance, explaining that breastfeeding offers “significant health and developmental benefits for the child” and that there is “no evidence of psychologic or developmental harm from breastfeeding into the third year of life or longer.” The AAP really needs to start running their statements past the angry lady on the internet. |
Anonymous
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But angry lady just knows that millions of people agree with her. Oh and child psychologists too. She is right, and the professionals are wrong! She’s an expert, don’t you know! And she’s not gonna talk to you anymore!
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Anonymous
Me three! Just weaning my 2.5 year old now. My first weaned at 18 months but thus one just loves nursing. |