Reply to I hate the AAP

Forum Index » Infants, Toddlers, & Preschoolers

Reply to "I hate the AAP"

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’m still breastfeeding my 22 month old so I’m obviously pro-breastfeeding but I found the AAP recommendation curious as well.  I really feel that I should have weaned at 17 or 18 months and before my DD was so emotionally attached to it as a way of calming and connecting.  I anticipate weaning being very emotionally hard for her.  My older son self-weaned at 15 months.

What exactly is my toddler getting nutritionally at this point?  Is it my Covid vaccine immunity?  [/quote]

I agree. I don't know the answers to the science questions but I am glad that our ped recommended I drop all feeds except morning and bedtime when I wanted to keep nursing after 12 months. I recognized that this was more sort of general parenting advice than hard medical advice but I thought it was helpful. I don't think pediatricians should be directing anyone to breastfeed or not to breastfeed for any length of time but there shouldn't be a gag order on being honest about the challenges of breastfeeding past 12 months. I generally think it's okay for pediatricians to give general parenting advice based on their own experience and the AAP should not be trying to control that.[/quote]

+2. It’s so hard on the child to wean after around 16 months usually.  I really don’t get this AAP recommendation.  [/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics