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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]So, I legit nursed until my kid was 4.  It is absolutely no one's business but yours and your child.  It is only taboo, because we have made it taboo.  And, yes, it was pretty hard to get her to wean but she did when she was ready.  She is a healthy and well-adjusted kid today.  I feel a sense contentedness that I was able to be present and with her and feed her this way for as long as we did.  The value of nursing goes well beyond any nutrients breastfeeding imparts, it physical as well.  The cuddles...the contact.  It relieves stress for them, and if anyone wants to take that away from the two of you, screw them really.  You do You. [/quote]

4 years old!?! [/quote]totally normal!   Not pp.  [/quote]

Normal where? Anyway I would want my body back but to each their own. [/quote]

DP who has also nursed a child to 4. It’s not like nursing an infant. You are barely even making any milk, and most likely you are only nursing a few minutes once a day. When my daughter was “nursing” at that age, it was once in the morning and I set a timer for 1 minute! I’m sure you hold, hug, pick up your 4 yo for way more time than that - does that mean you “don’t have your body back”?
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I am a huge breastfeeding advocate but suckling at four-years-old is infantilizing and by no means “normal” or healthy for development.   [/quote]

I mean, the AAP specifically says the opposite of what you’re saying, did they forget to seek your expert advice before publishing their opinion? Were you out sick that day? In another meeting?[/quote]

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. [/quote]

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.  [/quote]

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