If it was more socially acceptable, would you nurse longer? - Page 2

My three month old is a very strong bfder. she goes so strong she can make my whole boob hurt. Butshe is so chubby and happy that I don't mind at all.
The longest stretch I have had so far is 8 months but he was a biter and I still have a scar on each side 8.5 years later.

MInus biting nothing will get me to quit be4 ashley is ready.
Good for all of you too!!

Good going rchase05! I hope things continue to go so well with your little nursling!

yeah for all of you that are extended nursing. I am all for child led weaning, and I have every intention of bfing as long as dd wants to. She has down syndrome, and her pedi feels that she will benefit greatly from the antibodies. So far she has been the healthiest of all my babies, and she is definately more prone to illness than the first two...both of them were bottlefed.

I breast fed my son for only 6weeks because pumping at work was virtually unheard of then or so it seemed (he's almost 12 now) and breast feeding just didn't work for us then. He is now healthy and big for his age. My daughter Isabel breast fed until she was14 months. I realized at that point she was doing it more for comfort than nutrition and that I had become the human pacifier. She'd suck just long enough for let down to occur and then stop. At the same time she would twiddle the other nipple. Talk about overstimulation! She is now 2.5 and although she doesn't show any desire to actually nurse she STILL pats on the booby when she needs extra comfort or has a hard time settling down at bedtime. I don't think she'll be able to handle seeing the new baby nurse. I anticipate her wanting to restart nursing. When I get dressed the boobys are sleeping and when I get undressed they are awake (according to Isabel). She will point out other womens boobys in the mall and look down ladies shirts when they hold her. When she gets in the shower with me she yells "Hey! I can see your boobys mommy!" She pats her own boobys when mine are "sleeping". She informed me the other day that "daddy has boobys mommy." boobys boobys everywhere. No one can deny she was breast fed!! LOL

I will continue nursing even if it wasn't too socially acceptable..i am doing the best for my baby and that's what counts

That is to funny littledishchick! I don't think anyone could deny she was breastfed!

lol...littledishchick...wow, that is really funny.

i think people would nurse longer if it was more socially acceptable. i am brain dead from breast feeding too much.
i am just 1 week into weaning my 26 month old son. i am now nursing a 2 month old. i breastfed through my pregnancy my now vthe two of them are too demanding. i am greatful for my supportive husband, and i 've got my son off to the best start i am capable of.
i believe my son would nurse for a long time. society is wierd when it comes to natural things.

YES In this one, LOGIC RULES!!!!!!!!!

I have tried very very hard to go by my gut on this one. I do have friends who have breastfed until their children were 3 and 4! When I first heard this, I thought thats a little wierd! Now that my son is 2 and still nursing 4or so times a day, I don't think it is so "weird." Infact its the most natural thing in the world.

Its really a mental thing. Look at history. It was unthinkable to wean your child at the tender age of one, 100 years ago. What better thing would you replace it with anyways? Cows milk??? That would be taking it down a notch nutritionwise.

It has also been documented that a TODDLER still gets all kinds of immunities from the mother with breastfeeding. Its has nothing to do with the amount of milk the child drinks because the immunities just concentrate themselves. Onr benefit for the mother is that for every year you breastfeed your child, you lower the overall lifetime risk of breast cancer by 4.8%

As for all the relatives that have constipated minds and diareeah mouths well..... ignore it. If you cave to the peer pressure your precious little one will take the hit. So whats most important??
Thats an easy one for me. My son will nurse until he wants to stop. I can gradually see him loosing interest little by little. Eventually he will just loose interest altogether.

My fatherinlaw who was born in Denmark nursed until he was 4. He was one of the most wonderful people I have ever known. He died last year. I think a great tribute to him would be to nurse until my son is 4 too but its I am leaving it up to him. Karen

By the time Lucas was about 18 months he was nursing only for naptime and bedtime. At 2 he was only nursing at bedtime. DH and I went away alone (yessss!!) for a week-long cruise the week before he turned 3 and he had to be weaned then.
But it was so relaxing to lie down and nurse him in the evenings and we'd both fall right off to sleep. I miss it at times.
I will nurse my next baby probably just as long if possible. It was great whenever Lucas was sick and didn't have much appetite, or if he had a sore throat the milk seemed to soothe him. I didn't have to worry so much about him getting dehydrated, as long as he was still nursing.
Also a side benefit, I did not get my monthlies back until he was 19 months old because we were just then introducing other beverages, and cutting out the afternoon feeding. Many women do not realize that the suckling will cause delayed return of cycles for such a long time, but you must be a relatively frequent breastfeeder. For some, cutting back even one feeding at 6 or 7 seven months will cause the cycles to return.