re: How old is too old to breastfeed?

<blockquote><b>Quoting Jillian Lindsey:</b>" 18 months but i could see up to 24months after that if you want them to have breastmilk you pump"</blockquote>




Breastfeeding is so much more then just milk.

Quoting Snotface♫[usmc]:" Why? What if a mother is not able to pump but her and child still want to breastfeed? "

For me, personally. That's as long as I'd be willing to breastfeed.

Quoting Jillian Lindsey:" 18 months but i could see up to 24months after that if you want them to have breastmilk you pump"

Not everyone responds to pumps and just because that may be so, that does not mean they must stop BF.

Quoting ~~My Pet Wussy~~:" <blockquote><b>Quoting Jillian Lindsey:</b>" 18 months but i could see up to 24months ... [snip!] ... after that if you want them to have breastmilk you pump"</blockquote> Breastfeeding is so much more then just milk."

Also very true.
I loved the bonding and how incredibly close I felt to my daughter.
I especially loved nursing in the tub.

Quoting Jillian Lindsey:" 18 months but i could see up to 24months after that if you want them to have breastmilk you pump"

I dont think you should have to pump and give it to them just to save people from getting uncomfortable.

Quoting K. P. Walsh:" For me, personally. That's as long as I'd be willing to breastfeed."

Well, then yeah, I can see that as a personal preference but the person you quoted made it seem like that's how everyone should be.

Quoting Snotface♫[usmc]:" Well, then yeah, I can see that as a personal preference but the person you quoted made it seem like that's how everyone should be. "

I don't think so.
She just answered the question as to what she thinks is too old..

seeing a 3y/o breastfeeding to me makes me think the parent is just trying to keep the kid a "baby"

Quoting Laurnabeth:" I dont think you should have to pump and give it to them just to save people from getting uncomfortable."

Me either.
Not to make other people comfortable anyway.

Quoting ~~My Pet Wussy~~:" When either the mother or child are no longer comfortable with it."

    I wholeheartedly agree.

I'm still nursing my 17 month old and have no plans to stop any time soon. When she's ready or I'm uncomfortable, then we'll wean. As of right now, I will probably start weaning at 3 if she doesn't wean by then. That's my personal choice. I may change my mind if/when we get there. IDGAF when other people choose to wean, though.

Quoting Jillian Lindsey:" seeing a 3y/o breastfeeding to me makes me think the parent is just trying to keep the kid a "baby""

I feel like, if the kid can recall breastfeeding, he may be too old to be nursing..
If he can hold a cup, he doesn't need the boobie.
IMO.

<blockquote><b>Quoting Jillian Lindsey:</b>" seeing a 3y/o breastfeeding to me makes me think the parent is just trying to keep the kid a "baby""</blockquote>




My children breastfeed as preschoolers. They are extremely independent.
Comforting =\= coddling

I breastfed for a year, and DS slowly weened himself off.. I can't imagine doing it now that he's 2 now though, because I don't see him as a baby anymore... He's my 'big boy' and I would be afraid of it inhibiting his independence or his behavior control. Whoever wants to do it longer, more power to them.. But I think it would be kind of strange to see a 4 year old BF in public.. Kind of like when you see an older kid with a pacifier. You wonder, why treat them like a baby when they're not? Pumping would probably be better. My niece gets pumped breast milk still at 3, on occasion when her mom has enough.

Quoting K. P. Walsh:" I feel like, if the kid can recall breastfeeding, he may be too old to be nursing.. If he can hold a cup, he doesn't need the boobie. IMO. "

You remember being 3 years old?

Whenever the child and mom are ready to be done. If someone wants to do it for a year there's nothing wrong with that, but that doesn't make someone who does it for 3-4 years wrong or weird.