BIOBaby: Breastfeeding at 48 Months

Hey dear. I thought I had commented this one a long time ago and never did so I will now.

Dont feel bad about EN. My cousin was still nursing her son to sleep and he is about 5. She just taught him that there is a time and place. For anytime she is going to give him milk, she has some leftover in the fridge that she warms up or she gives him regular milk.

Im actually quite curious whats she doing now that she is pregnant with her second child. I wonder if she is still nursing. I know some people arent able to nurse as easily while pregnant.

I'm not going to read the comments because I've been dealing with negativity regarding EN (extended nursing) for many years now. I'm just going to say GOOD FOR YOU and it warms my heart to read this.

I recommend www.kellymom.com for child-led weaning advice. Bunch of damn hippies, though, I must warn you.

Well, as you know, my son is 23 months and still has a fixation on the morning nurse and the just before bed fill-up (which is actually very short. It's totally a comfort thing). He is as dedicated to these, however, as Charlton Heston was to his guns (something about prying them from cold, dead hands?). I do not have an answer because I'm still looking for one myself. the only solution I can think of is to have my husband get up with him in the morning and be the last one in the room at night for a solid week...and that week will be one of living hell. I think we might have to do it on his vacation. But maybe he'll surprise me, too.

J

I'm not into breastfeeding so I can't comment on that aspect of it. And I couldn't care less whether or not you kept breastfeeding til he was 25. But personally, I feel that at 4 (maybe even 2 or 3), the baby is now a person and I wouldn't feel like i'm feeding a baby, I'd feel like a person is sucking on my tit. I'd be worried dateline would show up. You are never the same after Dateline shows up at your house.

I leaked milk reading it and I haven't in a little more than a year.

dang this blog made my boobs ache and I haven't breastfed in 3 years.

First off I'm amazed that you really stuck to breastfeeding for 18 months. Jack is probably giong to be invincible. that's all I got, I have no kids, and am terrified at the prospect of parenting.

I applaud you for hanging in as long as you have. My first born wouldn't latch on properly, and my last two I weaned them off my I went back to work. Not one month after I went back to work, my dept got laid off, so I was pretty upset that I had weaned Madison off for no reason. You and Jack will know when the time is right, Good Luck!!

Good luck. lol

Well Nina, I am the mother of five, my first I did not breastfood. the other four I did. Brandon is my first breastfeed baby and I swear the boy never wanted to wean. Finally in frustration I put tabasco sauce on the nipple. Let me tell you, it burned like hell! My poor baby, when ever he would approachme to nurse, I would remind him that chi chi milk is hot. He would fan his mouth and say, oh no, burn. I am so guilty, needless to say weaning did not get any easier with any of my kids, I was always jealous of the moms whose kids just weaned themselves. I say on utube this 9 year girl still nursed, and her mom was fine with it. p.s. still working on weaning the last one. sheesh..

I am not against breastfeeding. It is natural, that is why our bodies produce the milk, therefore there must be a benefit to it. My theory is (and I am not a mom) that breastfeeding is for when the kid can't eat real food. Once they get teeth and start graduating to other foods, I think the necessity to breastfeed is gone. As for how to stop, I am not a mom, I never did it, and I got nothing to add.

"Your son is cute. How old is he?"
"He's 48 months."
"That's FOUR."
"Uh huh."
LMFAO!!!!

I have nothing constructive to say I just like reading about boobies.

so here is my words of wisdom...wean him off the TITTIES first...by that I mean start pumping, when he goes to grab your shirt tell him no and hand him a cup with some boobie juice in it. Thats how I did Dei, she never got boobs during the day, only at night, and then once she started sleeping through the night my milk dried up.
You really do need to set boundries, I still have to tell Deijah to leave my boobs alone because she will smush and push them into "che che pillows" when we are watching tv together. I finally had to tell her that it was inappropriate to just grab someones boobs...of course her smart-ass answer was "i dont grab anyones boobs mommy, just yours because i love you and they are comfortable"

I like Steph's advice.

I also don't want to see you on a documentary in 10 years.

I've had employers nurse for two years and beyond, and it does shock or offend some people, but usually because they either 1) chose not to nurse at all and have zero understanding; or 2) they had a less than desirable time nursing due to complications, allergies, they were a slave to the pump, etc.

Only one employer had to start restricting and began weaning only at night, replacing it with a soy milk, and within a month her daughter simply never even made an attempt.

Of course, she was 26 months and fully talking. We went to the aquarium and she saw a mother nursing her 6 month old, walked up to her and busted out with "I only drink nipples at night now!!"...and she said it kind of pissy like she got the shaft!

While I am VERY pro breastfeeding. I do think Jack is old enough to learn private space. If he wants to nurse, nurse him, but don't make it so damn convenient.
No more one for the road. If he wants to eat he needs to stop what he is doing and eat, if only for 5 or 10 minutes. This will also encourage good eating behaviors for later in life, eat when you are hungry, stop when you are not. When he just lifts your shirt, gently pull it down and ask if he is hungry, if yes, then pick him up and feed him, if no then just snuggle him for a minute and send him on his way. When he is 6 you are not going to let him just open the cabinets and eat a pack of gummy snacks 4 times a day.
He realizes now that your milk is way sweeter than anything else he gets to drink.
You have to ultimately do what you are comfortable with. He is your baby. If you want to nurse until he is 6 I am happy for ya. Seriously.

Something tells me that Jack will never be one of those children whom you have to fight with to get them to eat.

That is SO you and Jack, only the boy in the trailer asked first. Jack doesn't. He is so gangsta!!!