Breastfeeding.

I pretty much just think whenever, is up to the mum and child. I do find it a bit weird when people carry on with school age children though, but each to their own.

Well I did self led weaning with my girl and she stopped at 2 years 8 months.

I feel the rigth time to stop is either when the child wants too or when the mother starts resenting it. It is up to each individual family and your own family choices.

We have had a few discussions on this already.

I am still breastfeeding my 16 month old...I plan on let her decide when she wants to wean.

for all I know she may decide to wean during my pregnancy.

I think its all up to the mum and baby. Personally I dont think 2 is too old at all, I hope to still be feeding Maddi for as long as possible.

As they get older the amount of feeds and time they are fed has usually dropped heaps and a probably only feeding at night and/or in the morning. I think once a baby starts walking and talking it is a bit wierd to still be feeding in public - they are no longer a baby and should be able to eat/drink something else when hungry but thats just my own opinion. If a child really needs it I see no problem with feeding them.

I love BF'ing, with Keira I helped her self wean at about 18 months, just because I wanted my sleep back. With Maddi being my last I might find it harder to stop, although I do hope not to still be feeding at 3.

Nope, I don't think 2 is too old to be still b/f. Ella is 21 months and still going strong- have planned to have weaned by 2, but she doesn't show any signs of wanting to give up, so I suspect I will probably now just wait until she is ready to stop (hopefully before she is 3 as I think by then I would have had enough).

haha can of worms alright! I don't like bf occuring beyond the kid being able to walk and talk - I think they need their independence. So I don't feed beyond 1yr. My littlest brother was fed until 2.5yrs however

I always thought I'd wean at one year, with Maya it was cut short at 10 mths for medical reasons and with the gremlins it was three months but now after having successfully fed lil miss to 8 mths (she's only ever had breastmilk or EBM to drink) I'm not sure. If she wants to keep feeding after that then I'll probably keep it up.

I've always said "if they're old enough to ask, they're too old", but then she already "tells" me she wants a feed by climbing on me and sucking at my clothes .

Mind you, having a breastfeed at night before bed is a bit different to demand feeding an older child. I certainly can't see myself pulling up my top to feed my 2-year old at the mall - any more than I would let the gremlins run around the mall with bottles.

Alia was weaned around 16mths. I hope I can carry on for around that length of time again? I think?

Oh & I call it the Feral fives

I don't think ther is a "right" age to stop, it's different for everyone. I only recently weaned Charlotte, and experiece tells me that lots and lots of people feed beyond 1 year but do it "hidden" and "on the quiet" as people are fairly extreme in their views on it beyond the walking talking stage. I got bawled out rather publically and humiliatingly at a christmas function by a "friend" of ours for still feeding charlotte, to her it was akin to child abuse and she said she had contemplated rigning CYFS when she saw me in the paper talking about extended feeding for something or other. Actually made me cry.
Also, expreince tells that feeding beyond about 10 months is often only once or twice a day, sometimes more and sometimes through the night, but is not often needed during "public" times, so not many people actaully "see" it so think it dosen't exist.
I run a BF support group and am doing some training through LLL to become a peer support councellour and hope that I can get some "good" exposure for BF beyond 6 months or so.
Personally, I think when it is right for mum and baby to give up, then it is right, be that 3 months, six months or three years, however I would be uncomfortable seeing a 4 or 5 year old plus feeding!

SMoody wrote: I think I might be one of the weirdo mums I suppose. I just breastfed McKayla where she needed it and didnt care if people stared. It was their problem with it not mine. I dont see the difference between a bottle and a boob. Both serve the same purpose.

no, I was the same, but then I very rarely care what people think .

Not much difference, but I wouldn't recommend heating your boob up in the microwave