Breastfeeding until 8

[Maruschke]

You have to see this, how amazing! I've never heard a child talk about BF before.

YouTube - Breastfeeding...at 8.

EDIT: do NOT read the comments, it will only make you want to scream / cry / lash out...

[Loula]

Saw that on telly a few years ago

[helle]

Yeah me too. On extraordinary breastfeeding I think it was.

[delphmoon]

Tried to watch it, but can't- sorry but I don't think it is necessary for an eight year old to still be breastfed- don't attack me

[Teeki]

This was actually posted a while ago on here - can't find it now though. I'm not sure where I sit with it, I just don't know. Even if you don't agree though, I don't think there's any need for some of the comments posted on the clip, some people are just downright nasty

[Mum2Romone]

I agree Delphmoon, so not necessary . I breastfed for 22 months and people would comment about my 3 yr old....( he was only 18 mths old at the time )

[MummaSue]

I saw it on Extraordinary Breastfeeding just after DD was born. Interesting. Each to their own hey?

[helle]

I agree with Delphmoon.

On a side note, after 8 years wouldn't you just be gagging for a good glass of wine and a really spicy curry XD

[onthefly]

I don't really see the problem - if they're all happy, then it's all good... It's kinda harsh to tell a young child they can't have a certain kind of comforting anymore, no? We all grow up and move on at our own pace. Some kids suck their thumbs well into primary school (I know a certain young lady who had to be weaned from her thumb at the cusp of high school).
I guess I just don't see the harm.

[MummaSue]

I don't really see the problem - if they're all happy, then it's all good... It's kinda harsh to tell a young child they can't have a certain kind of comforting anymore, no? We all grow up and move on at our own pace. Some kids suck their thumbs well into primary school (I know a certain young lady who had to be weaned from her thumb at the cusp of high school).
I guess I just don't see the harm.

Well said.

My sister had her "sooky" (a horrible rag that she used to suck) until she was 12.

[miss.cinders]

I don't really see the problem - if they're all happy, then it's all good... It's kinda harsh to tell a young child they can't have a certain kind of comforting anymore, no? We all grow up and move on at our own pace. Some kids suck their thumbs well into primary school (I know a certain young lady who had to be weaned from her thumb at the cusp of high school).
I guess I just don't see the harm.

I 100% agree. Afew years ago I wouldn't have. But some amazing women I have the privildge to know online have made me see alot of things differently in the past 5 years.

[Aligater]

I realy wanted to BF till 2 both times only made it till 7 weeks 1st time due to attachment problems and mastitis (3 times is no joke) 2nd time I got to 9 months but DD2s health ended up being more important and the intro of food meant she is coeliac and has severe lactose intolerance with it even to breast milk. But I think 8 years is a bit much

[Nelle]

It all seems like culturally we are a bit weirded out, but it's not my place to tell someone what their culture should be if it's not harming anyone. As for teasing, I guess I'd not be excluding a behaviour on the basis that my child might get teased.

[berrme]

I am also in the group that thinks 8 is just too old to be breastfed. An 8 year old does not need BF for any nutritional reasons and there are definitely other ways to be close to you children. Not to mention the teasing they would get from other children, whether it is right or not, children are nasty when someone is different. It is setting your children up to be ridiculed. Though I have a feeling those girls are home schooled. If they drew pictures of their mother's breasts at a regular school they would have been sent to the psychologist.

Helle, forget the wine and spicy curry, after 8 years I would just want to be able to put on a bra without my children getting mad at me.

[MummaSue]

Here is the link to the other thread on this:

https://www.bellybelly.com.au/forums...-a-138909.html

(hehe, just to save us all saying the same stuff again - but loads of interesting thoughts and insights) xxxxx

[Liz]

well, they are just at the other end of the spectrum really aren't they. We have people that only breastfeed for one day, and others that feed for 8 years. You'll probably find that majority of children self wean around the age of 3, so 8 year olds would be few & far between.

The age of 8 does start to enter the realms of unusual for me... and I certainly wouldn't feed that long. But I don't really see any harm in it. The only harm that would come from it would be the treatment from other people.

ETA: I agree... I didn't give up my spicy foods at all! I did hold off alcohol.. but didn't really want it anyway. But yeah... it's easy to slip in a good glass of wine.. especially when the babies are older and feeding isn't as frequent.

[Cass72]

Helle, forget the wine and spicy curry, after 8 years I would just want to be able to put on a bra without my children getting mad at me.

Totally agree with you there!!! Robert hears the click of the bra and he's tearing at my top!!

[Phteven]

On a side note, after 8 years wouldn't you just be gagging for a good glass of wine and a really spicy curry XD

Why would you give them up to breast feed?
I ate all manner of spicy and pungent food while I was breastfeeding and the odd glass of wine is pretty harmless.