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Well I know the general reasons why babies looooove their booby!!! But I was just feeding DD and she was so excited and enjoying it so much, it was so cute. And I thought to myself 'I wonder what she's thinking, I wonder why she'd say she loves it so much'.
So for those who have fed/ are feeding older babies/toddlers/children. What have they told you about why they love breastfeeding??
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grace does that too she loves it:D
My eldest would say that boobie was yummy, also that one tasted like chocolate and the other like biccies :lol:
I always think about this too. I wonder how she isn't bored of it because she has it all the time haha but nope, she still can't get enough of it.
I just asked my son (he's 3.5) and he said "foz I just do" :lol:
DS always thinks its like a treat. Like having icecream every time he clicks his fingers, lol.
Its pretty sweet tasting as far as I know, but my only taste was when it came back up...:rofl:
I haven't actually asked DS but he will often say yum when he can see them or if I say 'boob' so I guess it's like the best tasting food ever :lol:
:rofl: that is so cute!!!!:
Heaven- great thread. They do love it dont they. So sweet. you have made me want to go and wake DD up so she can have some boobie and I can bond with her :hug:
What a great thread - can't wait to hear the answers! I have never asked miss A why she loves boobie so much but she still pats them and says my boobies even after being weaned for nearly 6mths. If she is upset or tired the hand goes straight for the top :rolleyes: DS asked me today why Ari still wants booby and all I could think of was for most of her life they were the thing that made everything better ;)
my three year old is speech delayed, just started coming out with more words, sentences even, in last fortnight (very exciting for me to hear her thoughts).
she says "mummy booby make me appy". Her behaviour and attitude (big smiles as soon as she latches on) about booby convinced me long ago:
- it must taste really nice
- it's her FAVE
- it makes everything better when she hurts herself (no need for panadol)
- it can be used (by me) to stop a tantrum - works like magic
- it's the first thing she wants when i collect her from childcare
i feel so fortunate we have been able to have this bf-ing r=ship, i don't take it for granted, when it's so hard for many mums and bubs.
They get sooo excited don't they? It's so cute when DD see's my boobies especially when I'm changing in front of her and they are staring her in the face she gets all excited and frantic and has to have a drink then!!! :) ooooh so cute.... I love breastfeeding!!
I think it's not only the fact that it tastes sweet for them but it's also sooo warm, must be so nice to drink, especially when they are wanting that extra comfort at the same time ;)
Boobie fixes everything!
I love this :) DS does the same thing. His eyes almost pop out of his head if I'm getting changed! lol Then he starts bouncing and flapping his arms up and down in excitement that it's boobie time!:
I think they must be snuggly... DS finishes feeding and throws his arm around the boob, rubs his face against it and sighs in bliss, it's the cutest thing I have ever seen... *gushes*
My DS does this too and he's 16mths old. I love it when he rests his head on my boo's and takes in a big breath like he's sniffing the best smell in the world!:
DD tells me that booby milk tastes yummy. She can't quite express that she loves the snuggles that come along with bfing, but the closing eyes and relaxing back off to sleep in the morning speak for themselves on that one!
What a gorgeous thread. Both of my kids also get excited and apparantely I'm a bit slow getting the boobie out because they both have (DS still does) grabs and rips at my bras squeeling and smiling until boobie is out. I love the cheeky grins I get mid feed from DS with milk dribbing out the side of his mouth and then giggles and go back for more. Oh and how they hold on tight just incase you take it off them. It's just so damn cute!!
This is a lovely, lovely thread. I will remember it for the next time someone says women only breastfeed toddlers for selfish reasons!
Can't wait until B can tell me in words what she thinks... in the meantime though, the way she opens her mouth and rolls toward the boob whenever I sit in the feeding chair, and the way she puts both hands round my boob to hug it while feeding, and the way she feeds almost to sleep and then relatches as if she just wants to make sure she can have more as soon as she wakes up, and the way she comes off and gives me an enormous smile, all say "baby loves boobie" :)
Awww, this is a beautiful thread :D.
I can't wait till DS can tell me why he loves booby - but for now I just now he loves it. I have to be really careful about saying 'booby' these days, cause if I do and he hears me he wants a feed there and then!
LOL same here, I can't say 'booby' or get undressed in front of DD without having to feed right then and there!!
Beautiful responses, keep them coming!!
Me too! I have to watch what I say cos' 'booby' is her favourite word :lol::rolleyes: if I'm telling DH about something she did that day and I say "she wanted booby" or something, she will look at me and start getting frantic! haha so cute....:
I found a great article on a blog about this.
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Sweet Milk, Sweet Memories
Breastfeeding a toddler or older child can sure be an adventure! My nursling is almost 2, and sometimes I feel like a combination jungle gym/vending machine! Most people in our lives don't understand it, and I could rattle on about the WHO recommendation of at least 2 years, I could list all the many ways that it benefits her body and mind... but all health reasons for full-term breastfeeding aside, I'm still so glad for this special experience, despite how others may degrade it in their minds.
The way my little one exclaims "Beebees!" with such utter glee, the way she smiles while nursing and pats my breast, the way she can slow down her crazy little life and have a peaceful moment with me now and then, the way she giggles and pushes my husband away if he teases her and starts going after my boob... It's all so silly, special, comforting, and yes, occasionally irritating, lol. I wouldn't trade this for the world. Even when I feel literally drained, just seeing how incredibly happy and healthy she is rejuvenates and blesses me like nothing else!
I hope that by sharing this post, moms that are "still" breastfeeding will be able to relate, and hopefully get a smile or giggle from it too. I hope that this may also help others realize that full-term nursing isn't just something done by "natives" or "hippies" (terms I've actually heard people use to describe people who nurse beyond a year, ugh)! It isn't something we do just for the sake of being weird. It isn't something that becomes perverted just because your child passes their first birthday. It is still just as healthy and comforting to them as it was when they were little babies, and we do it just because it is NORMAL. I hope you enjoy the following quotes, and please feel free to add your own in a comment! Big thank you to everyone that contributed to this post :-)
My eldest son, who self-weaned at about nearly 3, came into my bedroom about 6 months later while I was dressing. He saw me with no shirt and exclaimed, "THERE'S my boobies!!!"
My 3 year old said," mmm, tastes like HONEY!"
My 21 month old son who is still nursing recently called me "mama cup" while patting my chest. Also, when i asked him what my milk tasted like, he said "chotat" which I think meant chocolate! Nursing has been such a blessing for us.
My 5yo sister has called nursing "ump" since she was a baby. When she was old enough to talk, we asked her why. She said, "Oh, that's how I used to say bumps when I was little."
My 3 year old tells me all the time he wants to give me booby kisses like sister HayLee does.. :)
I can remember my mother nursing me on demand, and I was at least three, possibly even four. Knowing she was there for me to snuggle up to and comfort nurse was the most... safe... feeling, and it's almost impossible to recreate as an adult. ♥ Thank you, mom.
My 2.5 yr old just weaned 2 months ago. Sitting on the potty the other day she said "I'm a big girl, I go potty, no more Momma's milk for me, bye, bye momma's milk". So sweet....
My daughter is 5; she self weaned at 37 months. The other day as she watched her little brothers nurse, she said to me "I loved mama milk. It was so warm and sweet."
My 3yo son and I were in a fabric store and when I picked him up, he put his hand on my breast and said, "I like your boob. I like your milk. I like you."
My son when he was just over 2-ish, would go up to strangers who had a young crying baby and tell them "that baby need boob. give that baby boob." lol
My daughter called it "her sleepy drink" one night...that made me remember how comforting it was to her to nurse to sleep.
My, at the time, almost 3 yo son was nursing and he pulled off my breast, he looked at me and said I want booby. I am thinking you were just having that. He says with great expression "The Big Booby right there". He meant the one he hadn't already deflated. He would constantly tell me that he loves booby and he still does.....lol
Morgan talks about it all the time, lol. She says "Your milkies taste like ice-cream, Ethan and Abby are lucky"
This morning my 3 yrs & 5 mths old daughter spontaneously said to me " Mummy, I like to kiss you sooo much and I like your milky all the time because I love you soooo much."
"Mom if i knew the milk would go away if i stopped, i would have never stopped!" my son nursed until he was 4, and apparently would have nursed longer had he known he was in charge of the milk supply.
Awhile back my 4 y/o daughter took my bra and smelled it (LOL). I asked her what she was doing and she said, "This smells like your milk and I miss nursing." Unfortunately our bf'ing journey came to a short end, but I'm still nursing my 19 month old and there is no sight of him self-weaning :)
According to my 2 year old, my milk tastes like chocolate milk!
My 2.5 y/o daughter says "mommy milk tastes like ice cream". We also goof around with each other and I will say "my boobies" and she responds "No, my boobies!"
My 3yo (then 2.5), who was planning to tandem nurse, would tell me when I was pregnant, "I have to SHARE the breastmilk. First the baby, then me."
I'm tandem nursing my 23 month old and newborn. The 23 month old doesn't say many quotable things yet but if the baby starts to cry she says "baby nine" (her version of nurse). She'll also try to wake the baby because she knows if I'm nursing the baby I'll probably let her nurse.
Sometimes when I am nursing JoAnna (18 months), her older brother asks if he can try again...just to see what's it like. I asked him if he remembers what it was like. (He is 10 now). Nope, he don't remember breast feeding, well, he remembers doing it, but not the taste. He acts like he misses it and so he lays down beside me while I nurse JoAnna. He has always been very close to me. I had nursed Jay for 2 1/2 years. He would be still nursing today if I would let him. LOL
Daniel says ''boobie is my best friend'' he hugs my boobie, then latches on. It's so cute, he also says he want to go booby night night.
Elyse still is mainly talking in one-two word sentences but she has patted my boob before and said "love". When I was going through some hormonal pain while nursing and I explained how mommy needed a break she said "boo boos" and kissed my breast. Yesterday she was at the doctor's office and there were a lot of newborns there. She was pointing them out to my husband and telling him how the babies need "bubbas" (her word for nursing). She was also saying, "milk milk, yum" with a big smile on her face.
My daughter used to call it "Yummy juice", but now she only wants me to nurse her baby brother, because, you know, she can eat pizza and stuff. ;)
Sophie has always said such sweet things about it, both when she was still nursing, and now that she has weaned. :) Some of my favorites: "I want milk. I love your milk.", "I love your boobies. They smell like honey!" After latching on for a moment recently: "I'm done nursing!" and walking off happily!
Regarding Cherise: "She needs you to nurse her!" "Aww Sewise! You having your milk?? It's yummy!"
Just this morning, my 3yo said, "Mamma, is the baby sister in your belly having mommy milk yet?" "Not yet, honey." "Kai (my 1.5yo) and I love your mommy milk. But, I'm not a baby anymore. So, I'll share mine with baby sister and then when she's asleep I'll drink the rest all up."
My two year old in the morning (he was recently night weaned): "Is the milk still sleeping?" He also often says, "The milk was yummy" after nursing. If he gets hurt, "I want some milk to make me feel better."
I think it has to be the combo of cuddles and warm milk. I personally love sitting down in the evening in comfy clothes (esp in winter - a blanket wrapped around me preferably!) and a warm drink. I imagine its the same for the littlies - breastfeeding offers warmth, comfort and a yummy warm drink.
I wish that I could feel that relaxed as often as DD does, LOL!
Heh heh - love it!:
My son when he was just over 2-ish, would go up to strangers who had a young crying baby and tell them "that baby need boob. give that baby boob." lol
What a gorgeous thread.
Naaaw! I can't wait til Jazz can tell me! For now I am content with her obvious addiction/infatuation with my boobs (well... her boobs LMAO)! She just loves them ... i think I have a thread around here LOL!
so so lovely to hear so many older bubs still having a boobie :)
My DD just weaned a couple of weeks ago at 2yrs 8 months - I think its more because my body stopped making anything for her to get, being pregnant, and it was hurting me a bit and she could pick up on me wincing when she attached. She has a suck every second or third day, just to make sure i think LOL. But instead I am getting kisses on "beebee", so she still loves them and calls them hers. I asked if she was going to share when DS is born and she said yep and she was gonna "show him how to drink bee bee" so I am not ruling out a return in a few months time!
BF'ing is one of the most cherished things I will ever have I think......I cant wait to do it all again soon :)
Ooooh they just love them don't they???!!! :D
DD has been saying "boo-bie" for a while now but the last few days, she has been absolutely, booby OBSESSED and will not stop saying the word!!!!! :rofl: she says it all the time and even when she's not even looking at my boobs and just playing on the floor haha!!! And when i'm at the checkout and we are standing there she'll look up from the trolley and say "boob-ie's!!" haha I get a bit embarrassed but then its' so cute I don't care!!! ;) ;)
eta - I'm so glad she's still obsessed as I was worried a few weeks ago when going thru breast refusal and biting stage, that she was weaning herself!!!! Phew!!