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Breastfeeding At Age 5 - Page 2

Breastfeeding a five year old? I think we need to take a cue from the animals, when their babes are done their done!

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All my kids started teething at 3 months. My third who is almost 6 months now has two teeth already and yes, bites! Nevertheless, it was never a reason for me to stop breastfeeding. I believe is all a matter of training and teaching the child (even if is a baby) that is not acceptable by pulling out the breast until they are ready. They quickly get the message. But yes, sometimes you cannot avoid it because the baby may be teething, etc.


Now, just to clarify, I just wanted to say that every case is different. Personally, I would not breastfeed a child beyond 3 years old (and that's already big) but I don't have an issue with mothers who do. I do find odd a child who is 8 years old breastfeeding.

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I am totally new to this just wanted to add a comment about breast feeding to children who are toddlers and older. I agree with the mom who said this is not unusual and she breast fed her kids until 3. The truth of the matter it does happen and parents make choices to do this I know a young man who was breast fed until the age of 6. Needless to say he is a healthy ox and the behavior seemed odd at the time but I do believe it is a matter of personal choice also I have no kids but the anti-bodies a child receives from their mother's breast milk is unparallel to any formula.

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Sorry all after 2 or so you might want to get your self evaluated as that is just a bit to long. The child can eat all it needs. After 5 you might be charged with incest.

Both my boys were done at 1ish. Full set of chompers and drinking goats milk.

I can not imagine the ridicule of other children in school if feeding at 8 or even 4. In a third world country different ball game you are fighting malnutrition.

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What do you mean by "self evaluated"? Are you implying a mother who breastfeed a child over 2 years old is not all that well in her head?

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I think it is just a man's perspective of things. Women try to nurture and men try to prepare a child for the world.

I don't have any kids, but I have noticed that single women raise sissy boys. My nephew played football like a wimp last year, and he was raised by a tough female. This really ticked me off. I spent some time with him and gave a crash course on how to be. Sportsman like conduct, respect and protect your team mates, share your victories with the people that helped, etc. I took him to the park and ran over him till he was crying (I didn't hurt him). Then I spent some time with him playing catch and running routes with him. When he cried I laughed. When he was hurt I told him to get up. He played this year and is awesome. He is the best receiver they have. He was such a wimp before, now he is tough. Much more than what I did for him. The kid is just tough. I tell him it is because of him and that no one is out there playing but him and his team mates. The kid was tough before I got there. I just wanted to show him. He isn't very big either. He will fight anything in front of him even if he gets beaten and that I tell him is "what it is all about". I was surprised myself.

His mom is tough to. She is tougher than I am in a lot of ways. She is my sister and she helped to raise me. Sometimes it takes a male to light a fire though.

Sorry, but I don't believe all of that sucking at 5 thing. It may be wrong on my part, but that is just the way I understand things.

Any male is better than none at all. We are much tougher than my Dad ever thought about being, but he understood the world and tried to at the very least give that to us. He was raised without a Dad. Atleast he stuck around.

My Dad was abusive and weak, but I am thankful for him now. Better than nothing.

I don't believe in beatings or anything. I have never done it and it disturbs me. I do think there is a way to give strength/confidence/independence without being a goof (That is what most good men give).

I just don't think that involves breast feeding at 5 or at 3 either.

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Sorry if this is a thorn in your side foreverLDS but yes I think some where before a child can undress its mother take a snack and then redress her it is far past due to cut the umbilical and let the child grow up.

What point does this pass feeding and become a mental issue (Not implying breast feeding in public is an issue.).

Even my doctor who practiced in Africa thinks there is no need past 2 for such heavy amounts of milk. Yes mothers milk is best after all god did make it that way. At what point is a baby no longer a baby but a child needing to learn to eat properly.

My books that transition is 12 to 24 months. Children are potty trained by then so why the need to breast feed besides a mother who can not let go?

It is just well seems natural to see a child eating well and becoming independent. I know this transition is easier for men then women after all it did not grow in our womb.


Most medications transition at this age why because the body is ready for the rough and tumble world of being a child.

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This is more a cultural issue. There are some cultures where it is perfectly acceptable to breast feed until 5 or 6 years old or sometimes longer. It seems a bit excessive to me but as long as there is no impropriety going on it is still a family choice. I personally wouldn't breastfeed beyond six months to a year. But I know perfectly "normal" people who breast feed until age 2 or 3.
Usually by the time they are on solid foods there is no need to supplement with breastmilk.

Rather off topic, but... Single mothers can do an amazing job raising their children of both genders. Wussy boys can be the result of ineffectual fathering as much as anything.