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Your opinion on BFing/EPing past first bday?

DEBBIE33CASEYDEBBIE33CASEY
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Some co-workers at my work constantly berrate another co-worker of mine who has decided to BF her son until he's 3.  They say it's gross...etc.  I was just wondering.... for people who plan for their LO to get BM for longer than a year would you consider it gross if the mother was simply EPing? Is it the boob to toddler thing that grosses people out or the fact that the child is getting BM past age 1, 2, 3, 4...?

 

 

My opinion, since I EP is that I am hoping to be done and weaned by Jan 1, since we have a huge frozen supply to last us until DD's 1st bday.  But if someone doesn't mind EPing that long (to like age 3) I don't think it's really super gross. For me it's more of a boob to kid thing that weirds me out and why I wouldn't do it.

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Re: Your opinion on BFing/EPing past first bday?

  • flutiefrostieflutiefrostie member
    I don't think bfing to three is gross, and I do think your other coworkers are pigs for berating her. 
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    I don't think BFing to 3 or even 4 is gross at all. Honestly, I don't understand why the coworkers care or think they have any business commenting on it at all. I plan to BF DD until about age 2, but if she wants to go longer then we will. Extended BFing is common in practically every world culture except our own, which is sad considering the benefits of BM don't stop at age 1 for the LO or the mom.
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  • DEBBIE33CASEYDEBBIE33CASEY

    imageflutiefrostie:
    I don't think bfing to three is gross, and I do think your other coworkers are pigs for berating her. 

    Yeah they are total beyotches, I agree 100%. They don't believe in BFing at all, but they really get on her for the age 3 thing.

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  • Mrs.VMrs.V member
    I think its crazy that co-workers would vocally express their dislike for BFing a kid to any age!! The poor mom! Its recommended to BF until 2 yrs. anyways. But yes, I think that more people start to find the act of BFing an older toddler more strange than the fact that they're drinking BM. I'd never call it gross though!
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  • grettazgrettaz member

    I'm getting ready to stop EPing because I've built up enough of a freezer stash to make it to a year, but I don't think it's gross at all to continue.

    I also see nothing wrong with BFing until age three. If nursing had worked out fo me, I fully intended to BF until E was 3 or until she self weaned, whichever came first.

    ETA: I also think it's insane that your coworkers feel that it's any of their business when she weans, and I find it outrageous that they actually comment aloud about it. Why on earth do they care?

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  • BeckiCBeckiC

    I plan to nurse DS past his birthday, though not until he's 3. I'm thinking morning and night for a while, maybe until 18 months or so, I'll follow his lead.

    I think people that are grossed out by it feel that way about a toddler being at the boob, not the actual milk.

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  • flutenewtflutenewt
    Personally, I don't think DS and I will make it to 3yrs BF or EP, but I certainly prefer to feed him my milk than a cow's milk.  I mean, seriously, humans are the only animals that feed another animal's milk to their children.  People who have issues with a toddler at the breast should try to picture that same child drinking directly from a cow :)
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