Anyone nursing a 2-2.5+ year old?

Re: Anyone nursing a 2-2.5+ year old?

• MRoxy0628 member

  August 2014

  My daughter will be 2 next week and she shows no signs of weaning. I didn't anticipate BFing this long, but it's like many parenting decisions in that I didn't know what would happen until it did! I'm not sure when we'll wean.

  

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• vvvvvfee member

  August 2014

  i'm still nursing my 2-year-old DS. my initial naive goal (i say naive because it was my goal while still pregnant) was 2 years. once i was actually BFing, i figured i'd go to 1 year at minimum, then see how it went. of course, it was so much easier when i didn't have to pump anymore that there was really no reason to quit!
  
  i don't have an age in mind for weaning. we would like another child, sooner rather than later, though. i know some toddlers wean when mom gets pregnant again. i do feel a little guilty about another pregnancy cutting of DS before he's ready, although i am open to nursing while pregnant/tandem nursing. i seriously feel like DS would never just wean of his own accord.
  

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• natsgirl12 member

  August 2014

  I'm nursing a 2.5yo and am 14 weeks pregnant. No signs of stopping which is fine by me. It's just morning and night now and easy to skip sessions when she visits the grandparents. My OB said that if she were going to self wean due to pregnancy she would've already done it. So we will see how long it continues. I definitely think there's still benefits to her nursing so I have no plans to make her stop in the near future. I know my body will provide for the baby and my milk will change to colostrum toward the end of pregnancy. I don't have an issue with tandem nursing. So it'll be interesting to see where it all goes.

  

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• [Deleted User] member

  August 2014

  My DS is 29 mo and we're still nursing. I never thought I'd be nursing a 2-yr old but there's never been a reason to stop, so here we are. I have no plans ATM about weaning. I kind of take it day by day.

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• CLLDLL member

  August 2014

  Yep, still nursing my almost 2 year old here too.  I never thought I would make it this far, but I'm glad we have.  I really think nursing him has had HUGE benefits to both of us well past age 1.  That being said, I'm at the point where if he decided to self wean tomorrow, I wouldn't be too sad about it.  I'd probably shed tears for a day or two and then do a happy dance that I get my body back.  I'm not going to force him to wean anytime soon either though. It's easier to keep nursing than to wean at this point I think. 

  
  
  
  
   
  
  
   
  

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• bunniekrissy member

  August 2014

  My DS turns 3 in December and is still nursing 2x a day. I am tandem nursing him and my 6 month old DS2. I was always open to BFing to age 2, but wasn't sure we'd keep going this long. I hope to wean him by not long after his 3rd birthday, or before. I guess we'll see, I'm not even sure how to go about it at this point!
  

       
  
   
  
  
  
  

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• mrsmopar67 member

  August 2014

  My oldest is 30 months and still nursing. (Tandem nursing 15 months.)

  

  Tied the knot 2007 | Baby #1 2012 | Baby #2 2013 | Baby #3 EDD 4/2015

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• natsgirl12 member

  August 2014

  Starbuck128 said:

  DS is 30 months and we are still BF. A couple of months ago it seemed like he was barely getting any milk, and I hoped it was a sign he was weaning, but he picked up again. We're still at 3 times a day. 

  
  

  I got a BFP recently, and I really don't want to be far along with a pregnancy and still BF. I don't know how I would keep up with the nutritional demands of both, not to mention it's going to get uncomfortable. I'm hoping there's truth to the stories that pregnancy changes BM and he'll self wean.

  Just an FYI, but my OB said that most children who self-wean due to changes to milk during pregnancy do so in the first few weeks. It's the hormonal changes in those weeks that affect the milk and cause the self-weaning. If you are not comfortable with tandem nursing your toddler and newborn, you should wean your toddler at least 3 mos before you deliver.
  
  My 2.5yo is still going strong. I'm 15 weeks pregnant. I'm fine with tandem nursing so I have no plans to wean her.
  

  

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