explaining bf'ing to 3 year old

Re: explaining bf'ing to 3 year old

• CNYBride05 member

  October 2014

  I haven't had this experience, but I think if you just say something like "babies need to drink milk that is made by their mommies. When you were a baby, you drank milk the same way." Should be sufficient.

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• TheBorg7of9 member

  October 2014

  It's actually really easy. "Baby's eating from mommy. Babies eat milk from mommies. They don't eat big boy food like you do." No big deal

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• Everyusernameistaken member

  October 2014

  I have lots of friends with newborns so I always talked to him about what they were doing when they fed their babies around us (after making sure they were comfortable with it). I also talked up all the stuff he gets to eat that baby can't to combat jealousy -- ie, you get to eat apples and macaroni and watermelon, baby only gets mama milk!
  My 2 year old has been totally cool with his brother nursing, he's fascinated but not jealous.
  
  

  
  

   

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• Bonnesetter27 member

  October 2014

  My 3 year old didn't think much of it. I just said baby has to eat. However on a funny note he calls my breasts meatballs.
  

  
  
  
  
  

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• JulyMumma member

  October 2014

  I always go with some babies drink milk from their moms, some babies drink milk from bottles. Babies can only drink milk - no big boy (girl) food like you.

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• mommatotwo2 member

  October 2014

  My 5 year old at the time found the whole idea hilarious and weird but she was only breastfed a few weeks and had never really seen breastfeeding. After a day or two of a baby breastfeeding in front of her, it became normal to her. I love that she sees me nursing at now 6, because I'm hoping the positive and normal impression will stick with her.

  

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• foreverapartofme member

  October 2014

  My DD who is 2 asked what I was doing, while I was nursing my DS.  I told her that he was just drinking mommy milk because he's too little to eat big kid food like her.  She liked the response and any time my DS cries, she will tell me that baby brother needs nummy ummy mama milk.

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