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Is it really so shocking?
I had a playdate with a friend today and she was shocked to find out that at 4 months I am BF Gabriel and that I BF Joshua until he was 11.5 months?
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Re: Is it really so shocking?
it's shocking that she was shocked.
she would love me. i BF t until he was 16 mos.
although not everyone nursed their child as long as i did, i am lucky that most of my IRL friends nursed for at least 6 mos and think it's totally normal to nurse past that. i have 3 friends that quit at 6 mos, but they are all friends and i think now that they know ppl who nursed longer at least 2 of them might nurse longer the 2nd time. i get the feeling that they just thought 6 mos was a cut off point...
i had hoped to nurse until 2, but it didn't work out that way. we'll see with Twosey
My mom continues to be shocked as well. Although she breastfed 6 of her 7 children, she insists she was much more normal b/c she only breastfed until we were 6 months and had teeth. Anything beyond that is more for the mother's pleasure! (!!)
don't often get shocked responses for a 4 month old though -- that's odd!
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this is more of the reaction i get from friends, also, when i tell them i ebf to just over a year.
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I was able to teach Natalie pretty easily to not bite. She's got lots of chompers now and rarely rarely bites. I was actually thinking to myself last night how it was interesting that I couldn't even feel her teeth.
truitt's gums were way worse than teeth. he would chomp down and it was like a mini-nipple mamogram... once he got teeth, he let up that impulse and i never had an issue. of course, now that i put that out there, the next one will be a biter! lol
I, too, am shocked that she was shocked. but I will say that most people I knew only did six month's or less until I got here.
but that said, I loved nursing. I really did. We made it to fourteen month's and would have gone longer had it not been for me going to europe for ten days.
If that's shocking, than she would be shocked to find out that I'm still BF'ing Charlotte at almost 11 months and plan to until probably 18 months-ish.
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Absolutely ditto. I'm "shocked" to find that so many people are shocked that I'm BF'ing still. Not one girl in my mom's group that I can think of BFs still or did for longer than a month or two (I personally don't give two sh!ts if people BF or not, but people seem to find it amazing - good or bad - that I'm still doing it).
Another ditto. I was never thinking I'd quit when she got teeth, but EVERYONE and their mother said "oh just wait until she gets teeth!". Well, she has 3.5 (two bottom chompers and breaking her top two), and, knock on wood, rarely ever bites. If she does, I break the suction and pull her off and tap her nose, and tell her "no biting". You'd be surprised that you really can't feel the teeth.
Ditto. I also admire people who BF for so long. It didn't really work for me either and I stopped at 3.5 months (we always had to supplement formula). The whole process was just so hard and stressful for me since it didn't really work. Hopefully the second time around things will be better. I would love to BF until at least 6 months.
My MIL is one of those people who never BF and finds it shocking that others continue to do it. DH's cousin BF her boy until 1 year and my MIL basically said that was so gross! And when I was having trouble BF, she would indirectly tell me I should just stop because it's not worth it.
What I find shocking is that so many people find breastfeeding shocking and gross; that makes me sad. To each his own, I guess. **I'm not trying to start any debates; just sharing my personal opinion.**
I, too, am glad to have this board and you ladies for your BFing support. Not a single person in my personal life (who has a child) feels the way I do about breastfeeding and I found most of my support here.
I should say that this person did try to BF but was unsuccessful due to having breast reduction surgery. But like I was saying to Kelley this morning how long was she planning on BF for if 4 months was shocking to her.
She is pregnant with her second and is going to try again.
if 4 months is shocking to her, she'd have a heart attack if she knew how long i BFed Maddie.
No one ever told me to my face that they thought my extended BFing was weird, but behind my back I'm not sure.
I think it is sad that people are shocked. Really sad. I think that most Nesties would not be shocked even if they didn't BF - just because they are here and getting more information than a lot of new moms do.
IRL, I don't know anyone who nursed past 6mo. But most of my friends weren't shocked that I nursed for a year.... it was only nursing past a year that seemed to shock people (16.5mo)
And teeth were a non-issue like some others said. My mom was shocked that I nursed after DD had teeth though. I'm glad I went to LLL meetings so I could meet more nursing moms.
you're probably sick of me talking about it, but you are my BFing hero!!
Ditto!
it is weird that she was shocked. I too am one in aw and hope to give it a go again with the next one, hopefully I'll get milk and get to join you ladies.
But I have two friends who breastfeed both their newborns and (over) two year olds. One is all over facebook with the BF photos in protest of their policy, she has a pic BF both kids.
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awww, thanks girls!