If your child can say "Mama, feed me," or "Boob," is it too old to be breastfeeding?

sacabeans00 · #1 (**permalink**) 10-23-2007, 06:28 AM

I have an opinion on this. But some yahoo answer responses to very similar questions is that it is okay and even healthy to breastfeed until the child is 5!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Yes it is!!!!!
If all of you agree with me...then where are all of the advocates who were angry at me for saying it IS too old?
It also amazes me at how defensive the mothers who breastfeed until their children are in grade school are?

tebone0315 · #2 (**permalink**) 10-23-2007, 06:28 AM

yes much too old

petloveragain · #3 (**permalink**) 10-23-2007, 06:28 AM

if your comfortable with it then go for it. myself personally..... when my kids started talking I thought of them as people not babies and was not comfortable with it so I stopped. to each his own in my opinion.

caseytobychef · #4 (**permalink**) 10-23-2007, 06:29 AM

Yes........TOOOOO old!!

Toddlers ate my brain · #5 (**permalink**) 10-23-2007, 06:30 AM

Why would being able to talk be reason to deprive a child of human milk?

If a child can say "i need a hug" do we stop hugging them? If they say "poopy" do we stop wiping their butts? If they ask for a snack are we to stop feeding them?

This logic makes NO sense.

Breasts are for feeding human offspring until the biological age of weaning, which is when they lose their milk teeth, between ages 4-7.

My DD self-weaned at 40 months and my 32 month-old son seems to be on his way, but if he wants to nurse to age 5 that is totally natural and biologically appropriate.

11:00 PM · #6 (**permalink**) 10-23-2007, 06:30 AM

5 is way tooooooo old sorry......but i would stop right when he turns 1!!!!