I used to think it was weird before I had kids.
I still nurse DD and feel odd about it sometimes since she's so big! She loves nursing though so I plan on continuing until.. haven't decided yet!
No more than 6 months though.
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I think it's weird but I don't have kids yet.
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I don't think it's weird! I think it's something that I personally wouldn't be comfortable doing but I don't think it's odd when other people do.
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Honestly, the idea creeps me out, but it doesn't hurt me, so I'd never say anything.
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I thought it was weird before I had kids.
Although I don't think it's weird, I have this vivid image of being in a park and watching this mother on a picnic blanket talking to her friend. Her son ran over to her, picked up her shirt, and latched on. He looked like he was 3 or 4. Now, as a mom, I have no problem with her still breastfeeding her son, I just know I don't want my child running up to me and pulling up my shirt--in public or at home!
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No, I don't.
And my daughter would never reach up and pull down my shirt. Hell to the no. She knows my boundaries.
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Honestly I think it's a little weird, but like @Grace: said, I would just think that and not say anything. Doesn't hurt me, and is none of my business. Still weird though.
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That could be me if Olive has her way. 18 months in a couple of days and she has no desire to wean at all.
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I don't think it's weird.
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Pre baby I would have said yes. Now, nope. Not at all.
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Mine int even close to that age, so it's easy to say no, I think it's weird. Theres a good chance that my opinion would change if I had been more successful bfing and LO was still enjoying it.
It's so easy to change your mind one you have kids/they get older. -
Pre-baby, I would've thought it was weird, but now that LO is 13 months old and shows absolutely no interest in weaning, I think it's totally natural!
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Nope. Not at all.
DD will be one shortly and still seems so little to me...I can't imagine weaning this early! I am sure we will go much longer and I will end up tandem nursing like you.
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I wouldn't want to do it but I totally don't care when others do:)
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I don't think it's gross or weird but I'm not sure how comfortable I would personally be with it....I always said 2 would be my cut-off but I may feel differently if he's still nursing when we get there.
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I don't think it's weird at all... I think it's pretty awesome! P is quickly approaching 1 & I hope we are able to continue nursing a long time.
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Pre baby- Definitely.
I can appreciate now that it's hard to quit:). My milk supply is suffering being back at work and DH suggested going to FF to save me the stress (our goal is 6 mos and we're at 4), and I wanted to cry just thinking about not having that anymore! I know she'd be nutritionally fine, I'm just not ready to give it up for ME!
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Basically, yes- it weirds and grosses me out.
My cut off is 1 year old. At 2 I could not imagine nursing my son.
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I think it is something I would never do. I don't know anyone that has either. So to me it is a little weird. Especially now since I am not loving BF, I can't imagine doing it for that long. But to each their own.
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I think it's weird, and would probably gross me out to see it in action. It's a size thing for me.
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Yep, but I don't have kids. I don't see that opinion changing though but who knows.
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@Mrs. Bee: My LO was like that at 18 months. He self-weaned at 2.5 years. Hang in there! It'll be over before you realize it.
To answer the question, no, but I nursed a 2 year-old. We never did it in public past about age 1, which is fairly standard, I think. I will say that LO obviously took comfort in it, and statistically it had health benefits for me (plus, no period until 2 years pp), so I'm not sure why it seems like such a counter-cultural thing to do.
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It's not weird and it actually hurts my feelings a little that people would think so. Our daughter did wean at two, on her terms when she was ready. Prolonged breast feeding was the norm in traditional societies. I think the over-sexualization of breasts in our society is the root of the problem.
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I don't think it's weird. I wasn't able to nurse LO so honestly I get jealous.
I think it's more normal in different cultures and locations. I have a friend who just visited from Park Slope and she was nursing her 2 year old, and I feel like it's more normal there. When I'm visiting I always tend to see people nursing in public and nursing older babies.
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Not especially weird or gross. My bff's SIL nursed her toddler at a restaurant table. I was sitting a across from her and the boob out was more shocking to me than the child straddling her mom to get a good latch.
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For me, I didn't even like the idea of a big baby nursing! Anything more than a tiny little baby nursing was weird to me. I nursed Wagon Jr. til 7 months and obviously got used to the idea of him nursing. But I have issues with the boob (not physical... but emotional, I think). I'm so much happier this time around with exclusive pumping.
For others, when I see or hear about it, I don't really think it's weird at all! I do get a little weirded out when a kid who is old enough to speak in sentences is whining for nursing.
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Honestly, it is a little odd to me. I would never judge someone for it but it isn't something I would ever feel comfortable doing myself.
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It doesn't bother me in the least, I think along with what @Mrs. Jacks: said about the sexualization element it is partially due to what we experience. My mom breast fed my sister past two and I have worked with moms who breast fed into toddlerhood. I think bring around people who just carry on like it's normal (which it is! ) helps it to become more normal in our minds- even if it really is only a small handful of people in our lives. On the other hand, without those types of experiences it would be hard to understand I would think.
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I do think it's weird. It makes me uncomfortable, but I don't have kids. Someone once said in jest if they're old enough to ask for it they're too old. I think there's a cut off where it just feels weird, but I support moms who do that- just wouldn't be for me. Kind of like seeing a big dude in a speedo at a beach- not something you see everyday, and not my cup of tea- but good for them!!! I would never say someone SHOULDN'T be doing it. Just that I might not.
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I don't think it's weird or gross. I hope to nurse DD until at least 2 per WHO recommendations.
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It's a little weird to me to do it past 2 or so. Before that I can understand if its something both mother and baby want. For me, I'm counting the days until 1 so we can wean. 1 was my goal and I don't enjoy nursing as much as some others seem to. Plus, I'm a WOHM so I end up pumping more than actually nursing anyway. Ready to stop pulling my boobs out at work and dripping milk on my clothes. Ugh!
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Not weird or gross, just not something I window want todo (I can't imagine not having my body to myself for 3 years, including pregnancy!). I say this now, however; might feel differently when lo is close to 2!
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Like a lot of others, pre-baby I would have thought it was weird, but wouldn't have said anything and minded my own business.
Post-baby I'd just be downright impressed, and a little jealous! Haha
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Not weird or gross, but not something I am going to choose to do. To each their own!
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Pre-pg, and even during pg, 2 years seemed like a reaaaally long time to nurse a child, and, if I am being totally candid, long-term nursing seemed like more of a crunchy mama thing as opposed to a baby health thing. Now that my LO is almost 7 months, I can see that 2 years really isn't that long - it goes by so quickly! - although I can't see myself nursing that long. I feel so happy and lucky to have made it this far!
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I don't think it's weird or gross. But I do think there is a way to do it tactfully and a way not to. I work in weath management and a client recently started nursing her two year in the middle of an account review meeting with my boss. I think that's a little strange...
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I knew someone that nursed her kids until they were like 5 years old. It weirded me out because we were at a pool and she nursed her youngest boy, who was about 4 years old at the time. He was pulling down her swimsuit and about to whip her boob out. She was like, "you don't get it if I don't pull it out. You are not allowed to do that in public." Completely weirded me out.
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I think its a little weird, because I know lots of two year olds that talk/can ask for milk.
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nope not here! I definitely try to adopt the philosophies of cultures around the world who commonly breastfeed even up to ten years old! They fascinate me! It's SO second nature in other cultures that even men aren't phased by it - they love it. And not in a sexual perverted way but because they realize it's a beautiful, healthy and normal thing. The way it's meant to be
@Mrs. Jacks: 100% agree!
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It is a little weird to me (pre baby) but its also none if my business. It just has a little bit of an ick factor, probably because of how sexual boobs are in society, like mrs jacks said. For that reason I can see my opinion changing once I have actually breast fed.
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