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No one asked me why with D, but I probably would have told them MYOB. I know my MIL will wonder with M. I'll tell her the same (but nicer).
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'Because your grandchild is going to be a genius.'
In reality, I trotted out the WHO recs and explained that so far, the immunity-building benefits seemed to be working for us. We went nearly 2.5 years and he only got Roseola that entire time, there was not even a cold apart from that.
Regarding weight gain, it didn't happen to me, and I think that's because LO self-weaned very gradually. I wouldn't stress about it if you go slowly. I never gained anything back and the point at which he slowed down on the BFing coincided with the point at which he was way more active, so I naturally started getting a lot more exercise.
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- it's the healthiest choice for her (they can't really argue cows milk is better than mothers milk)
- it's working for us
- why does it concern you?I usually just left things vague, it's healthy, it's working and until either of those things change we will continue.
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My long-term goal was a year, and anything past that was lagniappe. Good for him, good for me, why wouldn't I? He weaned at 15m because he had his first cold and was too congested to latch on properly, and I wasn't pumping.
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@grizz: All hail the mighty sleep inducing boob! I tell my husband all the time that I don't know what I'm going to do when I can't just throw a boob at her when she's fussing/tired/sick/teething.
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@AmeliaBedilia: I'm definitely going to use that line!
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@grizz: the boob is the ultimate back to sleep aid. It still works for us at 27 months!!
I kept going because WHO recommends it and because she really, really does not want to stop!
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i kept going because we wanted to and had no reason to stop! she still felt little, i wasn't inconvenienced by it and it was part of our bonding. like @arden: said too, i wasn't as worried about her food intake because i felt like breast milk evened it all out!
now that we're done at 18 months, i miss it sometimes, but i do get so many cuddles! i was worried about sleep issues (definitely in the "throw a boob at it" camp like @grizz: ), but we got past those about a month before we fully weaned and it's been great since!
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I usually just say I'm planning to do it until she self-weans. We just hit a year old, and I'd say the last three months people have been inquiring.
Or if I'm in a joking mood I say I don't want to have to start making bottles in the middle of the night, and having to give up the extra cookie calories I "earn" by still nursing.
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I used to just say that he wasn't ready to quit and I didn't mind it. Before he was a year I used to say that I wouldn't start making bottles NOW this far in. ..
I don't know why people care so da** much about it. It ain't nobody's business but mine!
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No one really asked me, probably because after 12 months, I was only nursing first thing in the morning, so no one really knew I was still doing it. But if people asked, I would've said we were going to continue until he self-weaned, which he did at 14.5 months.
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LO wasn't any where near ready to stop so I did not have the heart to end it. And DH & I had agreed 2 was our max.
My mom asked when I was going to stop when LO was FOUR months old. 4.
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To save money on cow's milk?! Haha. DH's family would totally accept that response over anything else.
Making it past a year wasn't even close to an option for us, but I hope it will be for this baby! -
I kept breastfeeding (LO is 14 months) because my daughter still nurses to sleep for all naps and bed and at this point she signs "milk" whenever she wants it, so I know she still wants to nurse. I love the nursing cuddles and it is nice to not worry about feeding her other milk and great that she still gets the health benefits of breastmilk. I know she wont always want to cuddle with me so I am soaking it up!
It is really annoying when people/family comment on my continued nursing but it's none of their business! I just let them know that it really isn't a strange thing and that it is recommended to continue as long as mutually enjoyable.
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If both you and the baby are happy why not?
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