Breastfeeding after one year?

@laurieluvsit why stop

@laurieluvsit Just a designed :-)

@daisy77 Thanks for sharing that. My twins are 2 now, and I was weaning them but have had second thoughts about it.

@samueltyler2 Haha. Maybe. Or it could be as simple as I'm just producing too much milk for my body to keep up. Or it could be something completely different. I'm glad to lose the weight in certain places but it's become too much now. Unless I'm trying to set the world record for smallest waist. LOL .. Joking aside, it's kind of disturbing.

@HeatherFlorida do you have images before and after. Generally i would expect that with the milk fed to the baby, you would get hungry and be able to eat anything yo like and not gain weight, but to actually lose is unusual.

@HeatherFlorida
You don't know? Of course, it is related to lactation. The kid is latching onto you for nutrition like a mass of leeches sucking blood from your skin. You are a mom, for Christ's sake. You ought to know by divine guidance when to wean your offspring. What's wrong with you?

@sree251 Dick.

@SW-User Don't let your time breastfeeding be shortened because others frown on it.

@Lyn4Zoo I didn’t listen to the haters and breast fed him until 2

@Lyn4Zoo

Are you still lactating ?????

@1490wayb Yes, for now.

@samueltyler2 people don't nurse a three year old to sleep - they're getting a drink and moving away. People with no more emotion to give a baby will use a bottle for that - they're also known to shut the kid in a bedroom and let them scream until they stop. It's not necessary, just customary!

@Roundandroundwego I am speaking from my experience as a former pediatrician. Sometimes I heard and saw a child say.to its mother I want to nurse.

@samueltyler2 my kid just said ",titty". She was four when she stopped nursing. My friends and I strongly believe in letting them decide when to nurse or drink titty, and when to stop. Around age four or five, they stopped. We didn't limit their food after that, we took full responsibility for offering them foods we believed in, and not buying stuff in crinkly wrapping, ever. We believe in food, too. My daughter weened to strawberry Hagen daas, back when it was really good, then she seemed to need egg custard, then she was done.

@AllycatAD I think that's great, breast is definitely best! 😊
The bonding aspect is invaluable too. Though my friend found she was unable to breast feed, and always regretted that, even though it wasn't her fault.
Do you mean you bottle fed with breast milk or formula?

@Richard65 breast milk

@AllycatAD I was bottle fed, so I never had the pleasure. I've never tasted it. Thanks for replying.

@FreeSpirit1
Wow, you are not pulling punches. I hope this won't upset the OP. I am not criticizing you for being blunt but you are putting your finger on the right spot.

@FreeSpirit1 Probably explains why a bunch of men jumped in to give advice on women's issues! 😒 I

@ninalanyon
Kids need to grow physically and emotionally. They ought to be weaned in a timely manner.

@sree251 If by timely you mean at the right time, then yes of course. If you mean according to some kind of one size fits all livestock breeding program then no.

@ninalanyon
The right time is not according to your pediatrician unless she is a good wholesome mom herself. The right time is determined by maternal instinct of a wholesome mother.

@AllycatAD Thank you!

@Panamared The twins are hardly a year old. You expect mom to have a discussion with them?

@UndeadSona I'm pumping. It's my milk. And I've tried to breastfeed but it's difficult because of my size. As they get bigger, it might become easier. So I'd like to continue and give it another try.

@sree251 I've been mostly pumping and bottle feeding. Not formula.

@HeatherFlorida My comment still stands. The twins are old enough to be weaned off breast milk. Continuing breastfeeding is for you, not for them. You ought to be encouraging them to take solid food that they need now for growth.

@ThisIsCrazy You need to butt out. Please don't sexualize this conversation.