do you believe in attachment parenting/child lead weaning. Why or why not?

Mine are 14 and 12. I'll let you know when they stop obsessively feeding on my milk filled breasts every day. 😂

Is it ok to comment on an old post? I think it should be left up to the mom and the child. Let THEM decide. Not some stat chart or society decision.

I've heard a lot of pediatricians say it should be left up to the mom and the child. I agree with that. It's no one else's business.

I've heard the healthiest thing is to leave it up to the mom and the child. Not everyone fits into the same box.

I let my kids ween them selves off

No reason to ever stop really.

Breastfeeding till 5 is a must. Then you can decide.

My mom let each daughter choose. I was the longest and stayed till 6.

one of my gf's never weened her son. her's 8 and still suckles. it's their secret till she old me

when I have kids thats what I want to do

This confuses one aspect of attachment parenting with the attachment parenting, itself.

And attachment parenting is the logical extreme of helicopter & lawnmower parenting, so I think it's really surprising that it looks like it fails in primary goal of parenting: to develop offspring who are able to be independent adults.

It's the perfect pretext for controlling, invasive parents.

Let the kid go for as long as they want. If both the kid and mother want it, why stop it?

I think they should choose and theres no real limit, we are mammals and have good natural insticts... except we drink cows milk cradle to grave with natural hormones not meant for us that cattle wean after 4 weeks, that's far more crazy, plus when do people stop liking beasts I mean come on!

Let them suck as long as they want!

I find attachment parenting (AP) to be totally unnecessary. There have been studies suggesting that there are psychological benefits to closeness with one's parents at a young age, however it's also unhealthy to spend all their time with a parent and none with other children. The balance that is struck by more standard parenting is not there by accident.

Yes, and don't know but probably varies by individual.

I seen some ladies who do it till 10 or more on TV

I say the limit should be 3- once the kid is 3 years old. Such bonding is good for both the parent and kid.

Generally , it may be a good idea to breastfeed much longer today. Immune system of the child may benefit from it, dairy products of today are not high quality.

depends on child , individual evaluation is needed

he or should be allowed to breastfeed past the time.

I’m kinda hungry now.

2 years seems to be the outside range for some. I see no harm in it.
after that there may be some issues.
but there are some interesting Varients, depending on circumstance

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