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in an unbreastfeeding aware area it's quite understandable to be concerned
about 'being reported'. I think once a child gets to such an age they
are able to wait if the situation might be difficult. And if not able to
go might not realise what you're doing. I remember on a hospital visit
with a nearly 3 year old, by the time we went in she was ready to nurse
and zonk out. Which she did . When I mentioned later in the consultation
to the doc that I was breastfeeding, he said 'you've got a baby at home?'
He'd not noticed what my dozing tot on my lap was doing.
My daughter went on until she was 6, and one advantage at that age was the
after school time was so much nicer than with my son, who was tired and
cranky, and hungry.
If I get a chance at an appropriate time these days I do mention how old
they were when they weaned, people who know my children can't say that they
are not independent, or whatever else they are worried about. And as we've
been married for 30 years they can't go on about it affecting the marital
relationship.
The only criticism my husband has ever made was 'you breastfed her too
long, she's far too independent for her age!' Forget what age, but
sometime in the early/mid teens
A more concrete example of the benefits of toddler nursing; a mother I
know locally had a daughter with a hole in the heart which was repaired
at about 18 mths. The doc told her that had she not been breastfeeding
she'd have not thrived as she did, and would have been in a much weaker
state in general.
Helen LLLL in England
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