I will not
stop breastfeeding my child when she is hungry because you can not control your adolescent libido.
You do not need anyone's permission to continue or
stop breastfeeding your child.
However, in reality, there are very few instances in which illness may require you to
stop breastfeeding your child (e.g. HIV, active tuberculosis, HTLV - 1, HTLV - 2).
Bottles are one item I always make sure are super clean, because these are where my baby's food is coming from once
I stopped breastfeeding my child.
Not exact matches
My mother
breastfed me for a year and says I was so distraught when she
stopped; I even remember feeling sad about this as a very young
child!
Please do note though that the decision of WHEN to actually
stop breastfeeding your baby is ultimately up to both mother and
child.
However, if you need to
stop breastfeeding earlier, there does not need to be harm to your
child.
My
children stop gaining weight before they are a month old (or in the case our our infant, she never gained even 1 ounce when we were exclusively
breastfeeding).
For the last 3
children I've had I have
breastfed each one for a year and during that time wasn't having periods and absolutely no sex drive what so ever, then I
stopped breastfeeding and my periods came back then my sex drive was getting better and decided to try for another baby and fell pregnant straight away.
The only two people that should be concerned about when to
stop breastfeeding is the mother and the
child.
Remember, no two
children are the same and whereas some adapt to
stopping breastfeeding more quickly than others, ultimately as the mother you have to remain in control if you've decided to
stop.
You may find that the morning and bedtime
breastfeeds are the last feeds to
stop as these are often very much part of yours and your
child's daily routine.
You can give your
child breast milk in a bottle or a cup well after
breastfeeding has
stopped.
Plus, since you can store breast milk for up to a year depending on your freezer, you can create a nice stockpile of milk to continue to give to your
child long after you
stop breastfeeding.
I like to think of her more as middle aged and she already publicly posted she
stopped practicing to raise her
children, that she
breastfed.
Until then, while I was very vocal about my personal views, I had given little thought to my own childhood when it was not uncommon to see a mother
breastfeeding an older
child and chatting easily with friends and family about the age she should
stop breastfeeding or about a
child's reluctance to «wean.»
The
breastfeeding guilt didn't
stop when my second
child was born, either.
«An Act of the Scottish Parliament to make it an offence to prevent or
stop a person in charge of a
child who is otherwise permitted to be in a public place or licensed premises from feeding milk to that
child in that place or on those premises; to make provision in relation to the promotion of
breastfeeding; and for connected purposes.»
There have been so many instances of mothers being asked to
stop breastfeeding in restaurants and shops and on public transport that it is now a criminal offence to discriminate on the basis of maternity, including on how a mother feeds her
child (with
breastfeeding specifically mentioned in the Single Equality Act (2010).
I
stopped breastfeeding my one - year - old
child when he was 3 months old (over 9 months ago).
Around the age of one your
child will have a natural instinct to
stop wanting to drink formula or
breastfeed as often as they used to.
Well, the
child is now 3 years old and she does not want to
stop breastfeeding, but her husband is pressuring her to
stop.
There were times when I was so touched out or wanted my
child to sleep, dammit, and I begged them to
stop breastfeeding.
If you've been
breastfeeding you may already know your baby's methods of communicating this, but here are five tips for any parent or caregiver who may not be sure his or her
child is ready to
stop eating for the time being.
A new study has found that
breastfeeding helps
children with appetite «self - regulation», a skill that enables you to
stop eating when you are full, even there is still food left on your plate.
However, as we often do these very same tests on
children, even small babies, and the potential loss of benefits if the mother
stops breastfeeding are considerable, the mother should, in my opinion, continue
breastfeeding.
Although formula companies and even some doctors encourage mothers to
stop breastfeeding at 6 months to a year telling them
breastfeeding past this point has no real benefits for your
child, they are wrong.
Breastfeeding should not suddenly
stop as this might affect the
child's health.
But don't do anything until well after you have
stopped breastfeeding and you are completely sure that you will not want to have any more
children.
According to the Surgeon General, many women
stop breastfeeding when faced with the problems discussed here, and many also choose not to
breastfeed future
children fearing they'll come up against the same issue again.
The mother has consistently maintained that she practices
child - led weaning and would
stop breastfeeding whenever her
child asked to cease.
To answer your question, Anonymous, the original question at hand (that we're all supposedly discussing here LOL) was... «My husband, mom, and mother - in - law are all pressuring me to
stop breastfeeding my 13 - month - old...» So that would be the
child referred to.
Despite the naysayers objections that stem from an overly sexual view of
breastfeeding that nursing beyond age one or two can turn your
child into some kind of sociopath dependent on his or her mother, there are plenty of moms who choose to nurse their
child until they decide to
stop on their own.
I
breastfed our first
child (now 4) but the pedritrician told me to suppliment with formula to increase weight gain, but the formula made him throw up EVERY time, so I
stopped.
It's even normal to keep leaking for up to three weeks after your
child has
stopped breastfeeding.
Still, so much of what I read stressed that letting a
child decide when they
stop breastfeeding was the way to go.
At a conference recently, across a table of a dozen male and female colleagues, most of whom do not have
children, a senior staff member of the organization I work for loudly asked me, «SO, WHEN DID YOU
STOP BREASTFEEDING?»
Every
child is different, but my son had a pacifier at about 2 weeks, and that never
stopped him from
breastfeeding.
When your
child stops breastfeeding, there can be a feeling of emptiness as you mourn the loss of this close relationship.
Let's
stop kidding ourselves into thinking that it doesn't matter whether we
breastfeed or not, if it's not for you (as it was not for me with my first two
children) then move on.
When you give up
breastfeeding, it should be becuase you want to or becuase your
child has
stopped, and not because someone else feels you shouldn't.
I
stopped breastfeeding at 11 mths because my son weaned himself - if he had not, we would have kept going with it as I think its much better for the
child to decide when to
stop.
My mother thinks
breastfeeding is disgusting but that has never
stopped me for a minute because I know what is right for my
children.
Your colicky baby will eventually
stop crying, your exclusively
breastfed child that you feel tethered to will eventually wean, and those teeth will eventually finish cutting.
A Decrease in Your Milk Supply: Your
child may become frustrated and
stop breastfeeding if there is a drop in the amount of breast milk that you're making.
Mothering through
breastfeeding (meeting the needs of our
child through
breastfeeding) does not just
stop at nap times, bed times and throughout the night.
There is no «magical» age when your breastmilk
stops being important for your
child and there is no «magical» age that you must
breastfeed them to... it all comes down to what works for you, your
child and your family.
And most
children are introduced to solids between 6 and 9 months — that is the start of «weaning», but that doesn't mean that all babies immediately
stop breastfeeding.
Second, mothers were asked about their
breastfeeding behaviors when their
child was aged 19 — 35 months, which is after many women in the United States
stop breastfeeding, and therefore might be subject to recall bias.
This is a good article if anyone actually cares: http://www.incultureparent.com/2011/…have-tantrums/ It's really only the reaction of others that would
stop me from
breastfeeding an older
child, but -LSB-...]