The phrase
"to breastfeed a toddler" means to feed a child who is older than an infant by giving them milk directly from their mother's breast.
Full definition
This meant then that many people
saw breastfeeding toddlers all the time (and communities around the world who still live like this continue to see this now).
The pressure you felt about how backwards you were by nursing was such that getting to even five months was a lot — probably
like breastfeeding a toddler today.
Most of us have done it and they specifically said the reason was to
show breastfeeding a toddler is different than breastfeeding an infant.
Finding friends and having
breastfeeding toddler play date can be a very good idea for some mothers who need more support and confidence.
From the get - go I committed to
breastfeeding my toddler as long as she wanted to, and I'm now committed to doing just that for both of my children.
Studies show that
breastfed toddlers do not form unhealthy attachments to their mothers, but rather a loving bond built of trust and respect.
If the mother can not or does not want to
breastfeed her toddler then she can give her toddler whatever milk she would like to give them.
This was sooo refreshing to read with all the comments I get
on breastfeeding a toddler (mainly negative)-- the breastfeeding Moms and scientific proof of what GOOD breastfeeding means for our children is proof of its positive influence upon society's future as well.
I also can't believe that the store manager at Applebees in Georgia told an innocent woman, who was discreetly
breastfeeding her toddler at the back of the restaurant in a booth, to relocate to the bathroom, where she would likely have to sit on a toilet and nurse like I did.
And though it tells us is that breast milk still has immunological proteins in the second year of breastfeeding — we don't know
if breastfed toddlers are actually less likely to get sick.
Negative social attitudes force many U.S. women to nurse their toddlers privately and often secretly, so there are many
more breastfeeding toddlers than we probably realize.