Extended Nursing

Is it disgusting when other animals nurse their young...then why is it gross for humans to do the same? To me, it is gross for grown adults to insist on stealing the milk meant for baby cows. Uh, milk for cows is meant to grow huge, unintelligent animals. Not sleek, super-intelligent humans (maybe that is why so many Americans are now obese and not-so-smart, they were grown on formula made from cow's milk). Furthermore, why is it gross to drink human milk, but completely natural in the minds of Americans to drink milk from cows? Here is a clue: cow's milk is meant for a different species, not humans!!! The social programming in this country is so backwards, I can barely stand it. I have been nursing my daughter from her birth until now, 2 1/2 years later. She is the healthiest child her age I know. She rarely gets sick, and when she does, she gets over it really fast. I plan to continue until she is ready to be done. When she looks back on her nursing days, she will most likely feel warm and comforted. If you don't have personal memories of being breastfed, then you can't possibly know what memories these children will have. And, perhaps my child won't have the same shame so many Americans have about the human body and she will be able to appreciate it from a nonsexualized perspective.

I too had a a lot of pressure to wean- my 1st chid weaned herself @15mo and my second child weaned hmself @26mo- I got so tired of hearing your STIll breastfeeding! I started lying-That is what is sad,uneducated ppl who cannot see that I am doing what I best for MY child. Not what they think is the norm.

I think it's disgusting to breastfeed a child this long. Children this age are not on formula anymore, so why are they still on breast milk? Gross. Your child is going to be so embarrassed later in life when he finds out he was breastfed so long. Or even worse, the woman who is breastfeeding her 4 year old...he's going to have memories about it! I would be disgusted if I remembered being breastfed!

I too am a nursing mother. My DD is 17 months old and all of my friends with babies bottle fed from day 1. They all think I am the nutty mom that is going to have a child with many behavorial issues because I choose to continue nursing. I don't care what they think, but it is always good to read articles to let me know that someone is on my side. My husband does not pressure me to stop, but my in-laws are questioning my judgment. Thank you for keeping me sane!
P.S. I plan to nurse for as long as it takes to get my DD to sleep without nursing! :))

I love articles like these! I am nursing mom and I nursed my first child till he was 22 months and he weaned because I gave birth to my second child. My second child is 16 months now and I am still nursing her frequently. I feel pressure all the time from outside people to wean her but neither one of us is ready to do that. I want to nurse as long as she needs and thanks to these articles I feel good about that.