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I have to agree with you fully. I am nursing my 3 year old. She doesn't really nurse that often, she will even skip a day now and then. My father used to have a real problem with it until I told him that the b___stmilk helps her to digest the "real" food she has eaten and also increases brain growth. Now he wants me to sit down and nurse after every meal!

My son nursed until he was 4. He weaned by himself while I was pregnant. People that look down on nursing toddlers just don't understand what it is like. It isn't a constant thing like nursing an infant. There are many benefits, some of which were mentioned above. Another is to calm them down. My son hurt himself very badly when he was 3 falling down on a brick patio. His mouth was bleeding like a faucet and he wouldn't let me even look at it he was crying so much. I nursed him and the pressure from nursing stopped the bleeding. You can't cry and nurse at the same time.

I have to admit when i was younger my cousin was nursed till he was five. he is in his twenties now and we still tease him about it. but being a nursing mother of an infant i really don't see the problem with it. to each their own, right. i just don't know if it would be right for me but i guess i'll just have to wait to see how i feel in the next couple years.

my step mom nursed my little sister until she was 2. my dad says more like 4 or 5 but i dont think she was that old. i am nursing mh 8 week old and can see myself doing it for a while. i reallt have not set a time to stop. i will top when we are both ready to.

I think it is wonderful that you want to give your baby the very best. There have been times that I want to wean sooner than later. Then I start to think if Blake got asthma I would always think "well....I should have b___stfed him longer" but if I nurse him until he weans naturally and he got asthma I would think "at least I did my best to help prevent this". Asthma runs in my family...same wih allergies... anyhow I know nursing beyond that first year has so many health benefits that some people just don't understand. Don't let anyone give you a hard time because you want your child to have a long, healthy and happy life :)

I nursed my first for 2 1/2 years. My family would give me a hard time about it. My daughter was the first great grandchild and the first baby in the family for 18 years. So I got a lot of very outdated advice. My husbands family was very supportive. My daughter was the fourth great grandchild on that side so the advice was so much more accurate. My advice to you is. You know more than anyone what is best for your children. Do what you know in heart is right for you and your family and you can never go wrong.

There are lots of opinions on this matter, as evidenced by the "When to stop" thread. I think people should do what is best for them and their babies. I understand the benefits of bf to/past age 2, but am not sure it is something I will be doing. I used to think that I'd only bf to 6 mos. but it seems to be getting easier, so I may go longer. I have a couple of friends who did it until their kids were two and I think that is great for them. It is too bad people are so closed minded about the whole thing.

exactly i wish people could be a little less closed-minded about the whole thing. i personally don't want to nurse past one year old, we will see when the time comes, but for right now i just don't know. i'm sick of people getting mad at me telling me i am selfish! bf'ing is not an easy job! also it freaks me out to nurse a walking little person...so sue me!

I totally support the idea of BF'ing past 2. Autumn is only 4 months old, but I definitely plan on b___stfeeding her until she is past 2, if she wants. I was b___stfed until I was 2 1/2 and my sister was until she was almost 4, and we are both healthy and happy! Honestly, I think that people who judge mothers who BF past 2 are completely closed-minded and regressive!

Hi! I'm due March 1 with our first baby. Me and dh want to space our kids out with bf, that probably means anywhere from 15-18 months apart, and I would not be suprised to be bf while pregnant, or have my first bf w/ my second. I want to be free to do whatever! Dh is so supportive, which is amazing b/c his family is already dropping hints. Like they sit around and talk about bf, like, if the baby can raise my shirt, or ask for it, that's when you know their tooo old! They have no idea how long I would like to bf, they just hope to influence and the pressure really sucks!!!! It is funny, what Laura said, I guess I kind of self-weaned at 16 months when I fell and cut my mouth, my mom said she thinks I a__sociated the blood with her milk when she tried to nurse me to calm me down and that was it, I was done! :)

I plan on b___stfeeding Natalee as long as possible. I know there are people who probably won't like it but I don't care!

Well, you asked for opinions, which I a__sume means all of them, so even though I'll probably get bombarded, I'm going to go ahead and say that I'm one of those who does not approve of it. I find it quite disturbing. I think if you want to give kids the health benefits of b___stmilk, that's great, but I think it should be expressed and put into a cup. As for bonding, there are billions of other ways to bond with your children. Just my opinion.

I nursed for three years, so yes, I support it. I think child-led weaning is wonderful.

My first weaned naturally at 11 mos. I certainly think that it is odd to see other moms nursing 3 and 4 year olds, but I can see how it would still be natural to them. I can imagine keeping it up if my daughter and I just weren't ready to wean, though. I guess I would eventually get selfish, though, and want my body back.

Ashley N--that's sucks about the pressure thing!! Just ignore them though....my dh is really supportive but his step mom and grandma were both super suprised to find out that I planned on pumpin at work so I could continue to BF past 6 months...they'd probably b__w a fuse if they found out that I planned of BF'in Autumn until she's a toddler! lol They will just have to deal with it cause I don't care what they think!!