Breastfeeding at 4yo
So, i am not one to judge but i was put in a position where i couldn’t explain properly something to my toddler.
To put you in the picture, i take my daughter to this baby class since she was a couple weeks, now she is 4 and we are still going until she start school in September. The thing is there’s this boy in class with us who is the same age as her but who was still breastfeed in front of us. I never actually cared, it was their business, she can breastfeed him until he is 18 if she wants 🤷🏻♀️
But my daughter started asking questions about it, why is he still having milk like a baby, or is it normal to drink mummy’s milk and if she can have some…i didn’t know how to phrase my answer as first of all i was worried she would ask or point out he was a baby in front of them, and i also don’t want her to think it is very common to keep breastfeeding even when you are going to “big school”
How would you handled this situation? xx
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4 years old is rare but I would talk about it at home . Maybe she can learn about cheese , ice cream and how it comes from a cow & that mommy’s don’t make that kind of milk .
I think it’s weird that the mom is feeding that long but it’s up to you what you want to teach your child .
You tell her the truth using words she can understand.
"All families are different. They chose to continue breastfeeding, but that's not for everybody." 🤷♀️
Why I am not surprise that it is a boy 🤣
I’d maybe go home and do some research together so you both learn why it’s perfectly ok for a 4 year old to still be breastfeeding. It’s called natural weaning. It’s very very normal in many cultures across the world. Sadly, it’s seen as odd here in the U.K…
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