20/20 tonight

Yay might have to watch that. EBF fascinates me.

It has been on before and some of the kids were school age and still b/fing.

IMO I think its weird and b/f after 2 years is strange - breast milk is baby food after all - b/f at school age grosses me out.

Up until the invention of the pill allowing for family planning, b/f would have automatically stopped at 18 months to 2 years as then next baby would have been there by then.

I have a friend who still breastfeeds her 2 and a half year old which I think is quite cool but I'm not sure if I would be that keen to do it myself.

If you are listening to Michael Laws they are having an interesting discussion on it.

What is Michael Law's take on it? I'm sure I can guess!

He is supportive but he's trying to find out why feeding a 5 year old or older is necessary. ie On what medical grounds.

My hubby just text " Ru listening 2 the radio? U have 2 breast feed Cooper until he is 5" what a

Hehe, tell him you were thinking more like 10

Rianna, it's on TV2 at 9.30pm. You should be able to watch it on TVNZ on Demand?

You know what. I have a very interesting question to ask.

Do anyone here give milk to their toddler over the age of 2? Do anyone on here get a bit worried when their kiddy doesnt drink the follow up milk or cows milk when they are a toddler? It is all about the calcium at young age right?

Now I just want to honestly know (because to me this is to do with society thinking it is all abnormal now, but wasnt in the past) why is it wrong giving milk to a toddler made from a human to a human. And why is it right giving milk from a cow made for a calf to a toddler?

Would it be acceptable to express the milk and give it in a mug? So the problem then is the "containers" the milk comes in?

As everyone see I do do extended breastfeeding. I cant really say what is suppose to be a cut of date. But loads of moms that do extend breastfeeding have said that the suck that the child needs to get milk changes round and about between 3 and 5 and they are not able to really get much milk in. (which to me indicate that is natures way and was perhaps meant to be). I did breastfeed my girl to 2 years 8 months and she gave it up. Will do the same for my boy.

And no I am not trying to be too argumentative (okay perhaps a teeny weeny bit as to me it seems absurb that you get labeled an extremist for it.)

And the examples they have out there is not of the best it was almost as they went out getting the most extreme they could.

I will be watching this. I think I've seen it before though.
Before I had DS I was originally in the 'if they're old enough to ask, they're too old' camp, but that has now changed. I'm pretty sure I won't be feeding him when he's at school lol, but I am interested to see and hear what the kids and parents say tonight.

WHO recommends 2 years and if I remember rightly the world average is 4 years, so its just westernised society who sees extended breastfeeding as 'weird' or 'wrong' because breasts have become sexualised, rather than what they are intended for.

Also, I don't remember who said breastmilk is baby food, but I read an article a while ago about a guy with cancer who was drinking his daughter's expressed breastmilk and apparently it seemed to be having a positive effect.
The benefits obviously extend beyond infancy. Wonder if its actually been researched...