Comments on: Will the real milk please stand up…or run down

By: Lisa

Lisa — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Lord–”She needs milk.”

Good grief! You done good, mom!

By: Jody

Jody — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

My son stopped accepting bottles at around 11 months (with three babies to nurse at once, and a whole heap of mistakes made at the outset, we supplemented like crazy during the first year) and he ONLY drank breastmilk until, hmmm, well past his second birthday. He flat-out refused cow’s milk, formula, soy milk–nothing but the boob for that kid.

I feel pretty confident that it was closer to his third birthday than his second that he started drinking chocolate milk, but he still has no taste for plain milk. I try to make up the difference with lots and lots of yogurt smoothies….

(One daughter weaned just before her first birthday, the other was nursing, too, but would drink milk from a sippy at meals.)

By: Jody

Jody — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Thank you, thank you for your encouragement. I am such a novelty in our little town in regards to nursing. People breast feed here, but usually stop around 6 months or so.

I think I need to follow through with my plan to go to the next LLL meeting in the big town near us. I just need some positive feedback instead of all the judgement I get here. I even get eye rolls, can you believe it!!! Err. It makes me question myself!

Again thanks.

By: chris

chris — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Yes I DO feel like I am banging my head against a wall, as a matter of fact LOL

My experiences have varied so much from child to child that I have no “norm” to speak of. And why would any doctor encourage juice drinking? It is garbage, imnsho.
Glad you are all feeling better, and I too wonder why I don’t lose weight like the kids when we have stomach bugs.

By: Lisa

Lisa — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Like Rachel said, it has varied alot from kid to kid. F, my now 4yo, nursed until he was 3 and something. It just sort of tapered off. I was it for fluid for probably 2 years. On the other hand, L(now 6) would drink anything from any container. Once she found a juice box left by a sibling she was all for variety. Keep going girl….if babies and toddlers didn’t need to breastfeed then why do they like it so much??? Drs, geesh!

By: Kathy

Kathy — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Good for you. Glad you are all feeling better. Yes all of my toddler nurslings, got most of their fluids, from mamma.LOL.

My 5 year old nursed until she was almost 2 and although she slowly began to use a sippy she still drank mostly from me. Same goes for my sweet Anna, who I sadly weaned at 20 months because I was pregnant again.

Anyways sounds just fine to me, and the heck with all those naysayers. I hear you on banging your head when it comes to many doctors and extended nursing. They are CLUELESS.

Keep on doing what your doin.

By: rachel

rachel — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

hmmm… my oldest would occasionally drink water, but really only nursed for years. My middle one will drink anything, and after about a year would take occasional sips of stuff. My 3rd has been begging for “joo! joo!” for months now.

so, it varies. glad you guys are doing better and Mia is happily nursing!