I'm asking becuz my friend son is 4 and everytime we go out and he wants to throw a temper she always say oh I know what he wants,he just want his ninnie.I be like no what he needs is his hind pop.
2006-07-29 14:35:57 · 12 answers · asked by dccuttie75 6 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Other - Pregnancy & Parenting
That's a really personal decision. I had 2 kids and the first one (a boy) still wanted to breastfeed at 2 1/2 years. I limited it to once a day, at bedtime, because I didn't want to be taking away that time of bonding for him, but I also was getting to a point where I didn't want him to be that dependent on me throughout the day. After a year, it's really a psychological thing, not a physical health thing. After awhile, just a bedtime story and some cuddling was all that was needed. My second (a girl) just stopped having interest after about 15 months.
At 4, I would really have an exit strategy in place! He's not going to be able to have mommy whip out her breast at kindergarten, so for the sake of mom & son, they should be coming up with ways of continuing their emotional bond without needing mommy's breasts. You might, as a friend, suggest that she maybe would want to start thinking about other ways to maintain the close bond with her baby boy. (My baby boy is now a grown-up man, and we are still close emotionally, even though I cut off the "mother's milk express" before he hit age 3.)
2006-07-29 14:52:18 · answer #1 · answered by sonomanona 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
In many countries the parent does not wean until the child is 4 1/2 yrs.
The world's average is 2 yrs.
Sadly in the U.S. the average is 3 months (no wonder we are falling behind)...
At any rate I wouldn't go for 4+ years but it is not uncommon sometimes. However if it persists much longer I would consider that wrong.
2006-07-29 22:54:51 · answer #2 · answered by Queen D 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Wow 4 years old!! I couldn't imagine breastfeeding that long..me personally I don't think I would ever nurse that long..My daughter is almost 7 months old and is currently being weened but mostly because she wants to...most of the time she would rather have a bottle or sippy cup!! I am defiantly pro-breastfeeding but sorry I think breastfeeding pass a year is just creepy...when your child can talk and eat table food I think its time to stop nursing.
2006-07-30 00:05:28 · answer #3 · answered by Kelly 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
4 years is DEFINITELY way beyond the expiration date. My daughter is 4, I breastfed her the first year of her life. I feel that was ample time to give her a good head start. Six more months tops. But 4? Can he ride a bike yet? Yup, it's time to wean.
2006-07-29 22:19:10 · answer #4 · answered by G D 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
6 months
2006-07-30 05:11:43 · answer #5 · answered by Cecille D 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There was a woman in the paper that breast feed her 3 and her 7 year old
2006-07-29 21:44:09 · answer #6 · answered by Augie 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A 4 year old is eating meat. No child should be breast fed much past their first b-day, if even for that long. 4 year old breastfeeding is vulgar. Sorry.
2006-07-29 22:20:43 · answer #7 · answered by *Larry P. he's for me* 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Most doctors will tell you to breast feed for at least a year. Most women breast feed for six months to a year. I quit at six months because my son got his teeth. 4 is way too long but for some women they don't want to take the kid off the tit.
2006-07-29 21:44:18 · answer #8 · answered by Medical and Business Information 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
IF UR FRIENDS SON IS 4 YEARS OLD HE SHOULD HAVE BEEN OFF THE NINNE YEARS AGO. THAT DOESN'T MAKE ANY SENSE. YOU SHOULD ONLY BREAST FEED FOR ABOUT 6 MONTHS
2006-07-29 22:40:13 · answer #9 · answered by sizzlincowgirl4life 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Mind your own business
2006-07-29 21:41:07 · answer #10 · answered by mimi 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋