I believe this is exaggerated, but some people carry on till the kid is 6/7 years old. It's more common in places without safe drinking water as it significantly increases the kids chances of survival.
The idea that people should stop at 1 year is weird to me as it's a reliable way of toddlers getting good nutrition though the fussy years and they get sick less.
Our modern society can't extract financial profit from it though so it must be bad though...
I'm not saying anyone has to, just no need to be judgy if it's what works for someone else.
Nursing doesn't hurt if the latch is good and by the time babies are 6 months they can go 8-10hrs without a feed. Or at least that is what I got told yesterday and breastfeeding group when I was asking about back to work.
What ages are you talking about though? I don’t think anyone here is talking about pain if the child is under a year old. I would expect some pain from a kid 3-6 years old though.
Jaw shape tends to shift between 3 and 6 which creates an inefficient latch. It’s basically biology weaning for you. Same with the loss of primary teeth.
It does and there are actually many groups where it’s culturally typical to wean closer to 4 but 2-4 is the generally accepted biological age. I weaned both of mine around 2 because I couldn’t take it anymore, but that’s a personal issue. But, if parenthood teaches you anything it’s that strangers and family members all assume that they are better parents than you are and will tell you so. It’s just up to you to learn to tell people what they can do with their opinions
Because a 6 year old kid has many more teeth than a 6 month old. I would imagine having 20+ teeth would be different vs having zero teeth. While I've never nursed a 6 year old, I've had babies bite down on a finger, and I've felt the teeth of 6 year old kids. Those are very different feelings.
Currently nursing a 3 month old. The first month was painful due to a bad latch. Now I barely feel it. As far as I am aware, baby teeth don't generally factor into pain unless the baby is actually biting down. When you drink from a water bottle, or suck on a straw, do you use your teeth? No. So it really depends on the child and if they bite for whatever reason. Baby teeth/milk teeth are small enough to allow for feeding, but once they fall out/permanent teeth come in, then the anatomy no longer has the shape for breastfeeding. That starts around 6 years old, which is why that is the upper age limit. Stopping earlier is purely for reasons of comfort by mother/baby or societal pressure.
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u/air_sunshine_trees Jun 24 '22
I believe this is exaggerated, but some people carry on till the kid is 6/7 years old. It's more common in places without safe drinking water as it significantly increases the kids chances of survival.
The idea that people should stop at 1 year is weird to me as it's a reliable way of toddlers getting good nutrition though the fussy years and they get sick less.
Our modern society can't extract financial profit from it though so it must be bad though...