It says until 2 OR beyond. I interpret it as until 2 is the recommendation, but you know, you won't kill the child with your milk even if he/she is 16 :D It says clearly that the tiny human being really needs mil until 6 months for optimal growth. Didn't find anything about the 4-7 BS though... QUOTE from WHO page: "WHO recommends mothers worldwide to exclusively breastfeed infants for the child's first six months to achieve optimal growth, development and health. Thereafter, they should be given nutritious complementary foods and continue breastfeeding up to the age of two years or beyond."

@Undead Soldier & @Hugo Raible. Yes the nutritional value isn't as important after 2 but the benefits for the immune system continues as long as the breast feeding does.

4-7 YEARS old? Thats plain b******t..

https://www.laleche.org.uk/breastfeeding-beyond-a-year/ here you go. Here is says natural weaning age is 2.5-7. But I've read 4-7 aswell but I'm off to work so you can look for that one yourself. PEACE!

She's right. The average weaning age world-wide is 4. The minimum recommended age is 2. The nutritional makeup of breastmilk changes according to the age of the child and also if they are sick, it produces the the specific antibodies for the bug. The formula is always changing and customised for the child. That's why it is so healthy and boosts the immune system for life. There's nothing like it.

Where are you getting tbis from? The WHO 2011 position statement clearly recommends breastfeeding, yes. Exclusive to 6months, complementary with solid foods for up to the age of 2. Where are you getting this natural weaning age of 4 to 7? Journal reference please.

I interpret it as: "The benefits start to wear off after two years, but if you can do it, then continue a bit more".

And breastfeeding your kids after two gives them psychological benefits too. It's a great way to let them feel 100% safe, relaxed and comfortable.

I guess they'd have to take mom to school with them for first grade.

Natural to whom?

She wasn’t dictating to the mom. She was sharing her opinion. Where did she imply it was her life? I’ll wait.

What a hypocrite Hailey Turner - you're bitching at someone for stating their opinion which is guaranteed by the 1st amendment because it doesn't match your's.

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Then why display it

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Maybe, if one wants to breastfeed his son until he is 10 years old, pictures of it should not be posted here.

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...so what? f**k off with your opinion? because you dont have a diploma for psychology too, so your opinion may be not right.

You must have answered the wrong comment because nowhere in OP's comment I see what you're writing about.

Where did that happen?

And MAYBE have an educated conversation with another adult who can explain reasons to me why this is good. I may never agree with them but I wouldn't want someone to talk to me the way some of y'all comment to each other so why the hell cant we disagree but not be a******s???

Source: https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/moral-landscapes/201108/the-tremendous-benefits-doing-what-is-normal-breastfeeding

Here are reasons this is good: Psychological benefits Emotional benefits Improved mother and child bond All of which would not be there if mum put the breast milk in a sippy and told the child to bugger off.

Here Here!

Thank you for being nice about it :D I Completely agree but again it is your life so you can do what you like

Kathryn children fed with formula are not less loved or less healthy than children that were breastfed. also if this time is so precious, why she's not focusing on her child, but chopping vegetables? come on.

Just for me to know (it's interesting): could you name those countries, please? Thanks!

https://www.parents.com/baby/breastfeeding/tips/benefits-of-extended-breastfeeding/

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/moral-landscapes/201108/the-tremendous-benefits-doing-what-is-normal-breastfeeding

The 3rd world nations breast feed their kids for a longer time period because they don't have any other food to give the toddlers. It's that or let them die. In civilized countries, there is no need, and as stated above, it f***s up the kid being so tightly reliant on their mothers.

May not be their business but any and everyone is entitled to a opinion, no need to shoot down someone who has one. You have your they have theirs.

Hmm.. I thought that people who post their pictures here are indeed asking for opinion, or at least sharing their moments in the VERY public. They should not be suprised if someone has the opposite opinion, and neither should be the people who comment here.

I nursed one of my children til 2, the other 2 up until they were a year. I find it odd how fast people put kids on cows milk, an animal whose milk is for their babies over mothers milk but it is a personal issue between mother and child.

The majority of people with whom I've spoken and read online are not in favor of breastfeeding indefinitely... 2 to 3 years old is the limit. I had my son in Berkeley, California, and wow, the breast feeding folk were rabid about getting my son to breastfeed. To be fair, I hadn't even gotten bottles or formula or anything, as I was not working and planned to breastfeed. But after 3 days in the hospital trying, it just wasn't going to happen. When I realized my son had lost 1 of his 7 pounds by day 3, I asked for formula. You would have though I'd asked for a gun! But they gave me the formula and he sucked it down in 10 seconds. We continued to try BFing but he never got the hang of latching on. I WAS made to feel like I had doomed my son to death by the breast feeding crowd. I learned to ignore them.

No thats a very popular opinion that child in no way needs breast milk any longer.

Luke: https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/moral-landscapes/201108/the-tremendous-benefits-doing-what-is-normal-breastfeeding

He's almost a teenager. Little dude does it for comfort.

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Excuse me for pointing this out, but no one asked for your opinion either yet you felt you could share it.

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ok, mother can do bad decisions because it her business? and nobody can say: hey, this is not good for your child? and ofcourse your comment is also unasked, you know :)

Out of all the comments here, this is the one that is right on the money. If she wants to breastfeed until he’s 10, whatever. A child this old is not needing to nurse for survival and can wait until she is done or she can put the knife down and tend to him.

Wrong, it doesn't say that, stop spreading lies. "WHO recommends mothers worldwide to exclusively breastfeed infants for the child's first six months to achieve optimal growth, development and health. Thereafter, they should be given nutritious complementary foods and continue breastfeeding up to the age of two years or beyond."

Kathryn NO, they recommend breastfeeding until child is two OR beyond, meaning if you feel like it, but the benefits after two are not that great and child needs "normal" food.

This is totally false. Its two.

And you have a direct source for that statement???

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/moral-landscapes/201108/the-tremendous-benefits-doing-what-is-normal-breastfeeding

Undead Soldier, please read that source. WHO recommends BFing beyond age two.

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Clearly they don't understand working women then.

Yes, Adrian. Inspiring. Because despite what uneducated opinions might say, she is doing what is best for her child.

Inspiring?

Kathryn no, it's not inspiring, if you want to give your child all that benefits you talk about you should focus on breastfeeding and only that, not stick your boob in your child's mouth and continue chopping carrots.

Clearly. Uneducated prat

So what if they stopped "asking" at age two or twelve - would you let an infant determine your action?

No, not bullcrap Dina. My son is 7 months and already says mama, dada, and Nana all in correspondence to the person he sees. Some kids are developmentally faster than others. All kids develop at a different pace. So you can't keep them all at the same standard.

Bull c**p!

When I was an infant (fifty some odd years ago), my mother was DISCOURAGED from breastfeeding... so that's how far we've come.

In this case, it's more the child is well under the national weening age, and still benefits from the breast milk nutritionally between meals. Along with the psychological and emotional benefits breastfeeding directly offers him.