Breastfeeding at 15 months

I get a lot of comments that I should 'put a blanket over my kid's head'. So here you go, see for yourself what happens when I do that. Now I don't want to hear about blankets anymore, thanks.

At 15 months he had been weaned to 2 breastfeedings a day:first thing in the morning and last thing at night, unless he occasionally asked for a third nursing. So we were pretty much not nursing in public anymore.

However, after a couple of weeks of only 2 nursings a day, he caught a cold. The cold and the runny nose went on and on. After about 3 weeks, I decided to increase the amount of breast milk he was receiving and upped his nursings to 3 or 4 a day. Within 3 days, his cough was gone and his runny nose was almost gone. As far as I can tell, it seems to have had a positive effect on his immune system.

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[feelingoodchick]

Did he bite you when you jumped?

[sonia989]

He nipped me.

[nicolemaryam]

Sorry, but I think your son might be a bit spoiled. When he pulls it off you just take it right away, no wonder he keeps doing it... That or maybe he doesn't like a blanket directly on his face, I wouldn't either. Get a nursing cover that attaches around your neck so it's not directly on his head, and also that way he wouldn't be able to pull it off.

[sonia989]

If i had a newborn, I might do things differently, but with my son by the time he was a few m onths old, it was too late to change his habits. Or maybe I wouldn't do things differently. My friends and I all nursed openly when our babies were young and that is quite well accepted where I live. And we and our babies are all happy about that.

[madmax797]

dont see why anyone should breast feed beyond 12 months

[sonia989]

Go to La Leche League website or google 'benefits of extended nursing' and you will understand.

[ESofia85]

Good for you Sonia989 !!!

Our North American attitude is incredibly hypocritical. It's ok for there to be naked breasts in almost any scenario. Magazines, movies, television, woman walking down the street with their cleavage hanging out etc... but not in the case of a nursing mother. A nursing mother is offensive. It's ridiculous.

[ugaftbl]

yeah u have awesome breast....u should be proud of them....and then u go an put a blanket over them...pitty

[postbunnie]

Great video! I always have to deal with people asking me to use a blanket. It is so cumbersome and useless. The last time someone asked me to use a blanket, (And you couldn't see hardly any of my breast, because I was nursing discreetly) I just lifted my T-shirt all the way up and let myself be completely exposed out of spite. I liked how you demonstrated the blanket's uselessness though, it was amusing.

[MJLavaty]

I nursed my son until 13.5 months when we co-weaned out of frustration because of slowed milk/dried milk from being pregnant. He had already been down to only nursing once or twice a day already. He never liked a blanket over his head! Its not my fault my breasts are larger than some and therefore more easily seen in public. Since becoming a Mother I have found a new respect for my breasts and what they are truely meant to be!

[da1stamericus]

well my daughter is 14 m0nths and i was planning on weaning now, but i know the who say she should feed until 24 months, so why is breastfeeding after 6 months such a big deal? to other people//.

[bincerbob]

If they have teeth, I don't want them near my breasts.....that's my personal opinion

[creamsodaistasty]

Why don't you lift your shirt up to conceal the breast more? that's a simple solution.

[FalseDisposition]

@Lemon020202 First off, how do you know I don't have a job? Second off, not ONLY is it better neurologically but breastmilk contains immunities that can not be replaced by formula. Why does it matter anyway?

[Lemon020202]

@FalseDisposition You really need to learn and see beyond what you read in the paper! I was breastfed and I did breastfeed by child so I know what the hell i'm talking about! I was a straigh A student cause I studied hard, not because I sucked by mothers tit! Breastmilk is good, but it depends on the woman, if she is a smoker the milk can actually do more harm! if she is a drug addict etc.. or a oral sex worker etc.. You need a job!

[Lemon020202]

@FalseDisposition Explain to me why there are so many smart adults that weren't breastfed, like Bill Gates? Hello? High school drop out, etc..Then you have dummies that can't give up the tit at 4 and at 30 are nothing? and vice versa! If the mother has oral sex and swallows sperm, pussy etc..the baby doesn't get it in the breast milk. Yes the child is eating the cum mommy swalled too! So again just another point it depends on the woman and not on the milk. If you are around smokers?

[Lemon020202]

@FalseDisposition ...just proved your an idiot! You live your life by sterotyping people! I'm female! and have more life experiences than you thats why I can look out side the box! Nothing is good in excess! Everything is good in moderation. weaning is such a problem because of excessive feedings, its proven fact, yet another study a child that was breastfed for 5 months and a child of 2 years have the same IQ but the 2 year old have problems letting go and growing up!