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innocent1989
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Weaning
Posted: 08-22-06 08:59am
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At what age do you start weaning my
cousins zoe baby is 3months now we was
wondering
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Melissa_20
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Posted: 08-22-06 09:31am
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This question will probably get moved to
baby q&a or baby milestones. I don't
think there is a 'right' time to wean a
child but if there was I would guess
around the time they start to get teeth!
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Zanny
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Posted: 08-22-06 10:45am
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It depends on the child.. My sister began
weaning her son at about 4 months coz he
was so hungry all the time and couldn't
have lasted the recommended 6 months
solely on breastmilk! She stopped
breastfeeding completely just after he
turned 6 months, and now he's on baby
food, cereal and formula milk.
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Emma2
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Posted: 08-22-06 10:52am
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| zanyzanny
wrote: | | it depends on the child..
My sister began weaning her son at about 4
months coz he was so hungry all the time
and couldn't have lasted the recommended 6
months solely on breastmilk! She stopped
breastfeeding completely just after he
turned 6 months, and now he's on baby
food, cereal and formula
milk. |
the recommended minimum is actually 3
months ..
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Zanny
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Posted: 08-22-06 11:44am
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In england it's now 6 months.
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Emma2
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Posted: 08-22-06 11:45am
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| zanyzanny
wrote: | | in england it's now 6
months. |
yeah because english babies are
different..Lol...Dude the recommended time
in the world is 3 months...
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Nataliachick7
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Posted: 08-22-06 13:45pm
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This just reminded me...There is this
.L.L.L website with message boards and the
women on there still breastfeeding their 3
1/2 and 4 year olds. That is just sick.
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Melissa_20
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Posted: 08-22-06 13:46pm
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I heard of a woman breast feeding until
her kid was 6 . . .It is pretty nasty!
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Emma2
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Posted: 08-22-06 13:59pm
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6 years old is pretty scary!! It reminds
me of the desperate housewives episode
with the employee who didnt want to stop
feeding her 4 year old because it kept her
weight off ..Lol
well, 3 months is the min here I guess our
babies are less special..Lol
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Kia
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Re: Weaning
Posted: 08-22-06 15:15pm
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| innocent1989
wrote: | | at what age do you start
weaning my cousins zoe baby is 3months now
we was
wondering |
your health care provider can you the best
answer for you and your baby (or your
cousin)
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AlliE_18
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Re: Weaning
Posted: 08-22-06 17:50pm
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| innocent1989
wrote: | | at what age do you start
weaning my cousins zoe baby is 3months now
we was
wondering |
your cousin should educate herself on
parenting if she doesnt even know the
answer to such a simple question....Im not
trying to be rude but seriously come on!
Buy her a parenting book or theres lots of
feeding babies/toddlers books about. Like
kia mentioned her health visitor, she
should have gone through all this kind of
stuff with her at the clinic or home
visits. The recommended age to wean is
between 4 and 6 months. I tried mine on
baby rice mixed with breastmilk at 4
months and he was so ready for it. You'll
know if he/she is ready by how interested
they are in the food. Second thing I
tried lucas on was mashed banana -healthy
and easy to swallow. That doesnt mean
stop the milk and feed them 3 meals a day,
you start off with once a day and work
upto more food less milk
slowly....Honestly she should get a book
on it and ask the health visitor.
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Posted: 08-22-06 18:14pm
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| melissa_20
wrote: | | i heard of a woman breast
feeding until her kid was 6 . . .It is
pretty nasty! |
that makes me want to vomit!
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AyaMiyaki
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Posted: 08-22-06 18:44pm
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My aunt breastfed my cousin .Daniel until
he was 3 1/2 years old. We were at a
family reunion and I was sitting on the
couch with .Daniel. I think he was around
4 at the time. Well, out of nowhere he
shoves his hand down the front of my
shirt! I freaked out and my aunt said
"oh, he does that when he's tired." excuse
me?! Get your son's hand out of my boobs,
please!
I will *not* breastfeed my daughter that
long. It's disturbing. I can just
imagine getting a phone call from .Aly's
pre-k teacher saying she was molested by
my little girl around naptime... :(
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Posted: 08-22-06 20:29pm
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| ayamiyaki
wrote: | my aunt breastfed my cousin
.Daniel until he was 3 1/2 years old.
We were at a family reunion and I was
sitting on the couch with .Daniel. I
think he was around 4 at the time.
Well, out of nowhere he shoves his hand
down the front of my shirt! I freaked
out and my aunt said "oh, he does that
when he's tired." excuse me?! Get your
son's hand out of my boobs, please!
I will *not* breastfeed my daughter that
long. It's disturbing. I can just
imagine getting a phone call from .Aly's
pre-k teacher saying she was molested by
my little girl around naptime...
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see that is exactly why these women are
nutty! Breastfeeding a baby that long
is sickening. Especially because at
that age they can realize that boobs are a
sexual thing and such. Sick sick sick.
Honestly if I was breastfeeding I
wouldnt go past 9 months.
Some women even admitted that their 3 and
4 year olds dont even nurse cause theyre
hungry, they do it for emotional reasons
like for comfort and to" feel close to
mommy". One woman said her child asks if
he can "suck her boobie" and she does in
public! God that is messed up!
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~*~Jillian~*~
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Posted: 08-22-06 21:16pm
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My cousin just stopped breastfeeding my
little cousin ..And he is almost
two(october)...Which I thought was
perfectly normal ..Because he is now fully
off the boob..And at that young of an age
they arent really to the point of actually
knowing those things...Not saying he isnt
close because he is getting old enough to
start learning new things ..But everyone
is different when it comes to things like
that..I know myself that I wouldnt
breastfeed over a year...But that doesnt
mean everyone else should think the same
as me...All doctors and books will say
different ages..But in the end it depends
on what the mother thinks and feels...But
I wish your cousin luck..Its a very hard
process ..Jace is a little over a year and
he still loves milk ..But he also eats
plenty of food...
:)
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alanna
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Posted: 08-23-06 01:24am
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| melissa_20
wrote: | | i heard of a woman breast
feeding until her kid was 6 . . .It
is pretty
nasty! |
ew!
When I was a lifeguard/swim instructor 2
summers ago, there was a chick that would
have to come to her kid's swim lessons
cause she still breastfed him. He would
just walk over to her, say "momma, i'm
hungry" and lift up her shirt and go to
town. He was in the class I taught, and
so he was probably about 5. It was soo
disturbing!
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Jules
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Posted: 08-23-06 03:32am
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| melissa_20
wrote: | | i heard of a woman breast
feeding until her kid was 6 . . .It is
pretty nasty! |
:-o
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Jules
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Posted: 08-23-06 03:35am
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Yeah, in the .U.K. It is recommended that
you exclusively breastfeed for the first 6
months and then begin weaning with things
such as baby rice and runny porridge.
However, from personal experience i've
found that a lot of mums wean their baby
at around 4 months. I began weaning my
son at around 4 months because he was like
permanently attached to my breast! He
needed more than I could provide. Little
fudbucket.
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Posted: 08-23-06 09:42am
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I agree that it's sickening how some
parents still breastfeed their kids at
ages of three, four, and higher. I have
read stories of women who were still
breastfeeding their children at age nine. I
wonder if mommy had to go to the school
and nurse her kid during recess.
Just...Eww. After a child is at least a
year old, I consider breastfeeding to be
pedophilia...And I do know there are some
women who actually get off to
breastfeeding because some women do enjoy
having their breasts and nipples
stimulated. And don't anyone give me any
crap about this because I know very well
it's true...It's just disturbing that
women will secretly use their children for
sexual relief and disguise it as harmless
nursing.
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