At what age moms should expect their baby to stop breastfeeding?

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   InsightPostposted 7 years ago

   At what age moms should expect their baby to stop breastfeeding?
   
   There are a lot of mums who are worried about the fact that their baby who is getting older everyday but still not stopped breastfeed. What is the ideal age of baby to stop breastfeed and go for other healthier foods etc?
   
   

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   Kathleen Cochranposted 7 years ago

   If left to wean themselves, probably some time between six months and a year.  If the mother keeps offering the breast to the baby whether it wants it or not, it will probably keep on forever.  After a year, it's more like continuing to need a pacifier than needing a food source.

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      InsightPostposted 7 years agoin reply to this

      So it is safe to say that breastfeed if goes beyond the age of one year, would not have any side effects on child's health?

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      KsenijaZposted 7 years agoin reply to this

      What side effects would it have?

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   Aime Fposted 7 years ago

   Completely depends on the kid.  I have a friend who has three children, one of them self-weaned at 10 months, one she decided to wean at 2 years when the kid was showing no signs of wanting to stop, and her third is currently still feeding at 10 months.
   
   My own daughter nursed until she was 3.  It was definitely a comfort thing but I was okay with that - breastmilk continues to have nutritional and health benefits superior to cow's milk for as long as you choose to give it. 
   
   The natural weaning age, if you don't push a child to wean in any way, is usually between 2.5 and 7 years.   Some will obviously wean earlier and certainly most people aren't going to be comfortable breastfeeding a 7 year old, so it's probably a bit earlier than that in reality, especially since there's a weird stigma about extended breastfeeding.
   
   So I think the "ideal" age is whatever works for the child and the mother.  I know my daughter would have nursed beyond 3 if I let her but I was so done with it, and she was only nursing once or twice a day so I knew it wouldn't be a huge shock for her to stop.  It was an easy transition so I'd say it was ideal for us.

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   KsenijaZposted 7 years ago

   As long as the child and the mother are comfortable with it there is no need to stop.

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      InsightPostposted 7 years agoin reply to this

      hmmm interesting

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   Annsaloposted 7 years ago

   The World Health Organization (WHO) recommends nursing for at least one year. However a mother and child should quit when either of the two are ready. Left to their own children will wean on their own before school starts usually. For the record, under a year old, there are no other "healthier foods".

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      Kathleen Cochranposted 7 years agoin reply to this

      Absolutely.  Anything that replaces breastmilk in the first year is giving the baby food that is less nourishing.

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   JohanXVposted 3 years ago

   It is recommended to feed baby 6 months just with breast, but after this everyone makes like he considers it good. I now people who breastfed the children for 4 years

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   merkuriosposted 3 years ago

   I breasfeeded both children till 2 years

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   merkuriosposted 3 years ago

   Really it is very healthy for baby do dring mothers milk as more as possible,

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      merkuriosposted 3 years agoin reply to this

      Really it is very healthy for a baby to do dring mothers' milk as more as possible, It is the base of a child's immunity. Indeed, I remember how changed my life when we born 2 children. Honestly, I thought it would never end. To tell the truth, lack of sleep, tantrums, constant stress, and weight gain are really terrible. Also there always problems with breastfeeding. After this, I had to work 3 years to return to my normal weight. I remember how it was difficult to breastfeed my children and to find really good baby food. Fortunately, a medical advise us anyorganics.com and my daughter liked it. Because before this she refused all the foods.

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   anav12posted 3 years ago

   2 years baby to stop breastfeeding.
   six months while continuing to breastfeed for two years or beyond. Some babies decrease the number of breastfeeds as they begin to be able to digest solid food.

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    Stephanie Purserposted 3 years ago

    Lilli.org info suggests children naturally wean between ages 3-7. Most western mothers prefer to stop by age two.

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