Breastfeeding Around Daycare Kids?

[QualiTcare]

Oh and as for the breastfeeding too long discussion, I was appalled at my own doctor when she told me there was no need for me to be bfing at 8 mos with my 1st dd. She said she wasnt gaining a whole lot of weight and there really wasnt any reason to continue. It really made me mad. I continued until she was 12 mos and then I decided to stop so that I might get AF back so I could try to concieve number 2. With my second, I bf'd until she was 8 mos and only stopped because I became very unexpectedly pg with #3 when she was 6 mos old and I couldnt take my antinausea meds (I get EXTREMELY sick when pg). And with ds, I would have kept nursing but had to have an nuclear scan done on my thyroid (nodule found while I was pg with #2 but couldnt do the scan while pg or bfing) and since I had put it off for almost 19 mos because I was either pg or bfing, I reluctantly quit when he was 13 mos old to have the scan. I commend those who bf for the first couple of years, but it does get to a point for me that it does become wierd. I saw a special on tv once with a lady who was nursing her 5 and 7 years old and honestly that is gross to me.

i can't believe a doctor told you not to continue. i know most doctors want you to do it for six months exclusively, and maybe start supplementing sometime between 6-12 months with formula - especially if the baby isn't gaining weight, but telling you to stop all together? that's weird. when i stopped breastfeeding, i continued pumping for awhile and my doctor was pretty much like "anything is better than nothing" which i believe.

and i agree - i've seen kids that old breastfeeding on television and it's creepy!

[SilverSabre25]

Doctors recommend all kinds of wrong things...I learned very quickly to not mention anything about breastfeeding to my DD's first doc. "Yep It's going fine" was all I would tell her. My current doc is much more bfing friendly, which is nice.

[broncomom1973]

She had her son 1 month after dd was born and she wasnt able to bf for too long because it was hard for her to be uninterupted long enough to pump at her clinic. I always wondered if that wasnt part of the reason she said it. Basically she told me since dd wasnt gaining, I should switch to formula. I really do like her, but there are things that she has said to me over the years that I let go in one ear and out the other, because no, Doctors do not know everything.

[QualiTcare]

i can see saying to stop breastfeeding exclusively and add formula. i had to do that with my daughter. i'd feed her as much as i could and then give her pumped milk mixed with formula. but just saying stop completely makes no sense at all. i'd have to reconsider the choice in doctors.

[MarinaVanessa]

I didn't even think about giving the dcp's a "warning" about bf'ing - I just did it. The parents of the dcg's learned quickly that I was bf'ing here when their dd's started pretending to nurse their dolls here and at home by lifting their shirts, slightly rocking, and humming a tune to them! :: The dcps all thought it was funny and cute, and the dcg's stopped doing that when I weaned my youngest.

Although I did discuss BF with my families beforehand I never did discuss whether I'd be covering up or not. Obviously I felt comfortable with BF in front of the DC kids and moms but I do have an 8yo DCB and one DC uncle (has custody of 3yo DCG) that I feel uncomfortable BF in front of. I just keep a light receiving blanket handy just in case DC uncle arrives or when I have 8yo DCB. I BF openly in front of everyone else.

I also found it funny when the DC littles started BF the baby dolls here . Some did ask me about what I was doing and I also just told them that the baby was hungry and was drinking mommy milk. One DCK went as far as to ask further and I just explained that babies drink mommy milk just like baby cow's drink mommy cow milk, she seemed satisfied with that answer.