Ds is 19 months old, he breastfeeds a couple of times a day, mostly when we are home, but sometimes he will ask when we are out.
He has reacently started looking much more like a little boy rather than a baby, until recently he had very little hair and he had big blue eyes so he looked pretty baby like, but now he has more hair, a little tan, he is bigger and he says "boobie" very loudly when he wasnt to feed. I am also 7 months pregnant feeding him is no longer subtle.
I live in a country with very high breastfeeding rates for babies, I didn't have any friends who formula fed their baby but extended/full term breastfeeding seems to be unheared of.
I have recently had a few odd comments about feeding him and especially dp's family are very negative about me feeding ds especially as I will have a newborn in a couple of months.
I hope to breastfeed the new baby and I imagine ds will sometimes want to feed at the same time, so I'm not sure if limiting him to at home feeding will work.
How did you feel feeding in public as your toddler got older? Did you encourage them to only feed at home?
Any good replies to negative comments?
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Breastfeeding a toddler, tips on feeding in public, reacting to people's negative opinions.
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ikeaismylocal · 28/07/2014 12:22
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