tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7859305239867927993.post1347904145634529449..comments2024-03-28T07:51:49.552-05:00Comments on Fine and Fair: How old is too old? I'll let YOU decide.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7859305239867927993.post-73692904433200481462012-12-04T18:47:20.318-06:002012-12-04T18:47:20.318-06:00I always love getting comments on older posts; it ...I always love getting comments on older posts; it gives me a chance to re-read them and get all nostalgic! :)<br /><br />I'm glad you and your nursling are navigating the terrain and doing what works best for you! <3Joellahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01523538331831940520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7859305239867927993.post-10441221647726057602012-12-03T16:12:47.700-06:002012-12-03T16:12:47.700-06:00Two years later... just wanted to say that I am ne...Two years later... just wanted to say that I am new to reading your blog and really like this post. I am currently nursing a 17 month old, which wasn't necessarily our plan, but I'm doing my best and it is working for us.jaybirdshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14475530059093758642noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7859305239867927993.post-79749927883690577362012-04-15T17:24:39.236-05:002012-04-15T17:24:39.236-05:00I LOVE how you are an "extended breast feeder...I LOVE how you are an "extended breast feeder" yet you do NOT bash those who do not nurse or don't nurse for as long as you are. I find that, that is hard to find in women and I believe you should be applauded for that fact! <br />When I had my daughter (my first child), I was a 16yr old mother, I nursed her for 3 months, through all the pain just to find out that I have a medical condition in which could either make me nearly immobile or I could stop nursing her to have the tests done (CT Scan and they had to give me Iodine intravenously)and the medications I had to be on were not safe for my nursing baby. After I stopped breastfeeding she had CHRONIC (NON STOP) ear infections, I couldn't help but to blame myself. <br />W/my second I was 20yrs old, still in daily chronic pain, but over the previous years I managed to work through the pain more and more each day. We breastfed for just over 12 months and then he self weaned when I became pregnant with my youngest son and now we have been nursing for three months. <br />I have dealt with my daily chronic and sometimes debilitating pain to make sure my children are the safest and most well nourished since Oct. 09' when I found out I was pregnant with my middle child. I'm "bashed" by FAMILY members who should be supporting my decisions, but instead they make me feel as if I am doing something WRONG or disgusting by breastfeeding. Even when baby is just a newborn and then they throw in my face that I stopped nursing my first child when she was only 3 months old I should do the same with the other two and they would be just fine as well. I ignore them and continue on w/what "works for us", but it still picks away at me in the back of my head. <br />Sorry this is so long, I just couldn't seem to stop typing. :)sarh shttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15990645023204117535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7859305239867927993.post-68100413068980015062011-01-12T11:37:59.695-06:002011-01-12T11:37:59.695-06:00ps... I am still nursing my 2 1/2 year old though ...ps... I am still nursing my 2 1/2 year old though feel the time is near to wean.Sunny Simple Lifehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13442975157454720956noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7859305239867927993.post-6276351039070093302011-01-12T11:36:13.574-06:002011-01-12T11:36:13.574-06:00I love your site. I am sure I am older than you bu...I love your site. I am sure I am older than you but you are a wise soul. I did the same thing. Vacs were one shot at a time and only if my babes were feeling good and well. My youngest is 2 1/2 (a 40th b day gift from God)and my oldest is 19. The number of shots they want little ones to get now has almost doubled. Scary!Sunny Simple Lifehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13442975157454720956noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7859305239867927993.post-54071186609860225622011-01-11T16:02:35.693-06:002011-01-11T16:02:35.693-06:00I have 4 children. They have all nursed for varyi...I have 4 children. They have all nursed for varying lengths of time. The longest was 4 year and one week. I must say that when he weaned (one week after his baby sister was born), I understood why some people are judgmental and/or disgusted by such extended breastfeeding. Not that I was either of those things, myself! But seeing his 4-year old sized body laying in the bed on one side of me and my little one-week-old newborn on the other... it really did LOOK odd... and feel odd. But the continuum is what kept it so normal and so right and so appropriate... for US. :)XLMIChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12268964638359962511noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7859305239867927993.post-12962596680265406542011-01-08T03:53:49.047-06:002011-01-08T03:53:49.047-06:00i breastfed my oldest until he was 26 months, when...i breastfed my oldest until he was 26 months, when he weaned of his own accord. he is now almost 3 and i have to say i cant imagine nursing him now. however, im sure that if he hadn't weaned, i would still be feeding him and it wouldnt seem strange.<br /><br />it seems that it's impossible to talk about breastfeeding in any capacity without offending someone. lol, you missed the HUGE dramaz on my facebook a month or two ago when i dared make a status saying how pleased i was that Squish was gaining so well on my milk *sigh*Imogenhttp://www.alternative-mama.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7859305239867927993.post-12748881656718676452011-01-02T09:00:04.127-06:002011-01-02T09:00:04.127-06:00Beautiful! I am delighted to have found your blog...Beautiful! I am delighted to have found your blog. You might enjoy a recent post I did on breastfeeding older children. http://dulcefamily.blogspot.com/2010/12/what-is-it-like-to-breastfeed-older.htmldulce de lechehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01641970264436339191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7859305239867927993.post-48538212158030718582010-12-19T08:36:31.884-06:002010-12-19T08:36:31.884-06:00Thanks for following me. Following back!Thanks for following me. Following back!Sweet T Makes Threehttp://sweettmakesthree.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7859305239867927993.post-79022052070338125882010-12-19T06:51:44.494-06:002010-12-19T06:51:44.494-06:00Thanks for following!
I'm now following you ba...Thanks for following!<br />I'm now following you back.<br />Mika (www.mikaspantry.blogspot.com)Mikahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11836006769172598876noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7859305239867927993.post-50262298892996296712010-12-18T13:56:30.271-06:002010-12-18T13:56:30.271-06:00This was really eye opening for me. I honestly kno...This was really eye opening for me. I honestly know nothing of breastfeeding since I do not have children. I love how you look at things Joella. And you know what - I agree with you. I wouldn't care what other people think. Like you said - its what works for you and Delilah. Thanks again for educating me on something I knew nothing about. Love your blogging.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com