Partners support with extended bf

[cheezelkat]

Before I gave birth, my DF did not care how I fed the baby.

A few weeks after, when the grandparents told me that they expected me to wean at between 6 - 12 months, he said he's like me to wean at 12 months.

On Saturday when we were at the baby expo and passed the Karicare toddler stand, he said theres no way that was going anywhere near DS and he fully supports me extended breastfeeding DS. :smiliedance:

He's finally looked just past cost and realised there are so many health benefits of breastfeeding that will go on past the first year. Both me and DF have been sick - and the only one who has been well has been DS! Go boob juice!

I'm so excited by this, I had to share. It's just the grandparents I need to educate now.

[shed]

Not sure why you would need to educate the grandparents.

Its their business because ...?

[JATS]

Hubby has already told a few rellies off about telling me I should be weaning Tom (he's 1 yr old in a week) :smiliedance:

I don't know how long I'll be breastfeeding, Tom has never tasted formula. When I was pregnant I said I wanted to breastfeed to 12 months but I'd strive to at least make it to 6 months even if I had problems breastfeeding. Well I was one of the lucky ones who never had a problem, 12 months has come, and I don't want to stop! Of course as he has more and more solid food feeds he will be breastfeeding much less, but I'd like to keep 1-2 feeds a day until he's 2. I have 2 friends with toddlers and the only thing they would change is they would have continued breastfeeding till 2 yrs old.

[~Emmylou~]

That's great!
Support from your partner is one of the biggest hurdles with breastfeeding....if you have someone in your ear saying "just give them a bottle" it does wear you down after a while.
I had this with DH who just wanted me to get some sleep and be human again...it was a big part in my giving up breastfeeding my daughter.
We've talked and hopefully this time he is more on board.
Breastfeeding is such a complex issue, it's simplified all to often - to our detriment *sigh*.

[MonkeyMum05]

I think my hubby is even more pro-breastfeeding than I am!! :eek:

[Funkychicken]

:yelclap: to your DF! it is so lovely to hear about the support partners can offer to mums who are breastfeeding. My DH came from a formula feeding family (his sisters and mum) so it was a whole new world when our DS#1 arrived. Actually I came from a formula feeding mother too but I refuse to let her affect me. DH has been exceptionally supportive of my decision to breastfeed and also to continue doing so as long as I choose to (and bub of course).
yesterday we were visiting friends and I was feeding Hamish and *friend* was chatting to me and suddenly realised I was breastfeeding. We all laughed as he is not at all concerned about seeing women breastfeed and we continued our chatting. Dh then said Hamish will still be fed until at least 12 months and probably longer and then explained to said friend about the WHO guidelines for feeding into the second year and beyond. I was so proud of him!
My mother weaned my older brother onto the bottle at 4 months because her father wanted to be able to feed his grandchild! I was stunned when she told me this.