when did you stop nursing in public?

[sosurreal09]

jw what age you stopped NIP...people have been telling me 1 y/o is long enough...i feel thats a bit young. whats your take?

[jnet24]

I nursed my son for 18 months and I always nursed in public. We only stopped bc I was pregnant and started to dry up. My daughter is 18 months and I nurse her many times a day in public. I try to keep down the comfort nursing, she thinks she has to nurse everytime someone does something she doesn't want, like talk to her. But I nurse her whenever wherever even if she is just upset.

[Vancouver Mommy]

My ds is 3 and I don't nurse in restaurants or coffee shops anymore. I will occasionally nurse at the playgroup or the park if necessary, but I prefer not to.

[blessedwithboys]

the last time i recall nursing ds2 in public was age three when i had a friend get a good shot of us for a NIP website. he drastically reduced nursing altogether around his 3rd bday, and CLW at age 5, so we NIPed a good portion of his total bf time.

[Bokonon]

My kids have both gotten too distractible to NIP at around 9 months, so that's when I stopped with both. Even with a nursing cover, they both pulled it away. DD won't even nurse if there is anything to look at, so trying to NIP is futile!

[KristyDi]

I think we started slowing down our NIPing around a year. A lot of the reason was that I was tired of only being able to wear nursing friendly clothes and wanted to wear real bras, not nursing tanks any longer. I would still NIP if she needed it or it was a convenient time or place, but if she was just bored or wanted a quick sip and it wasn't a good time or place, I'd distract her or put her off.

Now at 28 months, I can't remember the last time we NIP or DD asked to. She still loves nursing and nurses plenty at home though.

Don't be too concerned about other's opinions. You are the expert on your child and know what he needs. Do what you feel is best.

[Red Pajama]

With my most recent, I stopped nursing in public just a bit after two. She's now two and a half, and I usually distract her and suggest we nurse at home.

[MCatLvrMom2A&X]

The last time I nursed my dd in public was just before she weaned at 2.7y with ds the same holds true. I see this one as the choice of the mom doing it and not as an age limit.

[ramama]

I never stopped nursing in public and DD2 didn't wean until she was just over 4yo.

[mamakaikai]

My dd is 27 months and although I have dried up from being pregnant, I still nurse her and hope to tandem if that is what she needs/wants.

I try to only nurse her at bedtime and when she wakes in the am. I also nurse her when she gets hurt and needs comforting. This is the only time I would nurse in public at this point. If she was hurting and needing the comfort, then I would nurse her for a minute or two in public wherever we happened to be.

[Biscuits & Gravy]

DS is 18 months, and I still NIP if he asks but he rarely does. If I NIP we are typically at a long playdate at the park, or someplace all day. If we are just running errands he is too distracted to ask.

[PGTlatte]

I stopped nursing at the table around age 1, because it just became too difficult with a big kid (both of mine were large for their age) kicking around and grabbing at things. I tapered off NIP in other locations starting around that age too, but still did once in a while as needed (tired, hurt, etc).

[ewe+lamb]

Around three with both of them - but then it was rare, if we were at the park they rarely stopped to do anything, but we did nurse if either one had hurt themselves or whatever, so I never actually stopped either one from nursing it was just a case of what was going on in terms of their CLW.

[kittywitty]

When my kids weaned ~2.5 years.

[fruitfulmomma]

Youngest is 18mo old and we still nip sometimes. None of my kids have ever been too fond of it anyway, too many distractions I guess, but they'll take a little snack. Probably by 24mo we'll be done with doing it while out and about.

I'd rather be able to distract them with a little nursing session at this age than to have them screaming and annoying everyone around them. I've never had any bad comments made to me about it.

My older nursling will be 4 in September and she only asks for it maybe once a week and never while we are out.

[mambera]

DD is 12 mo and we rarely NIP, only if she really needs it for some reason. She doesn't often ask when we're out of the house anyway, too interested in other things going on.

I was never a big NIPer anyway. I usually went to the car if possible.

(I do nurse often on plane trips though, I guess that counts as NIP and I don't plan to stop that till she weans as it's the best way to keep her quiet and happy in a small space for an extended period of time.)

[ann_of_loxley]

Havn't stopped yet - hes only 8 weeks old. I suppose I will stop when he no longer wishes to nurse whilst we are out in public - but until then ...we shall keep on nursing!

One is very young!

[Peony]

3 is when I generally nurse more at home, friends houses, cars, etc... than say sitting on a park bench downtown. A one year old is still a baby to me!

[russsk]

I'm not exactly sure when we stopped - maybe around 18 months. DS quickly became uninterested in nursing while out once he hit the toddler stage and left it for quiet moments at home. Now, at 29 months, he only nurses for nap and bedtime.

[sosurreal09]

i thought 1 was young lol! i was at the christmas tree shop yesterday and was feeding DD in the wrap and sitting on a bench and a woman walked by and said awww so cute then the woman behind her said to her daughter thats disgusting i hope you never do that...wow lol that poor girl just thought i would share that, i need to get out of this city i hate it here! people arent so much into natural parenting and i don't know anyone who BFs..