First, some background: I am happily nursing my 15 mo. old dd. My mother never breastfed any of her 5 children, nor did one of my two sisters (who has 4 children). My other sister BF her 2 children for about 9 months.
So my mother calls today to "chat". She asks if I am still nursing dd. I say yes. She then says, "Not much, though, right?" to which I reply, "Usually 3 times a day, is that much?" She feels that is "much"
and says something to the effect of "They usually try to wean once a child is able to take a cup, just like with a bottle." So I asked her who "they" was & she said, "y'know, people" and got all huffy. Then she said, "Well, as long as you're not still doing that when she's able to run after you and ask for it." 
: (Which dd can already do, anyway! 
) I just said, "Well, maybe I will. Time will tell."
She has made comments in the past, but this went too far for me. Oh--I did manage to sneak in a comment about how it had a lot of nutritional value for dd and it was no problem or something like that.
Anyhow, I'm still irritated about it and I'm thinking I'd like to send her an article or link about the benefits of BF during a child's second year. So--where is the best article? It needs to be something pretty short & easy to read (or she'll probably just ignore it).
I think next time she asks if I'm STILL BF (it's been about every 2 months that she does), I'll just ask if she really wants to know.
Thanks for your help.
So my mother calls today to "chat". She asks if I am still nursing dd. I say yes. She then says, "Not much, though, right?" to which I reply, "Usually 3 times a day, is that much?" She feels that is "much"
and says something to the effect of "They usually try to wean once a child is able to take a cup, just like with a bottle." So I asked her who "they" was & she said, "y'know, people" and got all huffy. Then she said, "Well, as long as you're not still doing that when she's able to run after you and ask for it." : (Which dd can already do, anyway! ) I just said, "Well, maybe I will. Time will tell."She has made comments in the past, but this went too far for me. Oh--I did manage to sneak in a comment about how it had a lot of nutritional value for dd and it was no problem or something like that.
Anyhow, I'm still irritated about it and I'm thinking I'd like to send her an article or link about the benefits of BF during a child's second year. So--where is the best article? It needs to be something pretty short & easy to read (or she'll probably just ignore it).
I think next time she asks if I'm STILL BF (it's been about every 2 months that she does), I'll just ask if she really wants to know.
Thanks for your help.
