[KindRedSpirit]

On a scale of 1-10 1 being the least and 10 being the most,How supportive is your DP?
I would say,over all,I feel like -Oh, he's in the room,I'll let him rate himself...Apparently he was unaware that we were considering CLW,and says a 1!He doesn't think DD1 (3 3/4)will wean unless I make her!This is news to me!

: well,I was going to give him a 4,but I'm thinking a 3 now!

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[TiredX2]

My DP rules!!!

 

[chfriend]

dp is 100% supportive of me clw dd1. Of course, she's planning to clw dd2....

It's just a sea of boobs over here....

 

[zo's ma]

Before my ds turned six, I'd have given dp a 10......now every once in awhile I hear him ask ds, "when are you going to stop drinking ninnies?". He doesn't give me a hard time and ds usually laughs and tells him "when I'm 10" and everybody laughs and that's the end of it. So I guess he rates a 9!

 

[the_lissa]

My dp is really great about it, and helps as much as he can. He often encourages me when I am feeling crappy or touched out.

 

[BusyMommy]

He fully supported me in every way. If I was happy and the kids were happy, then let it be. When he saw that I was over-exhausted nursing a toddler while pg, then he helped me encourage my toddler to gain more independence by snuggling on daddy's side of the bed. And, when both kids were nursing at night, he'd get up, make breakfast, keep the house clean and make my life easier

 

[kiahnsmum]

I have dh wrapped are around my little finger, whatever I say goes!!
Mwahahahahahaha

 

[callmemama]

Help! Can someone describe "involved" and "actively involved"? :LOL Dh is totally cool with ds nursing at 5.5, but he doesn't do the dishes or anything, kwim? Waiting to vote...

 

[Embee]

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Originally Posted by chfriend dp is 100% supportive of me clw dd1. Of course, she's planning to clw dd2....

Way cool! Equal opportunity CLW!

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Originally Posted by chfriend It's just a sea of boobs over here....

:LOL

(Love your Ms. Frizzle quote in your siggy btw)

I voted DH a 10. He was great the whole way through. He was perhaps even more vocal and forthcoming about it than I was to any and all who would question! He's seen me through the last few months of hormones and sadness that DS weaned. And then admittedly, he was also just a little excited to "have my boobs back!" Um, funny... I thought they were MY boobs!

My boys and my boobs. Whatdyagonnado?

 

[mom2threenurslings]

My dh is definitely a 10! He is extremely supportive of CLW (and nursing through pregnancy, tandem nursing, tandem nursing through pregnancy, triandem nursing...). I guess it's one advantage of being the son of a La Leche League Leader! He's actually the one who encouraged me to breastfeed in the first place!

 

[rachdoll]

I'd say Andy is accepting, but some days I think he might be accepting only because this is non-negiotiable for me.

 

[SagMom]

I voted "accepting" because, he's a HE and I'm not quite sure how he'd be "involved."

Basically, I told him I was going to bf when I was pregnant with our first, and that was that. Somewhere around child #3 I asked him what he thought of clw (probably because of a conversation on these boards) and he said he figured it must be what the child needed, but that he thinks it's entirely between mamma and child.

 

[Bleu]

I chose 6-8 and by that I meant "supportive." I suppose Mr. Bleu is involved in that he brings Bleuet to me if he needs milkies and tries to accurately convey the level of urgency if I'm doing something else, like "He's having a milk emergency!" or "He said 'milkies,' but I think it was just a passing fancy.".

Part of it is respect for my breastfeeding decisions as the one who DOES the BFing, part of it is he can see how much Bleuet needs to nurse, and part of it is raw fear. Mr. Bleu thinks raising a toddler is hard enough without trying to do it without our two best tools.

 

[liam's mom]

hmmm. ds is still only 2, but so far i'd give my dh a 7 or 8.

 

[DreamsInDigital]

My SO is supporting me so much and even mourning with me over the sudden and unexpected weaning of my 21 month old during my pregnancy. He's wonderful.

 

[hunnybumm]

WOW I am so jealous! DH is very supportive of me nursing DS. However, I only gave him a 2 because he thinks there is an age that is "just too old". I think that 2 is his limit, not that that will effect how long I nurse DS (and future DC) for, but he started asking at about 1 year "So, how long is he going to nurse for?" Not rude, not mean, just curious. Then as the months went on, he kept asking, more urgent. He's not gonna nurse till hes 5 right?

I also think that seeing DS slow down a lot with nursing has helped. He knows that DS won't nurse 15 times a day for 4 years, YK? I also think that now that DS is showing some signs of weaning, he realizes "Ok, DS won't be nurseing and going to Kindergarden."

So right now, at this very moment, he is an 8, but he doesn't believe in true CLW and if it went on "too long" then he would have an issue and make rude coments about it, etc. He wouldn't make me stop, he couldn't, but he wouldn't be supportive.

 

[bc1995]

Hmmm, I guess I would rate mine around a 4. It is a non-negotiable thing for me, but he does let it know that he thinks ds is too old to still be nursing. It is really only when he is in a really bad mood that he says things like that though.

 

[callmemama]

I went ahead and voted actively involved, even though I don't know HOW he can be "actively involved"! :LOL He's as committed to CLW as I am, and our son is 5.5 years. I'd say he's on board for the duration!

 

[mother_sunshine]

That's a hard question for me because dh had his ups and downs along the way. It was such a new journey for both of us because neither of us was raised in an AP-type home nor an AP-type society, so we learned along the way. There were times when he freaked-out and put pressure and grief on us (especially around 3yrs and 6yrs), but there were other times when he was our biggest advocate. He even encouraged his co-workers to breastfeed and told them how wonderful it is (this was when dd was 4yrs). Most of the time, though, he just stayed out of the way and trusted that we both knew what we were doing. So I voted "accepting" (a '5') as an average.

We live in a matriarchy, our home is ruled by ~Girl Power~. :LOL

 

[Mallory]

My ex was entirely supportive, we split when the kids were 2 1/5 and 4 and he never mintioned weaning, we have little contact with him now so I don't know if a nursing 5 1/2 year old would have changed his mind.

My boyfriend is not bad, I mean he put up with nursing 2 and 3 and 4 and 5 year olds for the past year and a half. But I also think he thinks it is a little wierd and does have an upper limit there somewhere, my oldest weaned between 5 and 5 1/2 and the youngest just turned 4 and still nurses, but I can tell is really almost done- went from nursing several times a day to 3 or 4 times a week in the past six months. I think he would be convinced more watching a nursing baby grow into a nursing toddler and a nursing preschooler, I mean before I had kids 2 was about my upper limit and stories of nursing 4 year olds were a little strange. I think he has good potential, and does refrain from making comments to the kids and tries to understand, not just put it down.