Bottle Fed asking to breast feed?

I have a three year old daughter who was bottle fed (couldn't breastfeed at the time) now I am breast feeding my second child and my daughter is asking to breast feed...should allow her to try? 
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Ni

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Well I can only tell you what I think I would do in this situation. I imagine the 3yr is feeling a bit jealous that maybe you're spending more time with newborn than her. I would try to explain so she understands that breastfeeding is only for babies and build her up a bit saying she's a big girl now and it's not for her. (You can always fib a bit and say she had her turns already but doesn't remember it cuz it was when she was a baby) Then perhaps try to set aside some time to spend with the 3yr just the 2 of you so she gets special mommy time alone.

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Sure why not? I got to try when my mom had a baby. I had been weened 2 1/2 years earlier. I tried a little and didn't want to anymore. I was excited to try it, but it wasn't my taste anymore 😁

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⚪Hula👶👶👶 • Aug 13, 2015
Anna if something is within your power its no big deal. You buy you're kid McDonalds? Why? You really going to give her something she wants?

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j • Aug 13, 2015
You going to give her everything she's curious about? Really?

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Gabriela • Aug 13, 2015
Well said!!! She is curious and wants to get just 1 try...

ne

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Here come the mummy shamers.... Girl it's your child do what you want. 

Ga

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She just wants to try .... because she is surely jealous of her sibling.... She wants to know if you treat her and her sibling equal.... 😏 if you're comfortable with: let her try.... She will anyway just do it one time to taste your breastmilk - it won't taste good to her...  No way that she will 'start to be breastfeeded' lol... She's curious... Don't make a big deal of it - and she'll do fine. 

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⚪Hula👶👶👶 • Aug 13, 2015
@anna

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⚪Hula👶👶👶 • Aug 13, 2015
I'm curious as to how you are so judgemental and yet, you're profile says the answer is always love. There is no reason to be hateful

JS

JS • Aug 13, 2015
Your family!

Ca

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Would you have weened her by now if she had been breastfed?

Ak

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Why not? Do what feels right for you and your children. 

Ch

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I don't think she will have the sucking motion down to get enough so if she were to try she would immediately or be interested since she's so used to regular large sips of drinks lol she won't become attached her curiousity will just be solved 

No

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I wouldn't, I mean she's past having fomula already right?... I don't even think that she would be able to latch properly considering it's instinctual to an infant not a toddler unless it's already been there norm from infancy.

Ca

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If you done anything I would pump and put it in her cup. If she starts breastfeeding now it will become a habit. She starts school in about a year? Can't have her breastfeeding at school. But I don't see anything wrong with pumping and putting it in a cup for her

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Gabby • Aug 13, 2015
It's uninstinctual for a toddler to latch therefore she probably wouldn't enjoy breast feeding the way an infant does

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Dee • Aug 13, 2015
Agree I would do this .. If I were to bottle feed her sibling I wouldn't want her to suddenly want a bottle just because she's a big girl

j

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Why would you start now? Is this to benefit her? It can't possibly. She doesn't know that you didn't breast feed her unless you told her. She's a big girl, eats like a big girl. Has a big strong set of teeth. Do you want to keep your nipples? Lol. Really?

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ne • Aug 13, 2015
Anna stop making multiple posts, it's called spamming, your obviously here to mummy shame.

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Gabby • Aug 13, 2015
She isn't trying to breastfeed she just wants to let er daughter try. You're so dumb

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j • Aug 13, 2015
There is absolutely no health benefits of having her breast feed now.