Breastfeeding negativity?

Question

Is anyone else starting to get negative comments about them 'still' breastfeeding at 10 months?
My baby eats 3 full solid meals per day, she has a great appetite and will eat anything. 
But I breast feed 2-3 times as well. 
Yesterday I got told I 'need to start making her drop feeds' and that I should never feed her overnight because i should be aiming to dry my supply up. 
I said I'm going to follow my daughters lead and that the Workd Health Organisation say there are still health benefits until the age of 2. But apparently that's disgusting. 
If you have copped negative comments how have you dealt with it?

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Every time I nurse outside of our home or families homes I get loaded comments.

"How are you still breastfeeding her?"
Well my boob goes in her mouth and she sucks on it.. same way as when she was a newborn.

"Doesn't she eat real food now?"
Is breast milk fake food?

"Why don't you just give her a bottle."
Because then I'd have to clean it afterwards.

"When are you going to wean her? She doesn't need it anymore."
Well you don't need any more McDonald's but no ones starving you.

"She has teeth so she can eat table food"
I'd rather my child not eat a table.

I've found that responding with sarcasm shuts people up pretty quickly but I will only do it if I feel I am being judged for my choices. I have had a few people as out of pure curiosity and I will give them and honest informative answer. I have been lucky enough to have a good support system through doctors, friends and my fiance's family to have made it this far.

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I'm still breastfeeding my 10 month old and plan to until it feels natural to stop but probably not passed 2 but I'll see how it goes. My MIL tried to convince me to slowly focus more on solids a couple months back and I said I didn't want to. My in laws are pretty narrow minded and can get a little pushy sometimes but I put my foot down and follow what's right in my heart. They continue to impose their opinions but I stick to my resolve. If you're still breastfeeding that is great. Don't let anyone make you second guess what you feel is right in your heart for your baby.

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Oh my yes. I swear everyone in my family and anyone that knows us is like "she's STILL breastfeeding...are you gonna stop soon?" I'm like well I'll continue until she stops (if she ever does) but I want to go until she's 2. People are so quick to judge and really need to read up on the benefits of breastfeeding past age 1!

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My 11 month old nurses probably 6 times or so in a 24 hour period. I've gotten mostly supportive comments. I plan to go until at least a year. I may start slowly reducing feeds at that point, but I have no intention of making her stop if she doesn't want to. I love having a "magic bullet" for calming her down and I don't want to give it up!

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That's ridiculous! The world health organisation recommends breastfeeding for a minimum of 2 years for proper growth and development. Every feed is so beneficial to your baby. My daughter is 11.5 months and feeds about 15 times every day/night aswell as having 3 meals plus snacks. I haven't gotten any negative comments my family is very pro breastfeeding. Ignore them you're doing a great job x

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Same here! I'm 24 years old and last weekend I went out with my "friends" (for the first time since I gave birth) to a birthday party. They wanted me to drink but I said I can't drink much because I'm still breastfeeding and they said, "still? How long is that for?"

It just pissed me off. 
My mom and dad are also telling me to stop breastfeeding but I won't till he turns 1 or starts walking. But definetly not past 2.

Idk why people are shaming breastfeeding if that's the natural way to feed your baby. I would be so lazy to sterilize, wash the bottles and buy formula! And definitely expensive .

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My mother in law has a problem with it. With my first she forced me to stop breastfeeding and started giving my daughter similac when she was 6 months without asking me first (we were living with her at the time)

My son will be 1 this month and I'm still breastfeeding and every time she comes over or we go to visit she ALWAYS asks if I'm still breastfeeding.

Like why does she need to know?? How does it affect her in any way??

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I got a comment just yesterday from my husbands grandmother- "terrible, shes 11 months old and still sucking on mommys boobie".. I just bit my lip

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Yep! I'm getting the same comments. Oh wow how long are u going to nurse for??! He's going to be 5 and still sucking on moms boob. Itbwas starting to upset me. I've been trying to wean but my baby has no desire to stop! He eats table food and 3 meals a day with snacks. But still loves to nurse. He is however nursing all night long which I would like to lessen but he's showing no signs of stopping

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Great job my lo stopped nursing so I pumped for a while but dried up around 9 months I would have nursed till 2 years if I could have

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