I’m not done breastfeeding

Everyone around me has been shaming me since the day my son latched.

Oh he’s small -give him formula

You need sleep/have latching issues/ problems producing-formula

Cover up I don’t want to see that- be modest give formula

It not polite to feed outside of your home your showing the world parts of your body only your husband should see

Then he turned 4 months

Hes old enough for food

Why don’t you give him more food

Mix rice with formula and he will sleep (who gives a shit if he sleeps he is only four months old!!

Then 9months hit

When are you going to be done with “that”

Then by 12 months it was all about when was I going to stop then at 18 I had to stop and by 24 months I had just taken to lying to everyone. WHY! Why do I have to lie to not be shamed? Family just the past week said” thank god you’re not one of THOSE moms. I had always planned to breastfeed past 2 and not once did I think the leading reason for me thinking about weaning was going to be outside pressures. I love my son. I love when he come to me and asks for “num mums” I don’t care that he can now articulate well enough to tell me “ mama no more this side... other side now?” I get to just smile and laugh a little while he clumsily roles over me to the other side.

I have faced more issues with dealing with other peoples views of my breastfeeding then actually breastfeeding.

The worst part is I almost gave up. The part three weeks have been hell as I’ve been trying to cut down on feeds before he was ready. He went from my sweet little boy to this devil child all because I was forcing him to stop when he wasn’t ready. Just to please the people around me.

Him hugging his little sister while feeding