Breastmilk for Older Children
I thought about tandem nursing but not extended breastfeeding. When I was expecting my second baby, I didn’t want to wean of my boy. I planned to breastfeed him during pregnancy but my gynae advised me to wean him off as I was bleeding. I was diagnosed with placenta previa, so it’s best to get more bed rest and stop breastfeeding further. When I had my second baby, I tried to get my boy back on breastfeeding but he was not interested anymore. He said it’s for mei mei but not for him as he’s a big boy then. How sweet huh?
Nonetheless, he took some breastmilk. I expressed and stored my milk as preparation of going back to work, so my maid fed him with those thawed expressed milk. He didn’t like it if there’s a fishy smell, but his (then 6 years old) cousin loved it. She took the milk like popcicle as I stored some of the milk in ice-cream Malaysia plastic.
Those breastmilk may not provide all the nutrients an older kid needs, but it still has lots of antibodies for older children. I found a few articles related to extended breastfeeding, and if you are interested, just hop over to the links.
Hi… I’m Linda, an undergraduate student in one of private college in Malaysia. Currently, in the progress of completing my final year project titled as “Technology integrated Montessori Preschool”.
Thus, I would like to invite every parent that have concern on their children education to join in the open discussion on some issues related to early childhood education.
If you would like to point out some opinions, please refer to either one of these two links: http://mumsgather.blogspot.com/ or http://linda_tan.blogs.friendster.com/4nswer_me
Would highly appreciate your contribution. =)
P.S. Regards for your little ones =)