Comments on: Guest Post: Breastfeeding two year old twins

By: Kristin Hutchinson

Kristin Hutchinson — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 05:55:28 +0000

Ah! Coming to this many months late, but had to say thanks for sharing your story! Beautiful! I am still nursing my 18 month olds with no end in sight, for the near future anyway. We like it, it works for us, who cares what anyone else thinks!

I don’t know anyone in real life nursing toddler twins, so its nice to read about your experiences. It is such a sweet time for us too, I will be really sad to see it go!
Kristin Hutchinson´s last blog ..Ring Around the Rosie

By: Rusted Sun

Rusted Sun — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 18:39:04 +0000

I first read this post when my twins were 6 months old. Nursing was finally starting to seem natural and even easy at times. We had three months of pumping before my babies even latched on for the first time. But I had decided before they were born that I wanted to nurse. My twins are now 14 months old. Most of my fellow nursing mother friends have stopped nursing but I feel no need to stop. My babies love it and so do I. We are now in the glory days of nursing. No worries about latch, supply, teething or anything else. Nursing is pure enjoyment now. Thank you for sharing the inspiration.
-Alisa
Rusted Sun´s last blog ..cowgirl and cow-twins

By: Beth K

Beth K — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 02:32:50 +0000

Thanks for sharing your story. It is so similar to ours I felt you were writing my words. We hit 2 years in December and I’ve been getting a lot of folks telling me to give it up, but I just don’t feel we’re all ready yet. We are cutting back some, but not weaning completely yet. I so appreciate reading your story and knowing that I’m not the only one who wandered into nursing toddlers who is savoring every moment.
Thanks and Peace,
Beth

By: Ann

Ann — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 04:04:53 +0000

Thanks for sharing your eperiences. i am still nursing my twin girls at 21 months, mostly for snuggle and comfort. Neither them nor I are ready to stop yet. These are my last children and I know I’ll get baby sick again as soon as I stop nursing! The only thing that worries me a bit is that they are both very small, not even in the growth charts. I hope they are not substituting real food with futile efforts to get enough milk out of me because there really isn’t much left anymore. They are not good eaters. Anyway, if the nursing is not to blame, it is such a joy for all of us so we don’t mind breaking some conventions for it.

Thanks again!

By: RaJen

RaJen — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 03:42:55 +0000

i just have to say: WOW!

By: Gena Marshall

Gena Marshall — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 18:40:26 +0000

Thank you for your post! Before babies I just assumed I’d wean at a year, but that’s coming right up and I think we’ll keep going.

My twin girls are a little small, just under the 50% percentile, and they seem like they’ll need milk for a good while to come. One of the things that changed my mind was hearing that they need a lot of oz of milk even after 12 months. Why give them cows milk when I can do better? And I think the World Health Organization recommends nursing at least 2 years.

Nursing is going well, and is working for all of us. Sometime in the not so distant future I look forward to giving up pumping at work and scaling back to 2 or 3 feedings a day.

Til then, I’ll try to enjoy babyhood while we’re there.

Thanks for your thoughts!

By: Trish

Trish — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 02:16:36 +0000

I still feed my twin boys at 29 months and I feel the same as you Eva.
What a precious post. Thank you for sharing so honestly.So so sweet.

We only feed morning on wake up and before bed. They still ask for it other times but I refuse.
I know it isn’t our society’s norm even for a singleton but I have never regretted it.
My boys have gone to sleep once without nursing but one woke through the night and I did feed him that night.

“I’m mostly left with melty thoughts of the sweet, gentle, cuddly moments. Babyhood is such a short instant in our lives, and I treasure all of these moments with each of them. I’ll miss it and not miss it and never forget it.”

I too feel a little uneasy now about the snarky comments and the look of wild disbelief that we are still BFing.

Frankly …I don’t give a damn. I think I’ll tell them I’m going for the record just to stir them.

I am waiting for a bit of self led weaning too but I think I may have to leave town …*sigh*

The end of breastfeeding means the end of babyhood.

By: alix b

alix b — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 01:39:44 +0000

Thanks so much for sharing. Reading your post made me think so much about the breastfeeding journey that ended for me this summer when my twin boys passed their second birthday. I too had recently reached the point at which I knew I was ready, and suspected that my boys were as well. We had dropped the morning/pre-breakfast nursing at 18 months and so they had just been nursing before bed. While visiting my in-laws, I decided rather suddenly that we would just put the boys down without my offering to nurse them and see what happened. All of us had a good laugh as we sat somewhat anxiously in the living room, waiting for wails of misery. None came and the boys fell peacefully asleep. This was two weeks past their second birthday. I definitely still feel twinges when I think back to nursing them, but there was really something so satisfying in feeling that the end of this phase came when everyone was ready. I think it’s always bittersweet, but I do feel so very lucky to have been able to exclusively nurse twins for so long.

By: Sadia

Sadia — Sun, 30 Nov 2008 19:23:44 +0000

When I read the title of this post, two thoughts crossed my mind: “Beautiful” and “I’m jealous”. It’s sad that our culture is one that makes you feel uncomfortable talking about nursing two-year-olds. If it works for your family, that should be all that matters.

I only managed to nurse my twins for 7 months, but the weaning process was far more traumatic for me than my daughters.

By: laraplus2

laraplus2 — Sun, 30 Nov 2008 18:41:02 +0000

Thank you so much for sharing your breastfeeding journey it sounds similar to ours, at least till this point. I have 11.5 month old twin boy’s who still breatfeed about 5 x/day. I struggled a great deal in the beginning due to a NICU stay, preemie feeding issues and poor milk supply. I was bound and determined for this to happen for us and it has. I have also battled pumping, long nights of feeding and biting.

I have had numerous people assume that because they will be a year in 18 days that it will all come to an end. I’m not so sure that’s the case and your post has helped me sort some of that out.

Ideally I would like to wean down to only nursing in the morning and at night but we will see how that plays out.
Thanks again for validating this journey for me and bringing tears to my eyes at the possibility of this lasting a bit longer.