another rant from me - i hate being made to feel abnormal by oh's family because our LO isn't weaning yet (at only 4 months!). there are members of his family that were sticvking rusks in bottles when their babies were 8 wks old, and they talk like I am in the wrong for holding out a bit longer!!!!!!! they dont stop to think for a second that they might have been jumping the gun in a major way!

WTF?!! Keep your filthy fingers to yourself I would say! Yuck. And as for trying to feed your baby when your back is turned. That is outrageous. What is wrong with people? Sheesh. Good for you sticking to your guns.

I get asked this all the time, especially at work where I express 3 times a day. I just reply 'until she doesn't want it anymore'. I replied with 'at least until she's 1' once and the person who'd asked looked at me like I'd said 'well, I intend to breastfeed her on her wedding day'!!!

I started weaning onto rice and then some vegetables before 6 months in exceptional circumstances but Ilana still has at least 4 big booby feeds a day and will do for as long as she wants. My husband and I don't forsee the need to ever buy any formula.

But don't you ladies know that having a baby is supposed to be EXPENSIVE?!? I mean, you have to buy all the latest gizmos,put them in the most fasionable clothes, put them in disposable diapers for the convenience, and by golly! that formula may cost a lot, but its a necessity!!

It aggrivates me to the core when people try to tell me how to raise my own child and how much it will cost me. Oh yeah, and I'm supposed to help put them through college on top of it all. If my child can't pay his own way through college, I guess he wont be going. I had to pay my own way, so why the heck can't my own kids?

And what's up with having to buy the baby rice and oatmeal? Can't I make it myself? Or the baby puree's either? Oh, that's right, I'm supposed to pay ten times the cost of the food just so it will be conveniently pureed for me. Granted, its nice to have if you can afford it, but still not a necessity. And you have to love the comments about co-sleeping. My favorite one is "What if you roll over on your baby and smother him?" Yeah... apparently they take everything in from society and dont care to do a little research of their own.

/rant

You don't even have to puree it... if you wait until the baby is ready for solids, you can offer food which he can pick up and put in his mouth himself

When I hear, 'Oh, you're STILL feeding...?', I just choose to take it as a compliment. Breastfeeding for us was a real stuggle for the first couple of months and is still a challenge, so I just think how well we've done to stick with it (we're combined feeding now but still bf morning and night). I know that a lot of poeple, like my MIL, who seem surprised, also found bf v. hard and may not of had the support that I had which is why they expect us to of stopped as well. I wouldn't ask a ff mum why she didn't bf (unless a close friend etc.), as that would be considered offensive, so why ask the other way?

//I wouldn't ask a ff mum why she didn't bf (unless a close friend etc.), as that would be considered offensive, so why ask the other way?//

You're better NOT asking.... trust me on this. It's considered VERY offensive by a lot of mums.... Even in the context of sympthay/support (thinking maybe they wanted to bfd and couldn't/didn't have the right support etc, which is pretty common.)

I get this alot, especially as we're approaching the one year mark, it's as though people are starting to get uncomfortable with me 'still' bfing as if it's any of their business. I use formula for LO's porridge as it took me 3 30 minute pumping sessions a day to get enough for it and I just don't have the time. MIL saw the box in the cupboard and seemed so excited when she asked if she was coming off the boob and then seemed disappointed when I said no?!

hehe don't comments like that strengthen our resolve to go on even longer?

It does me! Why get so excited about formula? Hardly a cause for celebration... I mean, have you SEEN how much that stuff costs??