Breastfeeding Or Not

[betina]

Crownprincess MAry is breastfeeding little prince Christian

[princess leonor]

Originally Posted by betina

Crownprincess MAry is breastfeeding little prince Christian

Surely she's not still breastfeeding him, is she? He must be about 8 or 9 months old by now!!

[The O.C. Fanatic]

Doesn't he have rabbit teeth now?

[Kelly]

Originally Posted by princess leonor

Surely she's not still breastfeeding him, is she? He must be about 8 or 9 months old by now!!

I read once that a child should be breastfed up until they reach 9 months. I think the reason was because they got all the immunity they could get from their mothers milk. So which royals don't breasfeed or is that a potential new thread?

[soCal girl]

I think now all the princesses pretty much breast-feed. It may have it's scheduling conflicts but breast-feeding is the way for the baby to get immunity from the mother like Kelly said. Even if princesses are holding bottles in public, they have breast-pumps now where the mom can pump milk out ahead of time if she knows she's going to be in public.

[marysusan]

It is possible to use the breast pump and provide the milk for the bottle while never actually breastfeeding the baby. A friend of my daughter did that with her first child, who was a boy. Her husband was unemployed and stayed home with the baby while the mother used a breastpump so she could provide milk for the baby although she was working an outside job to support her husband and child.

All the best,
marysusan