It adds: “You and your baby can carry on enjoying the benefits of breastfeeding for as long as you like.” The World Health Organization agrees that breastfeeding should continue “up to two years of age or beyond“.
Then, can a 7 year old still breastfeed?
But people should be informed that nursing a 6-7+year-old is a perfectly normal and natural and healthy thing to be doing for the child, and that their fears of emotional harm are baseless.”
Keeping this in consideration, can I breastfeed my 10 year old? The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends nursing up to one year and as long as mutually desired by the mother and the child. Studies even have shown extended nursing has great health benefits for the child. “They don’t become as obese as children who are not being breastfed,” Winter said.
One may also ask, can I breastfeed my husband during pregnancy?
Generally speaking, breastfeeding your husband or partner is OK. It’s not perverted or wrong if you want the person you are intimate with to breastfeed, or if they ask to try breastfeeding or taste your breast milk.