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“.
In respect to this, what is the oldest age for breastfeeding?
The World Health Organization recommends breastfeeding “up to two years of age or beyond”. The American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) states that “[h]ealth outcomes for mothers and babies are best when breastfeeding continues for at least two years.
Also question is, can I breastfeed my 7 year old? 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.”
Then, can you breastfeed a 10 year old?
“If they feed for as long as they want to they will naturally wean. “In a lot of countries it’s perfectly normal to breastfeed older children and they will do it for a lot longer than we do in the West.”