Breastfeeding

I just read a couple of articles about Kelly Preston and breastfeeding and really like that someone in the spotlight is talking about it and normalizing it.  The article is here: 
http://www.bestforbabes.org/kelly-preston-is-still-breastfeeding-16-month-old-benjamin-finds-it-healing
and another article goes on to the benefits of extended breastfeeding:  http://www.bestforbabes.org/kelly-preston-extended-breastfeeding

There were some really negative comments on the first article that just go to show that more attention needs to be brought to extended breastfeeding.  I am finally coming around to it, unintentionally I guess you could say, with my third child.  I stopped bfing Autumn at 11 weeks, Shelby at 11 months, and with Carly we are still going at 13 months.  I really never even considered continuing it with Shelby.  I switched her to a bottle of cow's milk that she drank from for about a month and then she never touched any milk again. 

I don't want to introduce the bottle to Carly at a year (especially since they are supposed to be getting off of the bottle at a year), she won't drink any type of milk from a cup, and it is so hard to switch to something you know isn't as beneficial for your child.  I am more educated this go around and maybe just acknowledge the benefits more, too.  Not to say that anyone who doesn't breastfeed or doesn't do extended breastfeeding is making a mistake (I try not to ever judge other's situations and decisions with formula vs. bf).  I've done differently with all of my children- I just feel like this is the right thing for us now and it can't be denied with all of the positive research. 

I do feel very strongly that breastfeeding needs to be normalized in our society beyond the first few months.  So I guess you could say that this little blog post and links to the articles are my small effort in doing that.  :)