Breastfeeding
is absolutely fine. Usually.

If the child is old enough to be eating solids then I find it strange.

(edit)
By "eating solids" I was not referring to the gradual introduction of pureed foods at around 6 months, but to the point at around 24 months ( +/- 6 months or so) when supplementing a child's diet with breastmilk usually becomes superfluous. And when I say strange I mean strange/unusual, not creepy.
(end edit)

The mums I know who breastfed their sons ("it's just a quick top up", "He can't fall asleep otherwise") until they were around 4 years old but stopped breastfeeding their daughters at 1 year made me feel distinctly uncomfortable.

The mother who insisted her 8 year old son start sucking on her tit when his baby sister was born "so he doesn't feel left out" was more than a little bit creepy.
( wakeupandsmellthebacon, Mon 11 Apr 2011, 16:20, 10 replies)

Ugh, yes
I once knew a teacher that was quite happy to admit that she breastfed her son until 10, I considered that way beyond creepy.
(SpangoTheWonderBadger is brewing beer, Mon 11 Apr 2011, 16:30, closed)

They gone dun a documentry about this
I think you may mean this lady -

www.fanpop.com/spots/debate/answers/show/136904/documentary-british-mother-breastfeeding-8-year-old-daughter-what-think
*
It is indeed a bit creepy and as I was watching the documentry I was convinced she just liked having her tits sucked....Poor husband he probably doesn't get a look in.

*Due to the nature of the subject I was forced to watch the clip for NSFW. I can confirm that there are no boobs in this clip, I repeat, no boobs :(
(bROKEN aRROW PUA HVI Master, Mon 11 Apr 2011, 16:36, closed)

Not her
I'm talking about mums I've met through taking my own kid to play groups etc. In your link the mum was late feeding her daughters, which doesn't seem quite as bad as the mums I've met who seem to feed their sons much later than their daughters.

I've just remembered another who had her tit in her 3 year old's mouth to calm him down after he'd fallen at a playground. She started teasing him about how he usually got a chub on when he was on her tit.

Shudder.
( wakeupandsmellthebacon, Mon 11 Apr 2011, 18:07, closed)

Bitty.

(emadex thinks the world will end on, Mon 11 Apr 2011, 16:48, closed)

there was one in a magazine today
who still breastfeeds her 13-year-old son, her 2 other children and her husband. can't remember the mag, some cheap crap left behind by my sister's mate.
( Smash Monkey lowering the tone of the whole internet, Mon 11 Apr 2011, 17:15, closed)

Razzle Big Udders Edition?

(Rsoles, Mon 11 Apr 2011, 20:28, closed)

pfff
chat or somesuch
( Smash Monkey lowering the tone of the whole internet, Mon 11 Apr 2011, 20:29, closed)

At least they didn't make fucking *icecream* using it.
Or sell cakes made using it.
(Me, I'm not... in any way intoxicated, Mon 11 Apr 2011, 17:27, closed)

I have tried boob milk
and I have no idea why they thought it would be nice in ice cream, it tastes well bitter on it's own. Pure gimick!
(bROKEN aRROW PUA HVI Master, Mon 11 Apr 2011, 17:43, closed)

It is creepy.
Aside from the potential for a sexual element, there are definitely unsettling overtones of control, manipulation and co-dependency that don't bode well for a mentally healthy relationship between mother and child over time. I don't care how ~natural~ it is; when one continues to insist on breastfeeding a child well past the age to eat solid food, it's time to examine one's motivations.
(louveciennes , Volvospotter, Mon 11 Apr 2011, 17:48, closed)

What is creepy is you thinking there is a sexual element to a mother feeding her child.
( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Tue 12 Apr 2011, 11:01, closed)

does not like
clicked coz it really is very creepy. Mummy can love her little boy too much i think.
(DreddPirateBob has watched every scifi film ever on, Mon 11 Apr 2011, 18:34, closed)

"If the child is old enough to be eating solids then I find it strange."
Really? Because it's recommended by the World Health Organisation to breastfeed until the child is at least 2 years of age. And to start solids at 6 months of age.

The much older children thing? Well, each to their own.
( crackhouseceilidhband Fuck off back to Mumsnet, Mon 11 Apr 2011, 20:02, closed)

yes, but the husband, too?

( Smash Monkey lowering the tone of the whole internet, Mon 11 Apr 2011, 20:10, closed)

Creepy bitch.

(PsychoChomp, Mon 11 Apr 2011, 21:36, closed)

Beware my giant magnet
for it will steal all your paperclips.
( crackhouseceilidhband Fuck off back to Mumsnet, Mon 11 Apr 2011, 22:17, closed)

I took it a bit differently
My reading was that the WHO recommends exclusive breastfeeding until 6 months at least. The health benefits to the child of breastfeeding beyond 24 months seem to relate to hygiene issues - access to clean water and food. And when I referred to eating solids I meant well beyond the gradual introduction of pureed foods at around 6 months, I did mean around 24 months give or take 6 months or so.
( wakeupandsmellthebacon, Mon 11 Apr 2011, 23:38, closed)

Sucking tits is always a good thing

( SteveFrench Cardio is for homo's. do you even lift bro?, Mon 11 Apr 2011, 21:35, closed)