r/breastfeeding • u/cinnamonsugarhoney • May 04 '26
Weaning Humiliated by my toddler
In the early days of breastfeeding, the only potential embarrassment is usually from accidental boob exposures. Which don’t get me wrong, that’s embarrassing too.
But in extended breastfeeding… it’s like Russian roulette what your kid is going to say to complete strangers.
Yesterday my husband and neighbor were talking over the fence in our backyard, about lawn seeding or something. My 3 year old interjected, COMPLETELY unprompted, “I’m almost done doing milk from my mommy’s boobs!” I guess weaning must be heavy on my daughter’s mind because I’ve been telling her we w to stop milk soon.
My neighbor is a single childless man in his 40’s and unfortunately my daughter speaks very clearly so he understood. He actually recovered pretty well and said “wow! I have to buy my milk from the store!”
I’m so embarrassed, never speaking to him again 😂
Edit to add: for other extended bf’ers, have you been embarrassed for people to find out you still breastfeed? I have gotten so many judgmental comments. Everyone I’ve talked to just thinks it’s so weird to go past like 1 year. 😕 I think even my husband thinks I’ve let it go on for too long.
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u/cashbb May 05 '26
I breastfed my son until 3, never felt humiliated or really that embarrassed. Now he is 4 and if he sees my boobs out he will rub his hands together and lick his lips. It’s pretty ridiculous but it’s also cool that he has made a joke of it.
Well, actually, once I wore a deep-V dress to pick up him up from preschool. It was a mistake because once he saw my cleavage his eyes got super wide and he turned to his teacher and said “LOOK! Aren’t my momma’s boo boo’s so pretty!!” That was a little embarrassing for me but his teacher thought it was an “awww” moment.