MOM PROUDLY BREAST FEEDING 7 YEAR OLD SON
When to do it, how to do it, whether to do it... It seems that pretty much everyone has some loud opinion or other.
No one knows this more than Lisa Bridger, an Australian mum of five who breastfeeds her seven-year-old autistic son, Chase.
Lisa, who has been breastfeeding for over 20 years, described how breastfeeding is an "invaluable tool" in calming Chase and his four-year-old brother Phoenix, who also has autism.
Breastfeeding has prevented him having to go on to medication because it calms him down. It calms and grounds him and is a fantastic way to reconnect too.
We tried melatonin but it didn’t work as I couldn’t get him to swallow it. He gets melatonin from my breastmilk. I can shorten the meltdowns by feeding him.
Lisa says she's proud and not ashamed to still breastfeed her boys.
No one knows this more than Lisa Bridger, an Australian mum of five who breastfeeds her seven-year-old autistic son, Chase.
Lisa, who has been breastfeeding for over 20 years, described how breastfeeding is an "invaluable tool" in calming Chase and his four-year-old brother Phoenix, who also has autism.
Breastfeeding has prevented him having to go on to medication because it calms him down. It calms and grounds him and is a fantastic way to reconnect too.
We tried melatonin but it didn’t work as I couldn’t get him to swallow it. He gets melatonin from my breastmilk. I can shorten the meltdowns by feeding him.
Lisa says she's proud and not ashamed to still breastfeed her boys.