'How much longer do you plan to breastfeed? This is a question I get quite often. (My baby is 17 months old.) While breastfeeding has always felt so natural to my baby and I, when it came to a mother’s choice of allowing her toddler (no longer a baby) to breastfeed, it just seemed weird... until I became a mother myself! Here's my experience breastfeeding beyond 1 year, plus a list of the benefits of extended breastfeeding.'How much longer do you plan to breastfeed? This is a question I get quite often. (My baby is 17 months old.) While breastfeeding has always felt so natural to my baby and I, when it came to a mother’s choice of allowing her toddler (no longer a baby) to breastfeed, it just seemed weird... until I became a mother myself! Here's my experience breastfeeding beyond 1 year, plus a list of the benefits of extended breastfeeding.