To ask if you breastfed your LO how long did you do so for?

[QueenE27]

I see the WHO advises 2 years and just wondered .......

[Rinceoir]

DD 22months, breastfeeding is her absolute favourite activity. If anyone here has any tips to encourage gentle weaning for a milk not from a breast refuser who isn't great with solids I'd be delighted to hear them!

[fondationmaeght]

Well done Eurochick that must have been hard work!

BF DC1 7 months and DC2 up to 11 months but going to stop soon

[witsender]

#1 self weaned at about 18 months, maybe cause I was pregnant. #2 self weaned at about 3.5 years.

[whathaveiforgottentoday]

13 months and 15 months.

[MrsMook]

13m and 20m. Both naturally dwindled down.

Second time I RTW at 10m when he was still having frequent feeds. He refused all alternatives and made up for lost time when I was around. I went away for 4 days when he was 1. I was expecting less feeds when I made the arrangements! Fortunately I'd learned from first time that supply is quite resilient by that stage. I stopped when he'd dropped morning and bedtime feeds and got demanding over random day feeds.

[AliceInUnderpants]

DC1 2.5 weeks
DC2 2 yrs 4 months

[LBOCS2]

20 months. We weaned because I'd been away overnight and it seemed like an easy time to do it as she'd happily gone down with a bottle - I wanted my body back by that point. I went back to work when she was 9 months so it's definitely possible to carry on even when you're not around during the day - I didn't express, my milk supply adjusted down to her needs.

I'm pregnant with DD2 now and I'm hoping to do the same this time.

[HoundoftheBaskervilles]

Breakfast No! Surprisingly enough it's actually DD that channels Stewie in her day-to-day dealings.

[maz210]

8 months with my first and 10 months with my second.

Both times I gave up a couple of months after I went back to work, with my first I found out I was pregnant again and stopped then and my second started biting.

Funnily enough if I'd sought advice from beast feeding counsellors st the time I probably would have continued to feed mind for longer. It just seemed silly at the time to seek advice on continuing to feed a slightly older baby and I felt pressure from people around me to give up.

[RufusTheReindeer]

18 months
10 months
2 years

[GreyBird84]

16 months. Went back to work when DS was 9 months. Expressed twice a day at work until 11 months when dropped to morning & night feeds than just nighttime from 14 months.
Stopped to start seriously loosing weight & gym classes etc. Made a bit of difference but not huge!

[Ninjagogo]

DC1 18 months (fell pregnant)
DC2 16 months (way more interested in food)
DC3 22 months and counting.
Good luck.

[ThoughtfulPenny]

DD1 7 weeks
DD2 22 months

[Ineedtimeoff]

2.5 years.

I also felt a lot of pressure to stop. My mum thought DD would develop a boob obsession and turn into a lesbian if I continued to breast feed. She really did believe that. I told her that I had stopped at 18 months.

[timelytess]

Four years and three months.
And this month her own breastfed dd is four years three months plus.
If I could get little hearts to twinkle all over the post, I would. Though perhaps these are more appropriate.



Well done, little one. You were an excellent baby and you are an excellent mother.

[HairySubject]

2 years and 5 months.

I was going to stop at 6 weeks, then 6 months, then at 1, then 2.... just do what feels right for you.

[EnthusiasmDisturbed]

12 weeks ds lost interest

Apart from first few days always topped up with ff as I produced little milk

[ForeverBeingFobbedOff]

a little over 4 years

[Whataboutnodetox]

Six weeks each. I have immature breast tissue and simply do not produce much if any milk so both my sons have been reasmitted due to losing 15% of their birth weight and taking weeks to regain. Both also have CMPA so have had dairy free prescription formula.

[BrideOfWankenstein]

First one about 3 months(11 years ago) second I'm still breastfeeding, she is 13 months. Have some plan when I would like to stop, but it really depends on her.

[DragonboysMum]

11 months. I dried up when I got pregnant again.

[NotCitrus]

14 months and 26 months.

I didn't know anyone who'd done it for more than 6 months, but after a hellish start with ds, giving him some formula after 5 weeks to let my breasts heal, once it got easy I wanted to reap the benefit - then at 6 months it became a total doddle!

Dd was easy from the start to feed, but I got fed up of her waking me in the night.

[HoundoftheBaskervilles]

Whilst you are no doubt proud of you DD's achievement that mirrors your own Time, extended BF is no marker of a good or rubbish parent.

I managed 3 years and am by all other measures completely lacking in the excellent mother stakes.

I know many mothers far and away better than I who could not manage to BF at all.

(Not to piss on your bonfire or owt, but for many of those who cannot feed it's a source of great unhappiness and feelings of inadequacy, a little empathy or sensitivity would not go amiss).

[thegiddylimit]

DC1 15 months. I was 6 months pregnant and she refused to feed, I suspect my milk was beginning to taste different or my supply was dropping.

DC2 2y10m. I was 3 months pregnant and according to DD2 my boobs didn't work any more, she was only having a feed at the weekend which wasn't enough to maintain my supply when pregnant.

DC3 currently 3y6m and counting. No plans to get pregnant again, he's only having a feed every few days so is very close to weaning completely I think but was in hospital recently and is asking for it more again.

[mrtwitsglasseye]

10 months
15 months
25 months
15 months and counting.