How long did you breastfeed til?

[GimmeDaBoobehz]

Including mixed feeding, if you did it.

Just curious really.

Can mention all those you have BF'd.

I am at 8 months so far and as long as she doesn't start biting, I'm hoping I can get another 3 or 4 months in.

Sorry, being nosy.

3 months, started mixed feeding a little before that (can't remember when).

Gave up because I went back to work FT. This was 18 years ago and I wouldn't have had the the support to express at work, in fact the thought never crossed my mind.

2 years. Baby wouldn't let me stop! One week in a hotel broke her!

There is such a wealth of experience on this thread :)
I'd like to ask about 'bad feeding behaviour'.
I have recently met one mum whose dd (3 years old) pulls her (mums) hair while feeding, another whose lo kept putting his fingers in her mouth (2ish) making conversion impossible and a 9 month old who does cartwheels (turns in circles) whilst feeding.
These things would drive me crazy (although the mums didn't seem that faxed by it. )
Dd is only 4 months and apart from a couple of clamp downs she's not yet developed any bad habits.
My thinking is that if she does something i don't like a stern NO followed by end of feed if she continues (sit her back on floor for a few minutes)
What were your dc bad habits and what worked to stop them?

my DD likes to twirl my hair, but it helps her fall asleep...but if she pulls i say no and hold her hands

also, if she bit i stopped the feed for a little

Firm 'no' might work with a 3 year old, but the age at which all kinds of bad habits develop is a bit young for that approach really. Lots of people find distraction works best. The dental exam is particularly annoying, and all four of mine have tried it. They have very wandering hands from late babyhood. I either gave them something to hold (for those who didn't then use it as a weapon to beat or stab me with ), or simply held their hands with mine. Some people wear chunky necklaces for them to play with, whilst others don't mind. Kellymom has a whole section on feeding manners if I remember correctly. I agree with you that it is easiest to address these sorts of annoying behaviours as soon as they emerge.

Until my DD was two.

For biting, pulling them firmly into the breast so their nose is covered for a moment or two causes them to open their mouth instinctively and let go. They don't like it, so it has the helpful secondary effect of encouraging them not to repeat the experiment.

Long enough each time to count in years not months.

Each time it required a certain amount of re-direction from me to persuade the child to gradually drop contexts in which they would have breastmilk, until finally there weren't any contexts left.

I was ready to stop before the child was, every time. And in particular, I found tandem nursing quite distressing (something about the contrast in size), and had to nurse the children at separate times in separate rooms when there were two who were still nursing. That was seriously hard work.

Top tips terror Thanks.

Bf DS until about 21 mo, only stopped because wanted to ttc and periods hadn't come back. It worked as well, am currently 28 weeks pregnant!

19 months. Stopped due to various complications caused by pregnancy.

I really wanted ds to self-wean and was all geared up to tandem nurse. I'm pretty upset that I didn't manage it, even though weaning was kind of a necessity.

Still hoping he might latch back on once the baby is born.

"What were your dc bad habits and what worked to stop them?"

Both have been nipple twiddlers. It's so annoying and sometimes give me the antsy feeling you get when feeding when pregnant, I have never been able to get them to stop so tandem feeding is great for that.

They do sometimes fight, however, over who gets to put their hand on my belly button!