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How long did you breast feed?

55 replies

Gangle · 28/06/2009 22:05

DS is 15 months today and have no intention of stopping anytime soon. He only has 2 feeds a day, morning and evening and is only really for the comfort as I don't think I have much milk left. Coming under lots of pressure to stop but really don't want to as DS seems to draw such comfort from it. When he's feeding I can feel all the tension leave his body, plus it's the only time in the day I get to sit down and relax with him.

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emkana · 28/06/2009 22:06

All three children stopped more or less by themselves at about 2.6

Original poster
Gangle · 28/06/2009 22:08

Emkana, how much milk did you have at my stage?

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emkana · 28/06/2009 22:09

It's very difficult to tell at this stage I found, but I just trusted them to know whether they still wanted whatever it was that it gave them, comfort or food or drink or all three.

HumphreyCobbler · 28/06/2009 22:10

If you don't want to stop then you don't have to! My ds is two and a half and still has one feed in the morning.

When people ask if I am STILL feeding him I just say brightly
"Yes, isn't it fabulous! I never thought we would get that far"

bumpybecky · 28/06/2009 22:10

dd1 13 mnths
dd2 8 mnths
dd3 22 mnths
ds 17mnths so far

ds had fed today at 5am(!), several between 6am and 9am (was attempting lie in!), about 2pm, 4pm, 5pm and bedtime (7.30pm)

mrsjammi · 28/06/2009 22:10

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FairyLightsForever · 28/06/2009 22:10

My dd is 2.3 and still going strong, I have no plans to give up until she's ready

mawbroon · 28/06/2009 22:10

DS is 3.8yo and shows no signs of stopping.

As long as both you and your ds are happy, then it's nobody else's business how long you breastfeed for!

PigeonPie · 28/06/2009 22:11

Don't stop. I don't know anyone else in RL who is still feeding. My DS2 is 17 months and he still has two feeds a day; he often doesn't have much in the morning, but the evening feed is still long and necessary

Just smile and ignore them - they don't know!

mawbroon · 28/06/2009 22:12

BTW, I am trying hard to remember to say that ds still breastfeeds, rather than I still breastfeed ds IYSWIM.

Makes it sound less like I am making him do it to those who don't understand!!

pooter · 28/06/2009 22:12

2.5yrs and still going strong. DS feeds quite a lot i suppose, probably 4/5 times a day. Im pregnant at the mo so i dont know how much milk there is as its meant to drop off a bit before really kicking in at the end.

Sod what everyone else is telling you - if you still enjoy it, and can tell that your DS loves it, then get some hard facts from kellymom.com about how wonderful 'extended breastfeeding' is for toddlers and just hand it to the naysayers. Enjoy it while it lasts

harpsichordcarrier · 28/06/2009 22:13

both dd1 and dd2 self weaned soon after they turned three.
you don't need to stop (or carry on that long!) but allowing them to self wean was the single decision in my parenting that I am absolutely sure was right and good.
well done you
HC xx

whomovedmychocolate · 28/06/2009 22:17

Still feeding DD who is ummmm 3 soon. DS is 1 soon. No more babies allowed - never have more children than nipples, you can always temporarily silence them by feeding them

Pannacotta · 28/06/2009 22:21

DS1 till he was 2-2.5 ish, DS2 is 2.2 and feeds morning and night.
I ignore any negative comments about breastfeeding, is nobody's else's business...

PortAndLemon · 28/06/2009 22:22

DS 3.2 years. DD will be 15 months on Tuesday and still going.

fishie · 28/06/2009 22:26

ds is 4.3 and still feeds. but it is about as far from 15m as 15m is from newborn, it all changes as you go along gangle. carry on if you want to. nobody else's business.

VinoEsmeralda · 28/06/2009 22:33

DS at 15 months when I was pregnant with DD, he stopped very suddenly. Milk changed and that was it for him

DD - at 8 months as she was biting so much!

CMOTdibbler · 28/06/2009 22:35

23.5 months. Bloomin brilliant, and I was sad that he stopped

Original poster
Gangle · 28/06/2009 22:51

So glad I'm in good company. Everyone I know has stopped and thinks I'm mad for carrying on.

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WoTmania · 29/06/2009 07:50

DS1 12 months (4 months pg by then)
DS2 2yrs 3 weeks - still going
DD 4 months still going I do get some pressure to stop with DS2 now but I just try and ignre it. I also call it Nursing not BF IYSWIM as I find it has different connotations.

Bucharest · 29/06/2009 07:55

5 yrs 8 months. Still at it.

Tambajam · 29/06/2009 07:59

DS stopped a few days after 4th birthday.
DD going strong at 19 months.

Agree with harpsicordcarrier - for me the decision to allow self-weaning felt absolutely right and natural.

Would the people with problems have any issues with a toddler drinking the milk of a different species with entirely different muscle mass, brain development, nutritional requirements? Unlikely.

Check on www.kellymom.com for the host of benefits of feeding past 12 months.

Why do you not feel you have much milk? Usually your supply will meet his demand.

goingnowherefast · 29/06/2009 09:35

DD is still going strong at 14 months. I would like to stop at around 2 I think, but am keeping an open mind!

mrsgamp · 29/06/2009 12:42

Feeding DD, 3.7 years and DS, 20 months as I write! Pregnant with baby number 3 (23 weeks)!

StealthPolarBear · 29/06/2009 12:47

DS is 2y2m and stil feeds most mornings and nights. I am 29 weeks pg.
mrsgamp - you obviously didn't read wmmc's excelent advice

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