Just a quick survey.How long did you Breastfeed for??

[elliesmoomoo]

My DD is 8 1/2 months old and we both love breastfeeding. I plan to carry on for the foreseeable future and wondered how other mums got on with the "Are you STILL breastfeeding??" comments.

[skerriesmum]

13 months

[Polgara2]

21 months for both dd's.

[marthamoo]

ds1 - 12 months.
ds2 - 8 months.

[roisin]

ds1 13 months
ds2 10 months

[Forgetmenot]

dd1 11months
dd2 13 months

[saadia]

ds1 13mths
ds2 3mths

[lilibet]

dd 2 weeks
ds1 1 feed
ds2 not at all

[Gem13]

DS - 12 months. Then he guzzled a beaker of cows milk and that was the end.

DD - 15 months and no sign of her giving up. She will be on to the union if I try and stop.

[poppyseed]

DD 16 months
DS 14 months

[SleepyJess]

DS1, 1 week
DD 10 months
DS2 2 years

[sansouci]

dd 3-4 months, ds 3-4 weeks.

[rickman]

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[darlingbud]

10 days - sorry!!!! have I let the side down?

[SleepyJess]

NO darlingbud!!! Your babe had all that magic colostrum!!!

SJ x

[Weatherwax]

dd1 mixed feeding until 3 months when she refused breast. I was forced into mixed feeding by a midwife who dispite her experience didn't seem to think babies lost birthweight!

dd2 3 years and a bit, I kept going dispite all the people who told me to stop. Mum, doctor ect wanted me to stop at 3 months but by then I had done enough research to know why they were wrong. Lots of feeding done in private though. I do feel that she was presuised into giving up though.

[Aero]

ds1 - 15mths
dd - 11mths
ds2 - 15mths

[Shazzler]

DS 10 mths
DD 11 mths

[hana]

dd1 15 months
dd2 ?? she's 5 months now and am b/fing

[Dior]

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[teeavee]

i stopped with my ds at 9.5 months (he was on short night feeds only for a couple of months before that0
Bummer - wish I'd carried on a bit more now, seeing all the posts below.
I wanted to drink again though!!!

[dinny]

you can drink when bfing though, Teeavee - I just drink whatever I want and am feeding ds.

[sansouci]

not sure about that, dinny, though my mum had a beer at night when bfing me to put me to sleep! In her defence, she was told that beer increases milk production.

I would say be very careful of anything narcotic like alcohol or meds when bfing.

[zaphod]

ds1 - 15months
dd - 13 months
ds2 - 27 months
ds3 - 15 months
ds4- 22 months and he shows no sign of wanting to stop......

[SleepyJess]

Well you can drink.. but it's not really ok.... the baby gets some of the alchhol.. which is obviously not ideal..

[dinny]

well poor ds must be well and truly sozzled as he's 9 months and have drunk wine whenever I fancy it.