What age did you all stop breastfeeding?

[flawless29]

To all breastfeeding mamas, I have a 7-month-old and I'm just curious: at what age do most of you stop breastfeeding? I realize everyone's journey is unique, which is exactly why I'm reaching out. How long do you think we should breastfeed to give our little ones the best start? Thanks!

I couldn't care less what you think 🧡

But no, she was very indeed over breastfeeding and refused it. Which was understandable cause she was eating solids from 6 months.

So your baby had no milk from 8 months? Indeed that is neglectful impressive.

Solids at 6 months is normal. No milk at 8 months is neglectful.

@Boozlebammed

Ermm I explicitly said breastfeeding - which is what the subject matter of this thread. I never said anything about not giving my child milk or formula.

In such a rush to cast judgement on strangers on the Internet you failed to exercise basic verbal reasoning. Pretty sad

You said your baby was over breastfeeding. I said that was disingenuous as babies need milk, so your baby would have had formula. Your response was 'no, she was very indeed over breastfeeding and refused it. Which was understandable cause she was eating solids from 6 months.' That implies that your baby survived solely on solids. Which they did not.

Yes, it was an odd way to describe a nursing strike that meant you put a baby on a bottle instead. I don't see what solids have to do with that.

Of course you missed that I explicitly said breastfeeding, on a topic about BREASTFEEDING.

Some people are just so miserable lmao

You joined a breastfeeding thread to state your opinion is that 'prolonged breastfeeders' do it for themselves and your baby was 'over it' at 8 months. That implies that you think anyone who doesn't move onto formula is weird.

Breastfeeding and formula are clearly distinct.

But enjoy the mental gymnastics of rationalising your judgemental nature.

Formula is not the next step though, which what you imply when you say a baby is 'over' breastfeeding so was given formula. Breastfeeding and formula are used for the same stages.

13 months and it was pretty stress free, not sure if that had anything to do with his age though. About to have number 2 and I’ll aim for a similar length of time.

I didn’t love breastfeeding tbh so quite happy to call it a day around the 1 year mark.

I never claimed formula was the next step. I said my child was over breastfeeding and you've made your own assumptions.

Find something more productive to do with your life than harassing strangers on the net. Tomorrow is not promised.

BF or formula is need till 1 - regardless of solid being introduced at 6 months.

Follow on milk from 6 months is a marketing ploy to get around rules governing marketing formula milk.

the NHS has on it's website:

Research shows that switching to follow-on formula at 6 months has no benefits for your baby. Your baby can continue to have first infant formula as their main drink until they are 1 year old. The labels on follow-on formula can look very similar to those on first infant formula.

https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/baby/breastfeeding-and-bottle-feeding/bottle-feeding/types-of-formula/#:~:text=Research%20shows%20that%20switching%20to,those%20on%20first%20infant%20formula.

It works I've met people in RL who believe they've moved on a stage - no-one likes to think they've fallen for marketing but it really does work.

I'm not saying there aren't practical or other reasons reasons from stopping bf under 1 year - I know there are but in RL I've met people citing following on milk being better and next stage from both bf and ff starts.

I am not harassing anyone. It was you that came on to the thread and posted a judgemental comment about 'prolonged' breastfeeding saying mothers do it for themselves.

@TripleDaisySummer No one suggested milk isn't needed until 1, two posters just decided make their own assumptions based their own insecurities and biases.

My child is 18months and had dairy milk just an hour ago.

DS1 12 months (self-weaned)
DS2 18 months (self-weaned)
DD 3.5 years (I weaned her)
DS3 8 weeks (I got ill and couldn't continue due to medication)

Now you're trying to switch the narrative to your own convenience to mask your toxic malicious judgemental nature. But you're not as clever as you clearly believe yourself to be.

You said I was neglecting my child because I stopped breastfeeding at 8 months and made a base allegation that I suggested milk isn't needed after 6months.

You inferred that once a child starts solids, milk should stop.

'But no, she was very indeed over breastfeeding and refused it. Which was understandable cause she was eating solids from 6 months'

To try and justify your point that 'prolonged breastfeeders do it for themselves'.

I'd say joining a thread solely to share that view about people who continue to breastfeed is pretty toxic, judgemental and malicious.

@Outliers I didn't direct my post to you - though I do think you were very rude about people who fed longer than 8 months you chose to do.

I only made it to 12 months with pfb and posted why -links with actual data -that reduce risks around diabetes a higher risk for my kids. I'm not advocating that for everyone but I am sick of posters making out few months more and mother is some sort of pervert - despite research showing benefits to baby.

I don't know why you are being so aggressive and unpleasant to posters who fed longer than you -it a frankly odd attitude that because your baby stopped at 8 months all babies should especially when ff or bm is needed up to 12 months.

Any BF at all isn't easy at all in our society a lack of support and active hostility and ignorant myths being spouted on this thread don't help. Once past toddler years no one really cares if they were ff or bf -no one asks in RL and it never comes up in conversation.

They actually said that it would be neglectful to feed no milk at all, which you implied in your response. If you stop BF before 12 months and then don't supplement with formula sory but that is neglectful.

No one has been rude to you. Not sure what your problem is.

Bottom line is, your choice to stop BF at 8 months is great for you, but it doesn't mean everyone else has to make the switch to formula at that point just because it worked for you. Other families find it beneficial to continue to BF well into the toddler years and if you'd like to see how that benefits their children, there are plenty of examples in this thread. It'd be nice if you could accept lived experiences rather than accuse other mothers of being strange/bf only for themselves because they can't let go of it.

I didn't infer anything, you made a baseless assumption and ran it.

And the fact that I was accused of child neglect but somehow I'm the rude one is asinine and says all i need i know 😂😂

Back in the day, both my DCs self weaned at around 13 months, by which time I was back at work. I would have carried on, but they basically lost interest.

As I understand it, the two years recommendation comes from the World Health Organisation and applies more specifically to women who do not have access to clean water and DC who do not have access to reliable sources of other nutrition.

My SD is a natural term feeder. Her DC is now 3 1/2 and still fed on demand day and night. DC is now old enough to ask for a feed when they want one with the result that every day out that we have is punctuated by incessant demands for "boobie", which is frankly awkward. The other side effect is that DC has never ever slept through the night so SD has now not had a full night's sleep in nearly 4 years, which is not really good when you are working as well.

Moderation in all things I think.

@Herecomesdehotstepper Has your SD considered nightweaning? I paused cosleeping to nightwean and DS slept through straight away with only a bit of crying a couple of times about being in another bed (same room). He was two.