How long did you breastfeed for?

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And once you went past infancy, were you still comfortable doing it in public and/or your LO asking for it?

Just shy of a year. 8 months exclusively breast and pumped bottles, started to introduce formula which increased when he started nursery. We were down to just first thing in the morning and suddenly two mornings on the run he refused so I never offered again. A bit sad but not as sad as continuing to be refused would have been. Far longer than I’d expected really, having never committed myself to more than a week, then a month…

Just to add i had no problem weaning her off at 3.5 years- I had a really good book that explained it in toddler language and I told her we would start having milk in a cup before bed/in the morning instead. I think it is much easier to talk them through changes at that stage

No 1 - 6 months
No 2 - 6 months
No 3 - 2yrs 6months
No 4 - 4yrs

1st - 11 months
2nd - 18 months

1st baby 14 months
2nd baby 3 years
3rd baby 3 1/2 years

I breastfed baby number 2 during my 3rd pregnancy. I remember being on the postnatal ward and dc3 was sleepy post birth and wouldn't feed so they gave me a tiny syringe and showed me to hand express saying that I might be able to get a couple of drops of colostrum out.

I think I managed to hand express 90mls! The midwives were amazed!

14 months. But rarely in public from about 9-10 months because by then we were well established with weaning / drinking water with meals and they tended to only breastfeed at bedtime / first thing in the morning unless unwell (when we wouldn’t be out and about anyway).

3.5 years and 2.5 years. Not during the day past 12 and 15 months though: just first thing and bedtime. The only time I fed a toddler in public was in a hospital waiting room and I did feel a bit self-conscious because I know breastfeeding toddlers is uncommon here. I do see more and more toddlers breastfeeding in public though which I think is great for normalising it.

6 months and I so desperately want to stop but baby isn’t interested in drinking from a bottle

EBF until 6 months with DD then BF on until 13 months after introducing solids at 6 months. It tapered right down around 10 months as her food intake increased. She wasn’t fussed at all - basically self-weaned! 🥳

DS is 8 months and counting. He’s a booby monster and bottle refuser and weaning onto solids has been very, very slow going so far. Hoping he’ll get the message and eat soon because I don’t want to go beyond 12 months. He’s off to nursery part time then and I’d rather not have to deal with expressing for it (or doing some mad thing like allowing him to wait it out during the day, then feed from me all bloody night long like a little vampire 😂). My supply doesn’t much like pumping either, so send prayers 😂🙏

3y4m for my son, through a pregnancy then in tandem. He had a growth spurt and lost his latch! We had a little chat, both said we were a bit sad about it, and he was done. My daughter is still going at 2 and a bit, I won’t stop her until she stops. Usually 3x a day morning, afternoon and bedtime, 2x if I’m working. More if ill or uncertain. She doesn’t tend to ask out and about, my son after 2 or so didn’t really either unless he hurt himself. I didn’t care what people thought if it made my sad boy happy, and tbh it needs normalising! He is almost 5 and talks of it very fondly.

Libido… lol. Can’t tell what’s breastfeeding and what’s parenting and life exhaustion though 🤣 plenty of years ahead.

also my kids both called it boob, I don’t care. It is a boob 🤣

Still going strong at 4 years 2 months 😅

All three of my children I fed them until their third birthday. Then just said you’re big now etc and very easily gave it up. My third had their birthday last week so I have now stopped feeding after 10 years of pretty much constant feeding. I took it really hard and feel very sad it’s all over! It’s the right time for us and I am grateful to my body. I think I’m still a bit hormonal! All only fed around sleep from age 2.

2 years, 2.5 years and 3 years. Each time I weaned them when I felt I could no longer bear it. The first was by far the easiest. My youngest was furious.

As each of them got older I breastfed in public less and less- once it was not their main source of nutrition/ fluid there wasn't the same need to breastfeed on demand.

My LO is 21 months and still breastfeeding, generally only once in the day for nap and throughout the night, im not bothered about feeding in public, its only awkward as she doesn’t talk yet so to “ask” for it she just sticks her hand down my top and trys to get it out haha xx

I thought I'd stop at 6 months but ended up doing 18 months. After a year it was only at night so she never asked for it in the day. I remember feeling uncomfortable in public at around 11 months, because my mum said she was too old!

Until just over 2. I started feeling uncomfortable about feeding in public when he was about 18 months, so cut back to morning/evening only at that point. He was already used to not having milk at nursery do it wasn't too hard.

Night weaned at 20 months. This did actually improve night sleep a lot, but was hard work and involved a lot of crying. DH took over night wakes and never left him alone but it was pretty tough.

Weaned fully just after his second birthday. I'm glad I did it then for me, because I was done with feeding and it was messing up my hormones, but it was very bittersweet.

About two years 8 months. Stopped when I got pregnant as I couldn't stand it any more - was only feeding at bedtime by then anyway so it was quite an easy transition. Think our last public feeds were around age 2 and then it dropped to morning and night only. I did cringe when she demanded boobie out and about - planning to call it something else with this next one just in case we're feeding as long/longer!

My little one is almost 3 (in November) and still has a feed once on an evening. Before having him I always said I would breastfeed until he was 1 - he made sure that wasn’t the case. Haha.

When he gets upset or tired and we’re out he does ask for ‘booby milk’ but he knows that he only has it at night time when we’re home.

I am feeling touched out and feel ready to stop so expecting to wean off by the time he’s 3.

I didn't BF my first at all, my second I BF until he was 19 months and gave up after a particularly nasty bout of mastitis put me in hospital over Christmas and he was no longer being settled by feeding.

Currently 4 weeks PP with my third and finally feel like we have turned a corner and it's getting a bit easier. I'm taking it as it comes and my initial aim is just to get to 6 weeks but in my head I would love to get to a year again and then see

We stopped a few months shy of her 3rd birthday. It was only at home for the last 12 months or so.