https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Tue, 14 Apr 2026 17:00:28 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-want-to-nurse-your-last-baby-longer#post-2495724 Tue, 15 Mar 2016 16:18:41 +0000 autumnlove 2495724@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>No, I plan on weaning around 12 months! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-want-to-nurse-your-last-baby-longer#post-2495636 Tue, 15 Mar 2016 15:20:18 +0000 matador84 2495636@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Still nursing lo2 at 25 months!!! Not because I planned or what I wanted, it just happened this way. I still can't believe it. Makes me glad though I've nursed my probably-last baby this long! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-want-to-nurse-your-last-baby-longer#post-2495587 Tue, 15 Mar 2016 15:01:19 +0000 NavyRN2012 2495587@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes, but because he's the only one I've successfully nursed. The plan is to let him self wean. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-want-to-nurse-your-last-baby-longer#post-2495520 Tue, 15 Mar 2016 14:36:51 +0000 sometimesshesings 2495520@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DS1 nursed until he was about 27 months. I never thought he'd wean because it was such a nice way for us to connect when I wasn't at work. Well, getting pregnant (and sick as a dog) with DS2 cured me of that right quick! Neither of us had the emotional breakdown I was anticipating. 😀</p> <p>I want to nurse DS2 (my last) until he's ready to wean, but I have a feeling I'll be less anxious about it this time since I've done it already. I can imagine nursing for less than 27 months this time, if DS2 seems ready. Also, If he nurses until he's two, I'll have been nursing or pregnant for almost six years straight! Maybe I'll be over it? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-want-to-nurse-your-last-baby-longer#post-2495499 Tue, 15 Mar 2016 14:31:24 +0000 sometimesshesings 2495499@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@twodoghouse: haha! There's totally "a good side", isn't there? It never occurred to me that twins would have to compete for it. Thanks for this sweet peak at nursing twins. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-want-to-nurse-your-last-baby-longer#post-2495455 Tue, 15 Mar 2016 14:17:17 +0000 fussygal 2495455@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I wanted to go as long as DD wanted and she self-weaned at 18 months on the dot. I was starting to feel "done" around 14 months, but I'm glad we went longer. I think for the new baby I'll try to go 18 months again. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-want-to-nurse-your-last-baby-longer#post-2495443 Tue, 15 Mar 2016 14:13:55 +0000 Mrs. Sunshine 2495443@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I doubt it. I thought about going longer with DD2 but now in pregnant and don't want to tandem nurse so I'll likely start weaning when she turns 1 next month. She's not that attached to nursing anyway. I have no idea what the future holds with #3. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-want-to-nurse-your-last-baby-longer#post-2495436 Tue, 15 Mar 2016 14:10:24 +0000 Rainbow Sprinkles 2495436@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>No....only because I've been nursing for 4 years, so I am ready to be done as soon as she is. :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-want-to-nurse-your-last-baby-longer#post-2495338 Tue, 15 Mar 2016 13:18:45 +0000 chopsuey 2495338@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I wanted to nurse him until he was 2, but he wanted to stop at 10.5 months, so I pumped until his 1st birthday and we were done!!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-want-to-nurse-your-last-baby-longer#post-2495323 Tue, 15 Mar 2016 13:12:57 +0000 Corduroy 2495323@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>No. I'm at 9 months with #2 and I'm over it. I've had mastitis 3 times with this one (5 total) and a few other clogged ducts. I hate packing for two kids and a breast pump every day and schlepping all that stuff to and from the car. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-want-to-nurse-your-last-baby-longer#post-2495177 Tue, 15 Mar 2016 11:44:58 +0000 LulaBee 2495177@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I nursed DD1 until she was 26 months when I weaned her due to pregnancy. Hope to be able to nurse DD2 longer, but as long as we make it to 1, I'll be happy. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-want-to-nurse-your-last-baby-longer#post-2495133 Tue, 15 Mar 2016 11:12:19 +0000 catomd00 2495133@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DD weaned around 21 months. My doc wanted me to wean since I was pregnant (which I disagree with) but I was drying up anyways and it was painful. We were down to very short session as it was, so I just kind of distracted her a few days in a row and that was that. I hope to go as long as my next wants to! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-want-to-nurse-your-last-baby-longer#post-2495116 Tue, 15 Mar 2016 10:57:03 +0000 Freckles 2495116@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@sarac: Ugh, that's what i'm going through right now. He will bite my nipple or pull back as he is nursing. Gah!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-want-to-nurse-your-last-baby-longer#post-2495110 Tue, 15 Mar 2016 10:54:24 +0000 oliviaoblivia 2495110@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I've been nursing or pregnant since April 2012 with a two week break between nursing DD1 and pregnant with DD2.<br /> I don't know if I'll nurse longer but at this point I think I'll just let them self wean. My body hasn't been my own for so long, what's a few more months. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-want-to-nurse-your-last-baby-longer#post-2495109 Tue, 15 Mar 2016 10:53:47 +0000 caitlanc 2495109@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I expected to want to go longer but that doesn't seem to be the case anymore. We're planning on two and through. DS is almost 13 months and I'm almost over nursing. I think part of it is that I have latched onto the thought that he will sleep through the night once he's weaned. That's probably a false hope but I can't help it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-want-to-nurse-your-last-baby-longer#post-2495108 Tue, 15 Mar 2016 10:53:08 +0000 sarac 2495108@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>NO. I'm going to wean this baby the moment she lets me. She's not that into nursing, she bites me, she rolls around while still latched. Nope nope nope. And it makes me gain weight. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-want-to-nurse-your-last-baby-longer#post-2495094 Tue, 15 Mar 2016 10:41:42 +0000 Mamaof2 2495094@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I weaned DS at 20 months - I was so over it!</p> <p>DD was such a sweet relaxed nurser I wanted to nurse her forever.... sadly she self weaned around 15 months :bummed: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-want-to-nurse-your-last-baby-longer#post-2495088 Tue, 15 Mar 2016 10:31:10 +0000 twodoghouse 2495088@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Our twins are going to be our only kids, so the thought of weaning them makes me very emotional. I never thought I'd be nursing two almost 2 year olds, especially on the days where they are biting me, pinching my nipples, or fighting with each other over who gets the good side. But this is the only nursing experience I'm ever going to have and I'm so proud of the three of us for going this long. I don't think I want to go much past 2, but I'm not sure if I'm ready to stop nursing forever! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-want-to-nurse-your-last-baby-longer#post-2495078 Tue, 15 Mar 2016 10:21:17 +0000 Adira 2495078@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I really wanted to nurse my second (and last) longer, but he had double ear infections and went on a nursing strike at 12.5 months that we never recovered from. :crying: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-want-to-nurse-your-last-baby-longer#post-2495065 Tue, 15 Mar 2016 10:09:13 +0000 Freckles 2495065@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>A is 15.5 months and we're still nursing. I feel like i don't really have much, and he's getting frustrated at the lack of supply. I really want to stop now, but i feel guilty since i nursed his older sister until about 20 months. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-want-to-nurse-your-last-baby-longer#post-2495049 Tue, 15 Mar 2016 09:57:43 +0000 lilyann 2495049@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I really wanted to nurse my second longer but I was so done pumping at work...it dried me up though :crying: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-want-to-nurse-your-last-baby-longer#post-2495039 Tue, 15 Mar 2016 09:54:38 +0000 lovehoneybee 2495039@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I nursed E for 15 months, and I was really happy with that. I can see myself nursing G longer, though, I think in part because I work this time. I could nurse E all day and night, but it's a nice time to connect with G. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-want-to-nurse-your-last-baby-longer#post-2495030 Tue, 15 Mar 2016 09:51:26 +0000 mrsjyw 2495030@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I've been able to breastfeed both babies. We're in the maybe 3 camp, but as DS2 gets closer to the 1 year mark, I wonder if I'll want to nurse longer with him, if we decide to be done with two kids! </p>