https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Tue, 19 May 2026 05:35:51 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-did-you-breastfeed#post-3073 Sat, 08 Oct 2011 22:56:00 +0000 Killer b 3073@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Only at 7 weeks so far, but it's really encouraging to read all the responses for extended periods of time! I'd love to bf for a year, but I'm nervous about my supply. My current goal is 4 months, then 6 months, then hopefully a year. Here's hoping! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-did-you-breastfeed#post-3071 Sat, 08 Oct 2011 22:15:27 +0000 Ambergontrail 3071@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Piper was.exclusively breastfed for 17-18 months. It helped that I got to bring her to work with me! She still.refuses to to drink cow's milk. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-did-you-breastfeed#post-3070 Sat, 08 Oct 2011 22:12:34 +0000 bykes187 3070@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We are still going at almost 22 months, but mostly at morning, nap and bedtime. I never thought I would go this long, but I'm a hermit SAHM and I just never felt pressure to stop. If I don't conceive soon we might cut back even further (and then see what happens when I DO conceive) but honestly, the thought of stopping with no promise of the next little on the way kind of makes me sad. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-did-you-breastfeed#post-3065 Sat, 08 Oct 2011 21:59:18 +0000 duetletterpress 3065@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>12 1/2 months. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-did-you-breastfeed#post-2261 Mon, 03 Oct 2011 19:52:00 +0000 yin 2261@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Breastfeeding directly didn't work out with my LO, but I have been exclusively pumping since day 2. My original goal was to give him 3 months of breast milk, and now I'm about to hit my long term goal of 6 months (2 weeks shy). I would love to pump for a full year, but that is going to be tough. I'm a SAHM and finding time to feed, play, and pump is getting harder. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-did-you-breastfeed#post-1514 Wed, 28 Sep 2011 21:01:00 +0000 Kasia 1514@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Almost 13 months. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-did-you-breastfeed#post-1507 Wed, 28 Sep 2011 20:52:17 +0000 McCashew 1507@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Exclusively breast milk for my daughter for one year and my son for about 9 months </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-did-you-breastfeed#post-1322 Tue, 27 Sep 2011 14:49:13 +0000 chabuki 1322@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Made it to 9 months with my first and 13 months with my second. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-did-you-breastfeed#post-1038 Sat, 24 Sep 2011 23:04:26 +0000 Mrs. High Heels 1038@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>she's 9-months and i'm still breastfeeding. i'm shooting for a year or whenever she decides to self-wean. i went back to work a month ago, so i've been having to pump twice a day, but i still EBF her morning/night feedings. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-did-you-breastfeed#post-985 Fri, 23 Sep 2011 18:17:35 +0000 Parental Unit 985@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>About 1 month, I was very proud of myself for making it that long. =) I won't bf with my next child though... I didn't have the best experience. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-did-you-breastfeed#post-967 Fri, 23 Sep 2011 14:35:24 +0000 lkristine7 967@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I bf for 13 months with my son. Hoping to do the same with this one. :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-did-you-breastfeed#post-869 Thu, 22 Sep 2011 19:18:23 +0000 newfymom 869@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>N had trouble latching so I pumped for 8 months and was sad, but also relieved to put away all my pumping gear. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-did-you-breastfeed#post-865 Thu, 22 Sep 2011 19:00:37 +0000 swgal 865@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>12.5 months. My daughter never had a bottle so I needed to wean during the day by the time I went back to work at a year. I am in awe of those moms who went back to work early and still were able to maintain breastfeeding/pumping. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-did-you-breastfeed#post-752 Thu, 22 Sep 2011 14:21:17 +0000 Boogs 752@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We've made it to 5 months so far. I'm hoping to go as long as my son doesn't start biting like crazy since he already has two teeth and he's gotten to me already a few times! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-did-you-breastfeed#post-342 Tue, 20 Sep 2011 12:48:37 +0000 mommacommaphd 342@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I nursed for a year.</p> <p>I went back to work when my daughter was 3 months old and could never pump enough, so when she was at daycare, she was supplemented with some formula.</p> <p>We kept that up until around her first birthday when I started to wean her. It was tough finding time in the work day to pump, and I felt that most of my time at home was spent nursing (instead of reading, playing, going for a walk, etc.).</p> <p>She was weaned by 13 months, and it was sort of a relief to be able to focus on doing things other than nursing during the precious few hours I had with her when I was home from work. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-did-you-breastfeed#post-279 Mon, 19 Sep 2011 00:02:42 +0000 mrslily 279@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My oldest got 2 months, cause I didnt know how to bring in my milk supply and the hospital never offered me a pump or anything. my second 4 months but i had a lot of complications after her birth that also had me taking a lot of antibotics so most of the time i had to pump and dump, the baby got 6 months and as work got more demanding I just couldnt find the time to pump anymore. I never got the hang of breastfeeding so I always just pumped. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-did-you-breastfeed#post-276 Sun, 18 Sep 2011 22:21:47 +0000 mommykim 276@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I breastfeed exclusively for 5 months, and then did a combination of breastfeeding/pumping for 1 month. I would have gone a year, but I went back to work. Breastfeeding while working is really difficult to do. I'm planning to do it again this time around, but for longer if that is at all possible. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-did-you-breastfeed#post-268 Sun, 18 Sep 2011 10:11:32 +0000 Mrs. Jacks 268@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We're at 16 months today :) I'd be happy to wean any day, but she is still really attached to her nighttime feedings. If I'm not around, she doesn't ask for it and is happy with food. But if I am, she loves the comfort of the boob.</p> <p>On a more selfish note, if I'm able to keep my milk up until our new baby comes, I can breast feed our second too... Otherwise we'll have to do formula for the adopted baby. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-did-you-breastfeed#post-233 Fri, 16 Sep 2011 15:44:22 +0000 MelanieLynn 233@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I am still BFing Charlotte and she turned one today. I originally wanted to make it to six months. Now, I'm thinking 18 months. We'll see though! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-did-you-breastfeed#post-156 Wed, 14 Sep 2011 12:39:56 +0000 Sha 156@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>breastfeeding was the hardest thing about having a baby for me! i thought about quitting every day for the first couple of months. i ended up making it to about 10 months, but only because max refused to take formula and would throw up, so we had to introduce it very very gradually. he did have pumped milk until one year! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-did-you-breastfeed#post-136 Tue, 13 Sep 2011 22:14:09 +0000 babycrz 136@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>It's funny how things change once you have kids. My goal used to be a year... but not were at 13 months and still going strong. I don't pump at all so he gets morning and bedtime feed. Most days I visit daycare at lunch time but he's not always interested and usually he gets some before dinner too. On the weekends he'll still nurse 4-5 times. I'm hoping he continues for a while longer :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-did-you-breastfeed#post-133 Tue, 13 Sep 2011 21:43:12 +0000 dgsara13 133@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Ugh, I only made it 10 days. I had a really hard time. He just wouldn't latch correctly and it hurt worse than I ever imagined. I should have asked for more help. I will try again with my next baby. Luckily I have a very happy, healthy, formulas fed baby! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-did-you-breastfeed#post-131 Tue, 13 Sep 2011 21:01:26 +0000 mrs. wagon 131@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We weaned RJ completely right around 7 months, mostly because he wasn't interested anymore. I continued to pump for a few weeks but then we traveled, I got sick and took decongestant, which is a lactation suppressant... no one told me! I went from pumping 16oz per session to 2oz per session so I basically stopped. Luckily I had enough frozen milk to give him one feeding a day until he turned 1 and we switched to cows milk. (He got formula for the other feedings. That was rough though.) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-did-you-breastfeed#post-125 Tue, 13 Sep 2011 19:55:38 +0000 ohapostrophe 125@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Almost 6 months and still going strong. My goal is a year, then ideally at bedtime/morning for awhile longer. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-did-you-breastfeed#post-122 Tue, 13 Sep 2011 19:04:41 +0000 Mrs. Sunglasses 122@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>4 months. then i pumped but it only lasted 2 weeks. So formula it was </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-did-you-breastfeed#post-105 Tue, 13 Sep 2011 16:12:43 +0000 mlwindc 105@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>4 months or so. I was almost exclusively pumping (my son never got a good latch and never learned to be an efficient nurses), went back to work, everyone caught h1n1, then there was a staph infection and I hung up the horns. I still wish we'd made it longer. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-did-you-breastfeed#post-104 Tue, 13 Sep 2011 15:09:53 +0000 Mama Ek 104@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>i breastfed for a week before realizing my son was tongue tied - then i pumped for 10 weeks before weaning. i wish it came easy to us but it didn't and after i stopped stressing about things were so much better! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-did-you-breastfeed#post-88 Tue, 13 Sep 2011 13:06:29 +0000 sueshi 88@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>with my daughter, i pumped for 4.5 months before i couldn't take it anymore. this time around with my son (he's only 3 weeks now), i attempted to and gave up. the thought of juggling a 17 month old with day care pick up/drop off and pumping/nursing started to stress me out and decided not to forgo that route this time around. good thing too bc i know for sure i would not have produced enough. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-did-you-breastfeed#post-87 Tue, 13 Sep 2011 13:04:08 +0000 chopsuey 87@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>my daughter's 5 1/2 months old and i'm still nursing her 95% of the time--we just introduced solids and she isn't too interested. i plan on nursing for at least a year.. ideally 2 years/until she decides she's done. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-did-you-breastfeed#post-85 Tue, 13 Sep 2011 13:02:10 +0000 mamapink 85@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>i pumped for 4 months then quit because it was just too hard. i wasn't producing much and my daughter wasn't interested in bmilk at all. we ended up throwing all that frozen bmilk out because it had freezer burn. =( </p>