https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Fri, 08 May 2026 05:04:12 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-did-you-breastfeeddo-you-hope-to-breastfeed/page/2#post-110995 Wed, 04 Apr 2012 11:25:06 +0000 purrpletulips 110995@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>14 months with my first. I went back to work at 8 weeks and she started sleeping through night at 15 weeks so I had supply issues. I pumped/supplemented with formula in bottles on weekdays but only BF on weekends. Hoping to go at least 14 months with my next after s/he arrives in September. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-did-you-breastfeeddo-you-hope-to-breastfeed/page/2#post-106130 Fri, 30 Mar 2012 00:43:58 +0000 Mrs. Train 106130@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My first son was adopted an exclusively formula feed. Then I nursed my twins a year ( that was a lot of work) and now my daughter is 5 months old. I am assuming I will make It a year. I figure if i made it with twins for a year I can manage one baby. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-did-you-breastfeeddo-you-hope-to-breastfeed/page/2#post-106047 Thu, 29 Mar 2012 21:34:01 +0000 anbanan15 106047@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We just passed 11 months, nursing ~4/day and a few times at night. We are going to start a long, slow wean at 12 months. I'm also going to pump instead of nurse when we drop a nursing session, and hope to provide DS with BM as long as possible. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-did-you-breastfeeddo-you-hope-to-breastfeed/page/2#post-106017 Thu, 29 Mar 2012 21:02:42 +0000 BabyBoecksMom 106017@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Originally, I thought only wanted to do 12 weeks. I'm almost at the 10 week mark and would like to continue to 6 months. I'm going back to work in about 2 weeks so I have no idea what that will do to my supply, or if I will need to get back on my narcolepsy medication (which would mean I'd absolutely have to stop breastfeeding). Taking it one week at a time. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-did-you-breastfeeddo-you-hope-to-breastfeed/page/2#post-105995 Thu, 29 Mar 2012 20:47:02 +0000 Ree723 105995@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm not really placing any expectations on myself and will just be happy if everything works and goes to plan! Like regberadaisy, I've heard a lot of stories IRL about people struggling with mastitis, milk not coming in, baby not latching etc.... so I'm sort of prepared for things to maybe not work as well as I'd like.</p> <p>I'm aiming for 6 weeks of breastfeeding, mixing a bottle of expressed milk in daily so the baby gets used to taking a bottle from the beginning. My big goal is to aim for 6 months but if I don't make it that long, I'm ok with it. Regardless of how things are going, I'm still pretty sure I'll stop at the 6 months mark. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-did-you-breastfeeddo-you-hope-to-breastfeed/page/2#post-105453 Thu, 29 Mar 2012 16:52:56 +0000 BoogieBea 105453@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>With my first I breastfed until just by of 9 months. My goal was to reach the same amount of time with my second. He is now 8.5 months and still nursing. She seems to hate the bottle but I am also battling constipation with her all the time and am afraid that giving her formula will make it worse. So maybe I'll continue to a year? I feel like my supply has dwindled a bit though so we will see. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-did-you-breastfeeddo-you-hope-to-breastfeed/page/2#post-105452 Thu, 29 Mar 2012 16:52:50 +0000 Running Elley 105452@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My goal is a year but that's very flexible in my mind depending on how it goes. I'd love to make it until then though! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-did-you-breastfeeddo-you-hope-to-breastfeed/page/2#post-105446 Thu, 29 Mar 2012 16:40:08 +0000 LuLu Mom 105446@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I plan on pumping almost exclusively and feeding LO with a bottle. Knowing I will be going back to work, I don't want to have the habit of boob only/falling asleep on boob. I'm hoping to go 12 months, but would be happy with 6. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-did-you-breastfeeddo-you-hope-to-breastfeed#post-105352 Thu, 29 Mar 2012 15:20:45 +0000 regberadaisy 105352@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MegWag:<br /> oh, I didn't mean in terms of that. I hear a lot that it's hard work, etc. But most moms you hear about how they are able to (milk comes in) doesn't stop and they are able to go for at least 6 months etc.<br /> A lot of the moms I know IRL they are just not producing enough even at the beginning or quit after a month or two. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-did-you-breastfeeddo-you-hope-to-breastfeed#post-105347 Thu, 29 Mar 2012 15:18:35 +0000 Lozza 105347@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@regberadaisy: I think part of it is how you define it. I still nurse once a day, but I definitely don't consider LO "breastfed" anymore. And when people ask "how long did you breastfeed" I'm never sure how to answer- I know how long LO was getting most of his food directly from my boob, I know how long I pumped, and I know how long he was getting only breastMILK thanks to my frozen stash, but "breastfed" could mean any one of those things. </p> <p>I think that if I was home with LO I could have gone longer because I don't think my supply would have taken the same hit. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-did-you-breastfeeddo-you-hope-to-breastfeed#post-105343 Thu, 29 Mar 2012 15:15:48 +0000 ohapostrophe 105343@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Just hit one year- YAY! We're nursing 4x a day now and I am cutting back a lot from pumping, but our new goal is 18 months, even if it's just morning/night eventually. We will see, but we will keep it up for awhile as long as it's working for both of us :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-did-you-breastfeeddo-you-hope-to-breastfeed#post-105338 Thu, 29 Mar 2012 15:12:53 +0000 plantains 105338@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm hoping to do 9 months, but who knows what will happen when LO gets here? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-did-you-breastfeeddo-you-hope-to-breastfeed#post-105322 Thu, 29 Mar 2012 15:03:31 +0000 itsmejules 105322@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Im a working mom, and I just hit 13 months - but she's really only taking one feeding a night. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-did-you-breastfeeddo-you-hope-to-breastfeed#post-105321 Thu, 29 Mar 2012 15:03:00 +0000 MegWag 105321@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@regberadaisy: That's so funny that you say you never hear about BF probs online. I feel like that's all I read. It seems like everything I read is "no one tells you how hard it is and it's SO HARD"- which was totally freaking me out before LO came.</p> <p>LO is 4 weeks today and so far so good! I'm hoping to make it to a year (but who knows... we may go longer or we may run into problems before then). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-did-you-breastfeeddo-you-hope-to-breastfeed#post-105305 Thu, 29 Mar 2012 14:44:36 +0000 regberadaisy 105305@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Lozza:<br /> I do wonder what the statistics are with working moms vs SAHM moms on BFing length. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-did-you-breastfeeddo-you-hope-to-breastfeed#post-105303 Thu, 29 Mar 2012 14:43:34 +0000 Lozza 105303@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I went back to work at 6 weeks, and managed to keep DS breastmilk-fed through pumping at work and nursing nights/weekend through about 7 months. At that point, I kept nursing at night and in the morning (he didn't need night feeds by that point) but he got formula during the day. Now at almost 1 (he turns 1 in a week), I just nurse in the mornings, and I'll probably quit that in a few weeks too.<br /> I'd wanted to go longer, but my supply just dwindled to nothing during those at-work pumping sessions, so I gave up. With another LO, I'd like to stay home longer and hope that might allow me to BF longer. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-did-you-breastfeeddo-you-hope-to-breastfeed#post-105292 Thu, 29 Mar 2012 14:35:29 +0000 regberadaisy 105292@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Honestly, I'm placing no expectations on myself. I hear about so many people IRL who have issues BFing....but you never hear about it on the interweb so makes me wonder sometimes.</p> <p>Because of that I don't want to add undue stress to myself.</p> <p>I would be ECSTATIC if I/my body can make it to 6months.<br /> For some reason I just feel like my body won't produce. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-did-you-breastfeeddo-you-hope-to-breastfeed#post-104778 Thu, 29 Mar 2012 08:21:03 +0000 winniebee 104778@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I would love to make it to a year. But, my realistic goal is to make it to 6 months - I'll be back at work, pumping, etc, and I know it will get hard. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-did-you-breastfeeddo-you-hope-to-breastfeed#post-104768 Thu, 29 Mar 2012 08:14:44 +0000 Rubies 104768@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We're at 8 months and I plan to start weaning at 10months as I'm going back to work at 13months. Good job, Chopsuey~ </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-did-you-breastfeeddo-you-hope-to-breastfeed#post-104761 Thu, 29 Mar 2012 08:10:42 +0000 heffalump 104761@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I only lasted a week :( </p> <p>My mom breastfed me for 18 months though. She says that I loved it so she did what I wanted.... but I think she knew I was her last baby so she wanted to keep me a baby. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-did-you-breastfeeddo-you-hope-to-breastfeed#post-104749 Thu, 29 Mar 2012 08:05:25 +0000 Mrsbells 104749@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I hope to breastfeed for a year </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-did-you-breastfeeddo-you-hope-to-breastfeed#post-104745 Thu, 29 Mar 2012 08:04:16 +0000 volksgirl64 104745@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I made it a year and I was starting to get burned out at the end. We weren't feeding at night anymore but first thing in the morning and before bed and I was pumping at work. She actually weaned very easily which eased any guilt I had! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-did-you-breastfeeddo-you-hope-to-breastfeed#post-104608 Thu, 29 Mar 2012 00:59:29 +0000 brownie 104608@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We are 4 weeks shy of 1 year and we plan to nurse until he is 2. He is dairy and soy allergic so we can't wean to whole milk. I work and pump once a day and we nurse 3 times during the day and 2 times at night still. He is quite small still (hasn't doubled his birth weight yet). So I don't think that is too much. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-did-you-breastfeeddo-you-hope-to-breastfeed#post-104603 Thu, 29 Mar 2012 00:35:16 +0000 Happymama 104603@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>18 months with my 1st, 16 months with my 2nd, and so far almost 5 months with my 3rd. Hope to go to 18 months. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-did-you-breastfeeddo-you-hope-to-breastfeed#post-104593 Wed, 28 Mar 2012 23:52:59 +0000 owlmom 104593@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We're at 5 1/2 months, and I'm hoping to make it to a year. LO and I had such a rough time with it for the first 3 months that my goal used to be to just make it one more day. Now that we finally have it working well, I think I'll actually miss it when LO weans. </p> <p>@yin: I am so impressed by the dedication of long term exclusive pumpers. You're awesome! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-did-you-breastfeeddo-you-hope-to-breastfeed#post-104590 Wed, 28 Mar 2012 23:40:36 +0000 Cchoi4 104590@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I got to 9 months (always gave the baby some formula but majority was breastmilk). I'm hoping to have a more successful experience with the next baby :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-did-you-breastfeeddo-you-hope-to-breastfeed#post-104588 Wed, 28 Mar 2012 23:36:31 +0000 Boogs 104588@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm going to hit the year mark in a couple of weeks and want to start weaning him by then. We are trying to start a little now and it's not going too well. I'm ready to have my body back! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-did-you-breastfeeddo-you-hope-to-breastfeed#post-104584 Wed, 28 Mar 2012 23:12:14 +0000 Baby Boy Mom 104584@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My original goal was 6 months, but now we are 9 months and still going strong, so I'm thinking at least to one year. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-did-you-breastfeeddo-you-hope-to-breastfeed#post-104565 Wed, 28 Mar 2012 22:30:07 +0000 Rainbow Sprinkles 104565@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I hope to breastfeed for 18 months!<br /> Baby will be here in six weeks or less... we will see what happens! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-did-you-breastfeeddo-you-hope-to-breastfeed#post-104563 Wed, 28 Mar 2012 22:25:45 +0000 sulli301 104563@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@chopsuey119: That is awesome girly!!</p> <p>I am still breastfeeding about 4 times (usually every 4ish hours)/day &amp; once at night usually now that she is teething. </p> <p>ETA: hit submit too soon, I must be tired! LOL anyways she is 11 months &amp; I plan to begin weaning at 12 months. I have almost 2100 oz of breast milk stored so far &amp; am still pumping so that she can have breast milk as long as possible. </p>