https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Wed, 15 Jul 2026 11:01:28 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-did-you-nurse-your-last-baby#post-2892493 Fri, 26 Jul 2019 14:53:35 +0000 Ajsmommy 2892493@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>:crying: both of my babies self weaned before 12 mos... first was at 11 mos and 2nd was like 10 mos </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-did-you-nurse-your-last-baby#post-2892490 Fri, 26 Jul 2019 14:27:49 +0000 MrsSRS 2892490@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I nursed my second until a little after 2.5, I think. Somewhere around 1.5 I set limits. There was NO just yanking up mama's shirt. Just like with snacks, you can ask, but the answer might be unapologetically no. Most of our nursing happened at home around sleep times. It was emotionally easy to wean because around then I went from oh it is so lovely and sweet and nostalgic to ugh I want more bodily autonomy back! (My first weaned himself when I was pregnant. Somewhere around 1.5) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-did-you-nurse-your-last-baby#post-2892217 Thu, 25 Jul 2019 07:03:40 +0000 hellobeeboston 2892217@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Around 13/14 months :) I actually made it a few months longer with my second and last baby, than I did with my first. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-did-you-nurse-your-last-baby#post-2892092 Wed, 24 Jul 2019 07:16:29 +0000 erinbaderin 2892092@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Both boys weaned themselves at about 14 months. I'd cut down to just morning and night before I went back to work at 12 months, and then over about the course of a week with each of them they got less and less interested in settling down to nurse and were just done. Both times it made me so sad - I would have happily kept going, I loved those times with them. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-did-you-nurse-your-last-baby#post-2892076 Tue, 23 Jul 2019 19:38:54 +0000 petitenoisette 2892076@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@agold: normally we nurse am/pm (including 1-2 nighttime feeds 😬) and before nap if we’re home together. Sometimes she’ll be fussy and I can tell she needs milk to chill out and I love being able to sooth her by nursing if she’s really upset. But generally it’s low-key. </p> <p>That’s annoying that your babysitter seemed judgy! I know how you feel, I tend to forget that it’s not super usual to nurse past a year and that some people might find it weird. But really I think it’s wonderful and not weird at all and I’m so happy to have been able to do it so long 💙 </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-did-you-nurse-your-last-baby#post-2892072 Tue, 23 Jul 2019 18:55:03 +0000 Mrs. Cereal 2892072@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@agold: we nursed in the morning and if I saw him at lunchtime and then at bedtime too. I stopped pumping at 12 months so by the time he was 18 months or so it was about four to six times a day and stayed that way until we were done. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-did-you-nurse-your-last-baby#post-2892046 Tue, 23 Jul 2019 11:38:39 +0000 catgirl 2892046@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Only have 1 LO. She nursed until 28 months. Between 12-14 months we dropped all of her daytime nursing sessions and she was nursing first thing in the morning and at bedtime. At 2 we dropped to just bedtime until we weaned. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-did-you-nurse-your-last-baby#post-2892044 Tue, 23 Jul 2019 11:23:41 +0000 agold 2892044@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I love reading all of these responses. My babysitter just asked me this morning if I was still nursing my girl. Felt a tiny bit of judgment. But I will keep it up a while longer. You girls are all so amazing! </p> <p>@Mrs. Cereal: So great to hear you went to 2.5+ years. Were you nursing all throughout the day, or just at specific times? I'd love to cut back the nursing. I don't want her wanting to nurse during the day in public. Just at home at nap time. And, also maybe during the 16-hour flight we plan to take next year when she will be about 2.5! :shocked: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-did-you-nurse-your-last-baby#post-2891959 Mon, 22 Jul 2019 13:35:13 +0000 graceandjoy 2891959@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Cereal: How did you wean? I just past that mark with my 2nd! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-did-you-nurse-your-last-baby#post-2891956 Mon, 22 Jul 2019 12:58:18 +0000 Mrs. Cereal 2891956@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I went 2.5 years with my last one and I am SOOO proud of myself and my little man. It was such a great experience for me to have that time with him. :heart: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-did-you-nurse-your-last-baby#post-2891955 Mon, 22 Jul 2019 12:55:57 +0000 graceandjoy 2891955@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@agold: surprise! and definitely need to wean #2 now... it's going to be so painful, she loves the boob soooo much </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-did-you-nurse-your-last-baby#post-2891945 Mon, 22 Jul 2019 12:30:18 +0000 ALV91711 2891945@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@agold: yes, one weekend I went to feed him and he wanted nothing to do with it. I offered a couple more times and same thing. It sure made it super easy! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-did-you-nurse-your-last-baby#post-2891940 Mon, 22 Jul 2019 12:13:26 +0000 agold 2891940@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@ALV91711: Did your baby just straight up refuse when you offered? That's kind of an easy way to wean!</p> <p>@hitchhiker: I'm having the biting issue with my current baby! So that may be a reason to wean if she keeps it up. </p> <p>@mamabolt: Did you nurse only certain times into their older years? Or just all day, any time? That's nice you were able to say "no more milk, kids!"</p> <p>@mrsbubbletea: oh I feel you. good luck. bed sharing is so sweet and I bet it will make it a little hard to night wean. My girl is recently sleeping through the night *knock on all the wood around* its been a nice break for me!</p> <p>@petitenoisette: I'm sad, too! Are you limiting the nursing sessions? </p> <p>@graceandjoy: woo hoo for a third! Planned or happy surprise? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-did-you-nurse-your-last-baby#post-2891905 Mon, 22 Jul 2019 08:46:07 +0000 graceandjoy 2891905@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I THOUGHT my 2nd was my last. 2 years 7 months and STILL nursing :shocked: AND currently pregnant, lol! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-did-you-nurse-your-last-baby#post-2891839 Sun, 21 Jul 2019 11:53:54 +0000 petitenoisette 2891839@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Nursed my first til about 27 months, basically right when I got pregnant with my second. Still going strong at 16 months with my second...so sad to think of weaning her and then never nursing again but hopefully we have about another year left! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-did-you-nurse-your-last-baby#post-2891833 Sun, 21 Jul 2019 10:21:09 +0000 mrsbubbletea 2891833@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@agold: Also on my second and most likely last baby 😞. First I nursed until he was 2.5, I was 20 weeks with his sister. She’s 20 m and super into nursing. I am thinking I’ll start weaning her slowly at 2. But I might night wean her soon because I am over the night nursing (we bedshare after first wake up which can be as soon as 2 hours). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-did-you-nurse-your-last-baby#post-2891828 Sun, 21 Jul 2019 09:03:28 +0000 periwinklebee 2891828@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@DesertDreams88: Thank you, this is super helpful! It is on my to-do list to learn more about tandem nursing. I feel like so much of parenting is just figuring out what works best for your family at this particular point in time, regardless of what you were going for initially! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-did-you-nurse-your-last-baby#post-2891808 Sat, 20 Jul 2019 16:33:00 +0000 mamabolt 2891808@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Nursed both LOs to their 3rd birthdays exactly and then told them the milk was all gone. I still miss it, 3.5 months after weaning my second, but it was the right time for us. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-did-you-nurse-your-last-baby#post-2891805 Sat, 20 Jul 2019 15:53:51 +0000 DesertDreams88 2891805@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@periwinklebee: there's a great Facebook group for it, if you're interested in exploring the possibility. </p> <p>Tandeming was obvi something I wasn't going for but just happened, and all in all I enjoyed it. I enjoyed being able to still comfort LO1 in that way, I was thankful for a way to keep him occupied during some nursing sessions, and I was amazed at what my body could do. I also felt it gave me a really good supply right from the very beginning. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-did-you-nurse-your-last-baby#post-2891804 Sat, 20 Jul 2019 15:49:55 +0000 DesertDreams88 2891804@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Lo1: 3 years, Lo2: 9 months, all of which were tandem with her brother.... so in her case, I was just tired of pumping, and my supply disappeared once I stopped (sadly.) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-did-you-nurse-your-last-baby#post-2891787 Sat, 20 Jul 2019 08:28:10 +0000 periwinklebee 2891787@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My LO is 18 months and still going strong, he loves it so much. I'm considering tandem nursing (which is not something I initially thought I'd consider!) if he still loves it as much when LO2 arrives in December. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-did-you-nurse-your-last-baby#post-2891775 Sat, 20 Jul 2019 05:25:14 +0000 Pumuckl 2891775@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>13.5m with my first (pregnant with #2), 14.5m with my second and 20.5m with my twins (and last thereby last babies). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-did-you-nurse-your-last-baby#post-2891774 Sat, 20 Jul 2019 05:13:18 +0000 MrsADS 2891774@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We will see! I nursed my first till 27 months (stopped bc I was pregnant). Baby 2 is almost 14 months and still nursing. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-did-you-nurse-your-last-baby#post-2891771 Sat, 20 Jul 2019 00:59:25 +0000 poppygirl15 2891771@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>About 2.5 years for both, although I went a month or two longer with my second since I wasn’t trying to get pregnant. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-did-you-nurse-your-last-baby#post-2891763 Fri, 19 Jul 2019 21:42:04 +0000 Foodnerd81 2891763@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>21 months I think? Knowing she was my last did make me more reluctant to stop. But with my first we did almost that same time frame too. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-did-you-nurse-your-last-baby#post-2891761 Fri, 19 Jul 2019 20:40:14 +0000 Kemma 2891761@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Fifteen months and no end in sight for my third wee babe! My older two nursed for 3y3m and 2y6m respectively and I’ve pretty much been either pregnant or bf’ing (or both!) since January 2012! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-did-you-nurse-your-last-baby#post-2891760 Fri, 19 Jul 2019 20:35:01 +0000 Littlebit7 2891760@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My first was 4 months and then I EPd til 10. She was a challenging nurser. I thought it could only be hard. </p> <p>My second and last nursed until 12 months. We had such a great BF experience. Truly. He was the sweetest nurser and even now, I miss it. He would do a leg kick and hold his foot the entire time. We had an easy wean, too, he was ready. It was bittersweet but I’m so thankful to have shared the experience. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-did-you-nurse-your-last-baby#post-2891759 Fri, 19 Jul 2019 20:31:30 +0000 hitchhiker 2891759@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My second weaned herself before 18 months by biting me at every feeding for several weeks. I was not ready to wean, but I was ready to not get bitten. </p> <p>My first nursed until 2.5 years. I would have happily done that with #2 but apparently she was not into it! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-did-you-nurse-your-last-baby#post-2891758 Fri, 19 Jul 2019 19:52:53 +0000 Mrs. Champagne 2891758@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>All three kids were about 12 months.</p> <p>I was pregnant, breastfeeding, miscarrying, repeat from 2013. I was ready to be done. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-did-you-nurse-your-last-baby#post-2891756 Fri, 19 Jul 2019 19:09:41 +0000 nana87 2891756@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>26 months. Lo1 was 22 months. With all the ttc, being pregnant, nursing, and having/recovering from a miscarriage in between kiddos, my body was not my own for 6 straight years 🤯 </p>