https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sun, 05 Apr 2026 11:33:46 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-completely-wean#post-1100538 Fri, 20 Sep 2013 09:25:45 +0000 Lindsay05 1100538@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>LO self weaned at about 5 months. I pumped until 6 months and got next to nothing so threw in the towel. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-completely-wean#post-1100481 Fri, 20 Sep 2013 09:09:12 +0000 Periwinkle 1100481@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@DillonLion: Ouch! That sounds so painful. LO still only has one little tooth and he decided, about a month ago, that biting was fun and he would giggle each time. That was making me consider weaning all together! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-completely-wean#post-1100036 Fri, 20 Sep 2013 00:27:20 +0000 birdofafeather 1100036@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Still nursing at 8 months. No idea what the future will hold but hoping I can let her lead the way! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-completely-wean#post-1099987 Thu, 19 Sep 2013 23:14:23 +0000 Rainbow Sprinkles 1099987@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Still no quitting in sight and LO is 16 months. She nurses 3-4 times in a 24-hour period. I will probably end up tandem nursing since she and #2 will be 19 months apart. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-completely-wean#post-1099980 Thu, 19 Sep 2013 23:03:47 +0000 BeachMama 1099980@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>At 7 months. I returned to work at 5 months, hated pumping at work and wasn't producing enough anyway. Before DD arrived I thought I'd nurse for a year, then after I thought if I made it 3 months I'd be happy. I was happy to have made it 7 months. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-completely-wean#post-1099826 Thu, 19 Sep 2013 21:06:29 +0000 DillonLion 1099826@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>LO sprouted 8 teeth, bit me constantly, amd absolutely refused to nurse once she turned 8 months. I was sick of forcing her to do something she had no interest in, and I hated being rejected over and over and over again. so I exclusively pumped after that. She's almost 10 months now. I plan to stop as soon as my freezer stash is enough to get her to her birthday. But I only have fou days worth forEn and crap supply as it is, so we will see if I burn through the stash early, or can stop pumping early and give her the rest of the stash. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-completely-wean#post-1099802 Thu, 19 Sep 2013 20:56:51 +0000 Rubies 1099802@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Periwinkle: No, I stopped her because I found that she was just comfort nursing and not nursing for milk. Like, at bedtime, it would be, literally, a few seconds of nursing before she wanted to pass out asleep. So I just stopped one day and she was fine. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-completely-wean#post-1099799 Thu, 19 Sep 2013 20:56:20 +0000 Periwinkle 1099799@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@runsyellowlites: Thank you! And to you! I have found nursing to be an amazing experience, beyond what words can describe. Since I work a lot, it has really become our "special time" together and I love it. Even the middle of the night nursing sessions :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-completely-wean#post-1099796 Thu, 19 Sep 2013 20:54:49 +0000 Periwinkle 1099796@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Rubies: Did she just stop nursing one day? I am just trying to figure out when the "right" time will be. Hoping he lets me know if he's done! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-completely-wean#post-1099790 Thu, 19 Sep 2013 20:53:40 +0000 Rubies 1099790@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DD was 100% weaned at 14 months.</p> <p>At 12 months she was only getting wakeup and bedtime nursing. At 13 months she was getting just bedtime. At 14 months, we stopped. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-completely-wean#post-1099787 Thu, 19 Sep 2013 20:52:58 +0000 runsyellowlites 1099787@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Since P is 17 mths &amp; no stopping on the horizon I picked 18+. I'll continue to offer until 2 &amp; then let her decide from there. :)</p> <p>Congrats on making it this far! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-completely-wean#post-1099769 Thu, 19 Sep 2013 20:48:50 +0000 Periwinkle 1099769@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>LO is 10.5 months old and we are still nursing-- I am so, so happy that we have made it this far and that we're both still enjoying it at the moment. I am away from LO for 10+ hours during the day and while we have been supplementing 1-2 bottles of formula a day after pumping became a game of diminishing returns a few months ago, we are still enjoying (most days) a morning, evening, and at least one middle-of-the night nursing sessions.</p> <p>As we approach a year, though, I am considering my options for weaning completely or continuing to nurse the same 2-3 times each day. I am definitely planning to stop pumping at 12 months (it might even be sooner!), but now I am thinking that I might want to consider nursing, even if just for comfort, beyond his first birthday.</p> <p>If you breastfed, when did you stop nursing completely? </p>