I'm still nursing DD. She's 22 months old.
DS is 6 weeks old and I plan on nursing him just for a year.
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I nursed LO for 9 months. She is still drinking pumped milk from my freezer stash at 13 months.
I want to nurse Baby 2 for a year or more.
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still nursing at 9 months. I plan to stop at 12 months.
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we're going on 19 months. plan to BF til 24 months!
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Plan: at least a year.
Reality: 9 months (due to supply issues). -
Been nursing 3.5 months and would like to make it to a year and beyond.
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Still pregnant now, but my plan is to nurse for about a year, but not be strict about any end date. I'm hoping the baby will just wean naturally around that time. I don't think I'd be comfortable nursing a toddler, but who knows-- haven't been in the situation!
I'd also like to have a little bit of time where I can drink and take normal medicines, etc, before TTC for #2.
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Still nursing at 9 months. I don't know when I will stop. I don't see her weaning at 1 year, I may get her down to just nursing in the morning and before bed after 18 months.
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We are on month 5 and I hope to go until at least 1 year, but would love to make it to 1.5-2 years!
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My plan was to nurse for as long as he wanted to. We got as far as 11 months.
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I'm hoping to nurse for a year, my supply is low but I'm doing everything I can to boost it up. DD is 4 months old.
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We started weaning around 7 months. LO is now 8 months and we probably have 1 more month of freezer stash and I breastfeed him in the morning. My guess is we will be done around the time he is 9 months. Pumping was too stressful with my job.
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I'm leaving it up to DD but my absolute end date is two years. My goddaughter nursed until 2.5 years and it got awkward at the end with her asking for it and trying the unbutton her moms shirt in public.
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Until she weans herself, I hope.
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At least a year and longer if we're both still happy. LO has a MSPI so the longer I can BF and not worry about formula/dairy the better.
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Bf'ing almost 10 months & I plan on letting P self wean up to the age of 3... Don't know how I feel about going longer at this point.
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I will probably get pregnant before I am ready (or she is ready) to wean. So....she might end up weaning herself when that happens.
We are at 9 months right now and i'd like to get pregnant by summer. -
DD is 3 months, my first goal was Jan 1st, now Feb 21st. Beyond that, doesn't matter, I'd prefer to not be bf'ing at this point!
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I am aiming for 1 year. With my middle DD I only made it to 6 months BF and then 9 months pumping.
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I'm still not sure, we've made it to a year and are still going. When people asked, I always said at least a year, now everyone seems to expect me to immediately wean at 12 months. I'm not ready for that yet, the "oh you are still nursing?" comments and looking surprised are annoying the crap out of me!
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Don't have any kids yet but hope to nurse to 18 months max! I want to avoid the awkward moments @oliviaoblivia: mentioned. Not sure how I would feel about a toddler sucking on my boob. They are like little people! Plus DH and I are going to try & pop out as many kids as we can while we are still young...ish, & I don't want two kids fighting over my boobs.
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I am at 9.5 months and still nursing. I also want to wean before a year but i don't think it is going to happen!
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I want to go to at least age two unless LO self-weans before that.
I don't have a strict "limit", but I doubt I would go far past two unless LO had serious diet restrictions or other medical reasons why she needed extended breastfeeding.
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Preggo, but I think a 1 year max not including what's all pumped in the freezer stash (if there's any). As others mentioned, I think I'd be uncomfortable with the thought of BF any later for fear of unnecessary attachment. Hubby's aunt let her kids self-wean, but her son was still nursing when he was like 4 years old! He would just walk up to her and pull her shirt down. Yikes!
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@Alivoo01: wow 4 years old? haha the thought of him walking up and pulling her shirt down makes me giggle
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I planned 1 year but only made it to 3m due to my hormonal issues and total supply loss:(
If I get pregnant with #2 while #1 is still young, i'll nurse them both with my new supply (obviously giving priority to the infant but also trying to get some of those nutrients to my eldest as well--maybe through a bottle/sippy of pumped milk).
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@TurtleDoves: One of my good friends had supply issues with her first and none with her second. Hopefully the same goes for you!
I am planning to BF till about 1. If they wean themselves earlier that is ok with me too. This is all assuming that I don't have supply issues.
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Before DD arrived I thought I'd nurse for a year. Then she came and I thought if I could just make it to 3 months I'd be happy. I hated nursing and pumping so much. But it got better and we went EBF for 6 months, then cut to 2 nursing sessions and by 8 months she gets formula in a bottle plus solids. I feel good I was able to nurse her for 6 months and I feel much more free without having to nurse or pump or worry about how long I'll be away from her.
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I'm at 5 months and i'd like to make it 1 year.
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I'd like to do a year but realistically will do whatever is right for baby & me.
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Baby is still cooking, but I would like to do it for at least 6 months. All will be determined once she is here and we see how it goes, how my supply is, and how it works with pumping and working.
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I was only planning to nurse for 6 months and stopping/slowing down when I went back to work at that time. He started getting some formula when I went back but we still held on to 2 nursing sessions a day that we are still doing at 13 months. I keep saying that I'm going to stop soon, but I continue to nurse him every morning and night.
I never thought I would still be nursing after a year. -
I've had a drastic and sudden drop in supply at 16 months, so we might be done. I'm pretty heartbroken about it. My daughter was still nursing really frequently.
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My plan is to go a year, try to drop to two feedings/day after that, and then let her self-wean. If AF hasn't come back by 15 months or so, I'll probably try to actively wean a bit. We're 9 months in now.
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we're at 4 months, hoping for a year. at the very least, i'll try to pump til a year!
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We're closing in on 2.5 years, and we're almost done. I didn't do much to end it--although I'm ready--LO has just been dropping nursing sessions gradually. My goal was 1 year.
@Sugar.Biscuit: @oliviaoblivia: In my experience (admittedly, sample size = 1), it could be hard to wean promptly at 18 months or 2 years. I never thought I'd still be nursing a 2yo, but the reality is we do it once a day (if that), and I haven't nursed LO in public/anywhere inconvenient in well over a year. Every child is an individual, of course, but I think there is kind of a natural end-date to nursing and it's probably somewhere shortly after 2 years. As to the nursing manners issues, I taught my LO when it was okay to ask and when it wasn't, and I think it's probably really important to do that if it looks like you'll go beyond a year. One and two year-olds definitely understand boundaries like that.
@lemondrop: Those types of comments seriously rankle me.
I usually just smiled politely and changed the subject.
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@honeybear: thanks for responding with your experience. I hope I didn't offend. It's not something I've dealt with yet but will down the line and appreciate input from those in the trenches.
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Because of my low supply, we only made it to 2.5 months, while my goal was 6 months. Next time around (whenever that may be!), my goal is still 6 months and I really, really hope I don't have as many issues and am able to make it.
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@honeybear: this!!!! I have known many moms who did extended breastfeeding- up to 3-4 years. As long as the kids are respectful about it it's generally not an issue. Little girl I knew was 3.5 when weaned and she knew nursing was for naps and nighttime only. She did have comfort nursing when she was hurt and that's really the only time she asked for it.
Cobi is 11 months and already starting to stick his hands down my shirt when he wants it so I need to find out how to curb that. We've been trying to teach him the sign for milk but he won't sign it yet.
My goal was 1 year then see how we're doing. He loves it and I don't mind it so we'll probably shoot for 18 months then assess again where we are and i'm willing to go up to 2 years if necessary, but around 2 years is likely my cutoff point. We'll see how it goes
I just like the idea of setting a goal(like 1 year) and seeing if its still mutually desired rather than "this is when we HAVE to stop!"
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We're at about 6 months now. My goal is a year, and anything past that is lagniappe.
I usually just smiled politely and changed the subject.
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