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When I was pregnant I said I wanted to bf a year, but didn't even know anything about extended/tandem breastfeeding. Since learning I'd really like to let P and our future munchkins self wean. So, I plan to offer until P is 2 and then let her decide. Since we'll likely be ttc here in the near future, I hope to be able to tandem nurse too!

I wanted to nurse LO for a year but pregnancy affected my supply and I had to wean her when she was 9 months. I want to nurse Baby 2 for a year.

My original goal was 6 months, but once we got the hang of it I changed that to a year. As we get closer to a year I am now thinking 18 months? I don't know yet. I know I will definitely let her continue to nurse at bedtime and wake up time for an extended period of time. It's funny because my little sister is 3 and she sometimes asks her mom, "Mommy come lay with me" so that she can nurse. She only does it at bedtime

My original plan was to go a year and then let her decide after that. Around 8 months I started to realize that I would really like my body back, so the goal now is a year, then actively cut back to 2 nursing sessions. Another motivation is that I still haven't gotten my period back, and don't expect to until I wean. So, hopefully cutting back will kick start my period so we can more actively NTNP.

My goal has been a year full time and then to transition to just morning and night nursing. But, we are starting to talk about TTC #2 and I am not sure if I will completely wean after he turns one or not. I am open to nursing while pregnant, but know that it would make it harder to get pregnant and even have enough milk to do it so we will see. I also have an entire chest freezer full of frozen milk that we will give him after he weans, so that makes me feel better about weaning him shortly after he turns 1. Sorry for the tangent!

I've been BFing for 9 months and am about ready to stop (I'm 10 weeks pregnant and it's just a little too much for me) but LO won't take a bottle so as long as my supply stays up I will be BFing him until he is a year or so.

@PurpleUnicorn: for a long time now I've been doing 'don't offer don't refuse'. When she asks, if its an appropriate time, I nurse her. Mostly to sleep now, since my supply dropped a few weeks ago. She'll ask when she's hungry and I just tell her no we're having lunch instead. I imagine one day she'll jut lose interest totally, but that's a long way off.

6 months is my current goal (it started out as just : I will breastfeed at the next time she is hungry, then a week, 2 weeks, a month, 2 months and now the goal is 6 months. That will be three full months of pumping 3x a day at work and once we've reached thay goal I will reasses and either set a new goal, or stop with as little guilt as I can if I'm ready to wean.

We are currently at 3 months and I am loving the experience. My current goal is to get to one year but I am nervous since I am back at work and pumping now. Hoping I can keep going with breastfeeding as I love it, most of the time!

I want to make it to a year and beyond. Possibly let him self wean... Whenever that will be.

My arbitrary goals were/are: 4wks, 12wk, 4 months, 6 months, 8 months and 1 year. Anything past a year is lagniappe. If he hasn't already I'll probably start to wean around 18 months. Maybe. I don't really know yet, lol.

Six months is my goal. I go back to work at 14 weeks so I want to pump for a few months but i see it just becoming too much of a hassle and I don't want to be tied to a pump. But I am open to pumping longer if it is smooth sailing. I think I will want my body back, though.

And I don't want to set a lofty goal and be disappointed, so I think six months is realistic

While I was pregnant, my goal was one year. I had a really difficult time breastfeeding in the beginning, so my goal became to "make it just one more day." We're still going strong at almost 16 months. I hope to be down to just two nursing sessions per day at 18 months, and we'll probably keep those sessions until she's 2-ish.

In the US at least, the majority of women aren't still bf-ing at a year - according to the CDC, only 25.5% of women are still bf-ing at 12 months.

I went 17 months with my oldest (she self weaned when I was 3 months pregnant). Wonder Baby is 12 months and going strong, if she's still nursing at two years I'll have to think about it, but I'm hoping she just self weans like her sister did!

I'm at 4 months of exclusively pumping. I still dream of breastfeeding when he gets out of the NICU, but who knows. I will be happy if we go 6 months, but I feel like I could probably do a year...we will see.

No kids yet but I think I would like to try for a year. But I will probably go back to work a month or two after I have a baby so I will be pumping mostly.