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I stopped at 5 months. I drastically cut back at 4 months when we discovered J's lactose intolerance - just a morning and evening feed, the rest were on hypoallergenic formula. My supply tanked after that, though. I knew I didn't want to give up dairy, so I did choose to stop. Bit I was still sad when it ended, and if future LO's have dairy issues, I might give elimination diets a try.

I stopped around 11 months. My supply had been low for awhile and I staryed supplementing around 6-7 months. LO just kinda stopped on her own (I think bottle was easier). To be honest, I was ready to be done. I was able to EBF for 6 months (my primary goal) and then I worked extremely hard to keep my supply up to provide most of her milk. I worked long days and was pumping 4-5x at work. I guess we were both just done!

4 months on the nose for mental health. Wanted my body back and was very "over" bf'ing. Selfish perhaps, but no regrets!

By 1 month I had stopped and was EPing/supplementing. A few reasons:

-low supply
-worry over if dd was getting enough
-my mental health
-I had a lot of support and people who wanted to help with feedings, including overnight. This mama wasn't about to turn down a full nights sleep
-I wasn't comfortable NIP or in front of guests so it always felt like I was banished to a back room
-for me, bottle feeding was much more of a bonding experience

All in all, EPing and supplementing was a wonderful thing for our family and I have no regrets. I will bottle feed the next baby even if bfing magically became "easy"!

Technically I chose to stop...but I guess you could say I was pushed! I struggled with low supply and we started supplementing at 4 months. LO just needed more and more formula and by 5 months I couldn't be bothered doing both any longer as we had started solids and didn't want to do BF+FF+solids.

If I could go back, I would have stopped earlier and stressed less about doing so. BF wasn't as important to me as I thought it would be and now LO is a bright and happy 10 month old who has never even had a cold!

I put 10 months. I had been ep'ing at that point for 6 months and it just got to be too much. Additionally we wanted to ttc again and af hadnt returned, and i was really struggling to lose the weight that i wanted to lose before having another baby. I decided the benefits to my sanity and health were worth it to our family at that point, as was lo having a sibling close in age. The weight loss was a big factor because i got to a weight during my first pregnancy where i was really unhappy and uncomfortable and i didnt want to add another pregnancy to that, knowing that it would affect my ability to care for my toddler in an active engaged way. It was a hard decision at the time, but once i made up my mind i have never regretted it. In 6 months i was able to lose 32 lbs, and lo is still happy healthy and thriving. I actually decided that if i have to ep for the next baby i am stopping at 6 months. The stress of it and time away from the kids to pump just isnt worth the trade off to me after 6 months.

i know two people who chose not to breastfeed from the get-go. they didn't feel breastfeeding was for them. i think it is wonderful that moms have a choice between breastmilk and formula. i really respect these women's decisions--there is so much pressure to breastfeed in certain circles these days, i think it is empowering to be able to choose otherwise.

I started weaning at 6 months. It was 7.5 when I was totally done.