How long did you breastfeed and what was the reason you stopped?

Answer 1

Hello, I breastfed my son for 3 1/2 years - he just wasn't ready to stop until then. I'm a working mom and I really treasured our sweet nursing sessions after work. It's hard to get a 3-year old boy to sit still, but he would settle down to nurse and it was great to just hold him and cuddle after not seeing him all day. Also breastfeeding is great when a child is sick or upset and it worked like a charm for getting my son to go to sleep! Just want to mention that it's normal to wean from ages 2 - 4 worldwide, except for in the U.S. I would encourage you to breastfeed for as long as it works out for both you and your child.

Answer 2

My daughter is 10 months old and we still breastfeed almost as much as we did before she started solids.

I don't intend on weaning her unless I get pregnant again, and only then because I feel that focusing on one baby at a time is very important to me. I want her to decide when she is done with nursing, because I think it's very important for her to understand that I am here for her and love her and support her, and I dont want to take away something she loves so much because someone else tells me I'm supposed to. If that means stopping when she's 15 months, so be it. If it means stopping when she's 3 1/2 years old, that's okay too.

Did you know that internationally, including first world countries, the average age to breastfeed a child is 4 years? Really!

Answer 3

Hi millie,
I breastfeed for just a little ove 4 months. Right from the beginning it wasn't working out for me. I wasn't producing enough milk and my daughter was starting to lose weight so I had to top her up at every feeding with formula. After about a month of that my doc put me on some pills. Domperidone (i think that was the name) to help me but it didn't help. I also suffered from PPD as well so I think that played a big part in my not producing enough milk. But I have a friend who has a 9 month old and she still breast feeds him.

Answer 4

My oldest nursed for 6 weeks, and I have never been so glad to stop something in my life. She was a big baby and never did anything but eat, it was worse than being pregnant. My second I nursed for 6 months and quit because I changed jobs and pumping was going to be problematic. My youngest I nursed for 2 1/2 years. By that time I was staying home and she just never wanted to quit. I finally had to say enough is enough when she was ripping my clothes off and yelling "booby" in the mall. What I hope you get from this is that even for the same person, different babies and different circumstances mean that the "right thing to do" is what works for you, your baby, and your circumstances. You should be proud that you are a good and conscientious mom whether you bottle feed from birth or nurse for years.

Answer 5

i breastfed my daughter for 7 months...the only reason I stopped is because I was 3months pregnant again. But my goal was to breastfeed for a year.

Answer 6

For four months, both of them.
I stoppped b/c I started working full-time and my workplace wasn't as accomodating for me to pump every 2 -3 hours.

With my next child, I could breastfeed and stay home as long as possible!

Answer 7

I breastfed for one year. I went back to work when she was 15 weeks old, but I pumped at work and was able to give her breastmilk almost exclusively (along with solid foods after 6mos) for the first year and used formula only sparingly to help compensate for occasional shortfalls in my supply. My baby was actually ready to stop breastfeeding before I was, much to my dismay. At about 10 mos she started losing interest in breastfeeding and so I let her be the guide - I offered and if she was interested she nursed, if not we skipped it. But I kept on pumping until I hit that one year milestone, so if she didn't get it directly from me, she got it in the bottle. I was determined to make it to a year. The last day she wanted to nurse was four days before her first birthday and the last day of my regular pumping routine was the day before her birthday. I had to pump a few more times after that, just for relief, but that was it.

Answer 8

I Brestfed for 3 months. I stopped because I started working, and baby got used to a bottle, and dad was no help, he used to secretly feed him bottle behind my back.
I have been told that babies should be breastfed atleast for the first 3 months of life, it helps with developing a strong amune system, and prevents illnesses and other things they can be volunarable. Good luck, I hope it goes well with you.

Answer 9

I breastfed my first till at last she became into just about 2 yrs, yet of direction after the 1st 300 and sixty 5 days she became into attempting genuine ingredients and finished milk. My 2d nursed for 18 mos, and the third i could in simple terms do for a 300 and sixty 5 days using fact i became into working finished time. definite, it hurts in the beginning up- even my own mom could no longer comprehend how i could nurse all my teenagers- she'd tried whilst she had my older sister and stopped reason she could no longer take it! as quickly as you get going although, that's the simplest element interior the international- no warming, no bottles and cleanings. I additionally co-slept with all my teenagers collectively as they have been nursing, so at evening neither one human beings could somewhat awaken for feedings- that they had in simple terms initiate 'rooting' and that i could roll over and feed 'em. all of them slept for the period of the evening in the 1st few months- with those 'sleepy feeds' slowly incredibly fizzling out. i think of maximum women human beings in simple terms are not getting the help and approval they could save going- we are saying 'Breastfed is bestfed' yet as a society manage women human beings that do it in public like they are doing a lap dance for the preacher. i desire extra women human beings save attempting- public opinion can replace, in spite of everything that is in simple terms been the final 60 years or so as that breastfeeding been looked down on by potential of the accepted public- in the previous formula got here out, nursing became into the only way- so no one thought something undesirable approximately it.

Answer 10

My son just weaned off of me about 3 months ago. He was over 2 1/2 and he just didn't want to nurse any more. I am almost 4 months pregnant with our 2nd child and I will nurse this child as long as he/she is ready to wean off.