How long did you breastfeed your baby?

Question

...or babies...???

Answer 1

The first one: 35 months. The second one is 15 months and we are still breastfeeding. It is the best source of food and nutrition, even up to 2 years, and can't be beat by anything else. The 15 month old had the flu recently, and although she normally eats solid food as part of her diet, she only breastfeed for 4 days. She kept it down, and what's more she seemed to recover quite quickly -- I was glad I was still breastfeeding.

Answer 2

The first for 18 months... but by then he was drinking cow's milk and eating everything in sight. Breastfeeding was pretty much only at bedtime or if he was sick.

The second for about 10 months. I wanted to go longer, but just didn't seem to have the supply I did with the first. Plus, #2 weaned himself (and we soon found out we were pregnant! He apparantly didn't like the taste of the breastmilk once I got pregnant).

The third is almost 4 months old now. I'm exclusively breastfeeding, but thinking of starting to supplement with formula because I don't have enough milk to pump and save for date night with my husband or going to work (I only work a few hours a week and can actually bring the baby with me, but I coach color guard/dancers, and I have to be active, not sitting down feeding a baby!). I hope to still breastfeed until at LEAST 12 months.

Sorry for the long answer. But that's me and what I did.

Answer 3

I wanted to breastfeed for a full year. However, at 11 months I had to stop because my daughter preferrred her sippy cup and refused to breastfeed any longer. Pumping wasn't an option at this point because she was already on enough solids that I was not getting enough out when I pumped :( I just used formula in a sippy cup until her birthday & started giving her whole milk. It was not as I had planned things, but I really couldn't complain - I did not have to go through an unpleasant weaning process, my daughter weaned herself :)

I am now pregnant with my second child, due May 1, and I plan to breastfeed again. Same plan - I want to breastfeed for at least a year.

Answer 4

well my baby girl is 3 weeks and i stil breastfeed doctor is you should breastfeed to she like 6 or 7 months.

Answer 5

Mine is 2 1/4 and we are still breastfeeding before nap and before bedtime at night. I don't plan to go beyond 3 -- want to have another baby. But we never fed in public after 1 yr (well, maybe in the car in the parking lot if he was fussy and I still had shopping to do), and he doesn't ask for it outside the house. We still co-sleep, but I stopped on demand night nursing a few months ago. It wasn't too difficult as I was consistent. In retrospect, I might have done that earlier.
But even into his 3rd year, I credit breastfeeding for his good health - never been to the doctor for a fever or ear infection (only been for checkups and one case of thrush) - this is the best advantage. Even he gets an occasional cold it clears relatively quickly.

Answer 6

My first baby till he was 3 months, and my second was on the bottle at the same time.
Only because of my work environment, pumping was not a very good option, so I dried up.

Answer 7

I tried to breastfeed, but seeing as how I'm a man it didn't work out to well. Poor thing...I still miss him!

Answer 8

Until my son was nine months then I started supplementing with formula, because of low milk supply. (found out I was pregnant causing the supply to drop) And continued till 11 months when my milk was just gone.

Answer 9

I had planned to much longer than it actually turned out; this is difficult for mothers. My baby wasn't getting enough, so it turned out we had to go totally on formula within a month.

Answer 10

i nursed both mine till they was 9 mnths up to a yr old is fine but i wouldnt advice going over to much over 12 months is usually the recommended age for starting milk rather it be cow or soy based. my oppinion it sounds a little wierd having a toddler still attached to the breast or bottle for that matter. my littlest one isnt 2 yet and she is on sippy cups not bottles.