Poll- when did you wean from breastfeeding? (If you EBF)

[Anonymous]

2.5 for both kids

[Anonymous]

6 months for first, currently 6 months with second and have no plans to stop yet. Second seems to enjoy it more.

[Anonymous]

My DD self weaned at 14 months. Pregnant with #2 and I plan to generally follow their lead again.

[Anonymous]

Self weened around 3, but it was only once a day for the last year or so.

[Anonymous]

18 months and 25 months

I think 12 months is what’s recommended. Most people only make it to 6

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Why does your MIL think six months is normal? If it’s going well and both mom and baby are happy, breastfeeding is just so much easier than bottles and formula. If you’re going back to work, pumping is a pain and you have to deal with bottles but if you’re with your baby the next months/year are golden!

+1. Six to 12 months really are the easiest! You both have it down and it makes leaving the house so simple - you can’t forget your breasts!

[Anonymous]

25 months with the first and still bf at 17 months with my second

[Anonymous]

DD#1 was EBF until 8 months, when my supply dipped and I had to start supplementing. She self weaned at 10mo.

DD#2 is 3mo. We’ve been supplementing with 1-2 bottles of formula a day since she was a week old. I figure I will nurse until she self weans or 1 year, whichever comes first.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:DC1 self weaned at 18 months, was down to twice a day from about 14 months on. He loved his milk bottle until we took it away around age 3, and then just wouldn't touch milk after that.

DC2 is 14 months now and LOVES nursing. She nurses 5-6 times a day. I don't even know where to start, but I think I'll let her nurse until about age 2 or so. I know it's a big comfort thing for her right now. She'll go off to play with her brother happily for an hour then come for some nursing and cuddles for 10 minutes, and go off again.

My little girl was like your second child. While there’s is nothing wrong with nursing a toddler, if you want to cut down the sessions give warned cow’s milk in a straw cup and always have water at the offer. With my DD at around 16 months, when she came to me to nurse I would hold her and cuddle her - make her laugh and give her undivided attention. If she wanted to nurse after that I never refused but about six out of ten times all she really wanted was my attention and to connect with me. Since she was eating and drinking well, and liked cows milk, she just wanted the quiet cuddle. She self weaned completely at two and very easily. Just an FYI

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:These answers are not typical, OP. https://www.cdc.gov/breastfeeding/data/facts.html

But you should do what’s right for you and your baby.

These numbers are survey data, i.e., what women end up doing IRL, not a reflection of what they should or should not be doing based on evidence.

The AAP policy on breastfeeding

reaffirms its recommendation of exclusive breastfeeding for about 6 months, followed by continued breastfeeding as complementary foods are introduced, with continuation of breastfeeding for 1 year or longer as mutually desired by mother and infant.

Note that this is not a recommendation that breastfeeding stop at 1 year, but that it be continued for at least a year and thereafter as long as it's working for both mom and baby (no mention of MIL preferences, LOL, or anyone else's for that matter).

https://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/129/3/e827.full#content-block

If your MIL gives you a hard time and you feel like talking to her about it (which obviously you don't have to do to justify yourself), you could mention that each year of breastfeeding decreases your risk of diabetes, rheumatoid arthritis, cardiovascular disease, and breast and ovarian cancer.

My kids each nursed past two years old, but I was able to take enough leave from work that when I went back to work, they'd nurse in the mornings and evenings and I didn't pump. But it's always about whatever works for each mom and baby, and there's certainly no rule that says you can't combination feed with some nursing, some formula, solid foods, whatever. There's never a time when breastmilk doesn't benefit your baby or toddler with antibodies, nutrition, comfort, etc. And you can always change it up.

[Anonymous]

6 weeks.

[Anonymous]

First kid (boy) - 20 months
Second kid (girl) - 17 months

I think between 6-12 months is average for a lot of moms but it is heavily dependent on the child and the mothers work situation. My first born did NOT want to stop breastfeeding. It was the hardest thing to break. BFing was his version of a pacifier. My second child saw BFing only as food. She preferred a pacifier for comfort. BFing ended very naturally with her.

[Anonymous]

I'm still Bf an 8 month old. I did the first for 7 months. It might be normal in some parts the country but in DC, we breastfeed.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:These answers are not typical, OP. https://www.cdc.gov/breastfeeding/data/facts.html

But you should do what’s right for you and your baby.

These numbers are survey data, i.e., what women end up doing IRL, not a reflection of what they should or should not be doing based on evidence.

The AAP policy on breastfeeding

reaffirms its recommendation of exclusive breastfeeding for about 6 months, followed by continued breastfeeding as complementary foods are introduced, with continuation of breastfeeding for 1 year or longer as mutually desired by mother and infant.

Note that this is not a recommendation that breastfeeding stop at 1 year, but that it be continued for at least a year and thereafter as long as it's working for both mom and baby (no mention of MIL preferences, LOL, or anyone else's for that matter).

https://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/129/3/e827.full#content-block

If your MIL gives you a hard time and you feel like talking to her about it (which obviously you don't have to do to justify yourself), you could mention that each year of breastfeeding decreases your risk of diabetes, rheumatoid arthritis, cardiovascular disease, and breast and ovarian cancer.

My kids each nursed past two years old, but I was able to take enough leave from work that when I went back to work, they'd nurse in the mornings and evenings and I didn't pump. But it's always about whatever works for each mom and baby, and there's certainly no rule that says you can't combination feed with some nursing, some formula, solid foods, whatever. There's never a time when breastmilk doesn't benefit your baby or toddler with antibodies, nutrition, comfort, etc. And you can always change it up.

That's why I said OP should do what is right for her and her baby. But what OP asked is how long people breastfed. All these people nursing toddlers are not typical.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:These answers are not typical, OP. https://www.cdc.gov/breastfeeding/data/facts.html

But you should do what’s right for you and your baby.

These numbers are survey data, i.e., what women end up doing IRL, not a reflection of what they should or should not be doing based on evidence.

The AAP policy on breastfeeding

reaffirms its recommendation of exclusive breastfeeding for about 6 months, followed by continued breastfeeding as complementary foods are introduced, with continuation of breastfeeding for 1 year or longer as mutually desired by mother and infant.

Note that this is not a recommendation that breastfeeding stop at 1 year, but that it be continued for at least a year and thereafter as long as it's working for both mom and baby (no mention of MIL preferences, LOL, or anyone else's for that matter).

https://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/129/3/e827.full#content-block

If your MIL gives you a hard time and you feel like talking to her about it (which obviously you don't have to do to justify yourself), you could mention that each year of breastfeeding decreases your risk of diabetes, rheumatoid arthritis, cardiovascular disease, and breast and ovarian cancer.

My kids each nursed past two years old, but I was able to take enough leave from work that when I went back to work, they'd nurse in the mornings and evenings and I didn't pump. But it's always about whatever works for each mom and baby, and there's certainly no rule that says you can't combination feed with some nursing, some formula, solid foods, whatever. There's never a time when breastmilk doesn't benefit your baby or toddler with antibodies, nutrition, comfort, etc. And you can always change it up.

That's why I said OP should do what is right for her and her baby. But what OP asked is how long people breastfed. All these people nursing toddlers are not typical.

No one on this site is “typical” nationally in terms of anything.