How long will you breastfeed?

afg · September 2009

How long are you planning on breastfeeding your lo?

sugar*and*spice · September 2009

I want to BF for at least a year but i'm not really sure I will be able to keep up with LO since coming back to work. Sad

christinam1981 · September 2009

I pumped for 3 months. My supply was low, and pumping is super time consuming!

2bemrs.bailey · September 2009

I will try for as long as I can..I wont be working, so it should be easy. When teeth start coming in..that might be a different story!

armandos_girl · September 2009

My current goal is 6 months. Once I make it to 6 months, I'll set another goal based on how things are going.

Nicole Williams · September 2009

I really want to do it for at least 6 months!

LostinLove · September 2009

My goal was 6 months, but now that I have made it this far...I really want to go until she is a year old!

war_eagle · September 2009

My goal is to make it to Christmas. I do feel like it is starting to finally get easier (like everyone promised), so I might go up to a year if my supply holds up.

amp9089 · September 2009

Hoping to make it to a year, then we'll see.

JCM083009 · September 2009

i'm hoping at least 2 yrs

whirli · September 2009

I'd like to for a year, or until she self-weans, whenever that may be. We had a really rough start but have made so much progress I think (*hope*) the worst is behind us.

LaneyM · September 2009

My goal is 6 months, which puts me right around Christmas, so I'm going to try through the end of the year.

Once we hit 2010, I'll re-assess the situation and see about continuing from there or not.

heathb21 · September 2009

I pump and I'm planning to do it for 4 months, and then start weaning. I have enough freezer supply to get them at least to 5 months if not longer.

mrsjazzsinger · September 2009

I EBF til just before 3 months but for several reasons am now doing about 50/50 with formula & BM (mostly pumped and bottle fed, but her middle of the night feedings are still BF)

Ideally I'd like to keep that 50/50 ratio until 6 months but it is a lot of work even to pump for part of her feedings, especially when you have supply issues. I also may need to go back on medicine I was on for ADHD and Anxiety soon and would need to stop BFing completely if I did that.

hisbabybear · September 2009

one year.

MissLMS · September 2009

LostinLove:
My goal was 6 months, but now that I have made it this far...I really want to go until she is a year old!

this.

aniceucchik · September 2009

sugar*and*spice:
I want to BF for at least a year but i'm not really sure I will be able to keep up with LO since coming back to work.

this. I am not opposed to adding in some formula here and there...the important thing is that he is eating enough to make him happy, no matter what it is

junebugs345 · September 2009

I'd like to BF for 6 months but may have to start supplementing with formula once I go back to work.

yelloegummiebear · September 2009

At least 6 weeks and then my next goal would be 6 months.

MBNB · September 2009

I'm done at the end of this month. I committed to three months and that's what I'm going to do.

CalinsBride · September 2009

6 months to a year if possible.

TimsMayBride · September 2009

big goal - 3 months (almost there, woohoo!)

bigger goal - 6 months (hopefully I won't have to start on meds that would force me to quit, still waiting it out at this point)

biggest goal - 1 year (after 6 months I'll be back at work so we'll have to see how pumping works out)

It's funny that before he was born I was so confident BFing for a year would be a cake walk. Boy was I wrong!

RedQueen82 · September 2009

armandos_girl:
My current goal is 6 months. Once I make it to 6 months, I'll set another goal based on how things are going.

This.

Pesky · September 2009

I was a terrible producer so managed to limp along by supplementing until 4 mos with DD and only made it a month with DS (but he is a BIG eater).

Poplin2007 · September 2009

My initial goal was 6 months, now I'm leaning toward a year. I'd really rather not FF, so that means I'd have to BF for a year. We'll see how things go...

ljlkm · September 2009

One year.

Shellbelle22 · September 2009

I hope to EP until she hits 6 months. At that point, I'll wean off the pump, break into the freezer stash, and supplement more. She currently gets 2-4 oz of formula daily.

KacieLeigh · September 2009

Honestly, I'm just taking it one day at a time for right now! My HOPE is to BF for a year, but I'm constantly setting new small goals for myself.

RNOHIO · September 2009

My goal is for 6mos!!

IU_baby · September 2009

armandos_girl:
My current goal is 6 months. Once I make it to 6 months, I'll set another goal based on how things are going.

ditto this!

mrsbhk22 · September 2009

One year is the goal, but DS#1 self-weaned at 11months so I won't force it if he tries to self-wean (very different then just weathering a nursing strike).

Symharmony · September 2009

My first DS my goal was for at least a year, but I continued and he is almost 2 1/2. He is only nursed once during the day right before nap. My second DS for at least two years.