Extended breast feeding

jackiemv · April 2012

Now that our LO's are close to turning 1 soon, how many of you have thought of continuing bfing past 1?

When I got pregnant I always said I would bf only for one year. Now having my LO I have completely changed my mind. It makes me sad when I think of stopping bfing. I love the bond LO, and I have through bfing. Plus, there are so many benefits to continuing bfing.

When are you all weaning your LO's? Is anyone else doing extended bfing?

IdigDirt · April 2012

I would love to continue to 18 months but not sure if I will make it since my supply is sucking but I will if I can.

MommaA117 · April 2012

I said I hoped to get to a year. Now it will be at least 18 months...probably longer. I will let DD wean but don't know how I feel about going too far past 2...

gymnst1013 · April 2012

My plan has always been to BF for as long as N wants to. He's not showing any signs of wanting to stop so we will continue

nirern626 · April 2012

I had NO clue that I'd love it like I do. It has gone so well for us, and I'm not ready to stop yet. We will definitely go past a year if things continue as they are now. My current plan is to begin to slowly wean her around 15 months if she hasn't already self weaned. I'd like to be completely weaned by 18 months. As much as I do love it, I'd like my body to myself for a little while before we ttc #2, and I think I'll be ready by then. It's funny since my initial goal was 3 months lol!

BRUGGS10 · April 2012

I do love it too, but LO is getting more and more difficult to BF with being so interested in everything. My supply is great but having to pump when i'm away is getting old. I'll definately get to a year but i think i'll start weaning shortly after.

kas80 · April 2012

Nope. I am not interested in it at all.

jackiemv · April 2012

I want to let LO self wean. I would like to make it to at least 2 years. However, since we are currently ttc#2, if bfing continues to mess with my cycles I might have to wean a little before 2 years.

march2008 · April 2012

My original goal was one year, but after learning more about the benefits of continuing on longer, I'm definitely going to keep going. I don't know when we'll wean. I think I might just follow DD's lead.

The last couple of weeks have been rough ever since her latch got messed up with the addition of her top 2 front teeth. We're pushing through it though.

AlyciaandRich · April 2012

I am hoping to let lo wean himself. If he hasn't by 18 months we will reevaluate. I hold like to not be bfing or pregnant for awhile and we plan to ttc when lo is 2.

Magenta728 · April 2012

gymnst1013:
My plan has always been to BF for as long as N wants to. He's not showing any signs of wanting to stop so we will continue

This.

Hallil · April 2012

I will continue on as long as she likes for now, she is still nursing regularly. I have to go back to work this summer so I'm crossing my fingers that I will be able to pump and nurse enough through it to make it out the other side.

mesr · April 2012

i fully intend to nurse past 1. dd1 nursed for 25 months, so i would like to do the same for dd2 if she is interested.

Nickiechan · April 2012

gymnst1013:
My plan has always been to BF for as long as N wants to. He's not showing any signs of wanting to stop so we will continue

Nickiechan · April 2012

gymnst1013:
My plan has always been to BF for as long as N wants to. He's not showing any signs of wanting to stop so we will continue

LexGator · April 2012

We will definitely go past a year. We plan to TTC later this year. If BF doesn't interfere with that, then I'd continue until 18 months and then see where we stand.

aztoid2006 · April 2012

I plan on going past a year, although I will stop pumping at the end of May, when summer vacation starts. If I do not return to work in the fall, I may continue until 18 months, but if I start school in August I will most likely wean then.

saunderslm2 · April 2012

I will only pump until a year after that it is all on him. He is only getting 2 maybe 3 pumped bottles a day at 3-5 oz each. Not sure how long we will make it after that but I'll be ok with anything above a year.

Birdies08 · April 2012

I'd like to nurse LO as long as she's interested, but I don't really want to nurse while pregnant or tandem nurse, so I'll probably wean when we start TTC (when she's around 2), if she hasn't weaned yet, assuming things keep going as well as they have been for us.

/run-on sentence, ha ha.

MouseInLux · April 2012

I'd like to let E decide when she's done within reason, If she's still nursing when she starts play school (3 years old here) I'll start trying to get her off the boob then.

jellybeanjean · April 2012

I will wean at one, if his allergy panel comes back with no dairy allergies. If it does, then we'll have to come up with Plan B.

Made it to 14mon with DS1 before he self-weaned; DS2 would wean right now and take milk in a sippy if I'd let him. He is just too "busy" of a nurser.

I've been pregnant, breastfeeding or both since December 2008. Might make me a bad mom, but I am so ready for a break.

MrsSparklesMcGee · April 2012

Supply willing (she says as she eats lactation cookies for breakfast), I plan to go as long as she wants

MommaG123 · April 2012

I would like to nurse as long as she wants up to 2 years.

Once I start back to work I don't know what will happen with my supply so I plan to just play it by ear.

haleydawn12 · May 2012

I dont know if you read kellymom but this shocked me! I mean I always knew it was good for the babies but never hoooow good! I didnt even really want to breast feed in the first place because of work and school but now my daughter is two and neither of us are quite ready to wean!

https://www.kellymom.com/store/freehandouts/extended_bf_factsheet.pdf

MammaBear81 · May 2012

We are weaning now since my supply started to drop around 11 months, but I'm not sure if I would go past 1 year if I had the supply.

gymnst1013 · May 2012

I plan on it. Our plan was always to BF until N weaned himself and we are sticking to that.

This will probably get me flames, but I don't get when people say they are so sad to be weaning, that such and such date is their last day to BF, etc. If it makes you that sad, why not just continue? I do understand that there are legitimate reasons to stop, but it sometimes seems people get stuck on some arbitrary date (like a first birthday) and don't want to alter that no matter how sad they are to be quitting or how well it's going for them.

kas80 · May 2012

Looks like I will be. Not my plan but my LO is not successfully dropping any nursing sessions at all and refuses to eat solids with any consistency.

JuneBug0611 · May 2012

I hoped to make it to a year, and thought for sure I would be done by one year. Now I'm planning to go past one year for a lot of reasons. It has been going well for us. She isn't eating enough solid food that I think she would get enough nutrition without BFing. It really helps calm and focus her, and I'd hate to lose that "tool." And I really love the connection with her! Now I think I'll go to 18 months or so, maybe up to 2 years, but I don't want to go past 2 years. The only reason I would think of purposefully weaning her before then is if I can't get pg again without doing so. I still don't have AF back, so I'm a little concerned about that.

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