How long

imagine · 12-03-09, 11:46 PM

my son is almost 27 months and were just now weaning. he never took formula or a bottle for me. He was nursing only once at night for the past 5 or 6 months but now this week it's just one or twice total because he is way to old and Im so ready to wean! lol

MrsS1stbaby · 12-04-09, 10:51 AM

How long did you breastfeed or express? BF (nursing & pumping) exclusivily until about 4 months when we started supplementing w/formula. Kept going that way until my supply slowly tapered into not enough to be worth the time it took to pump! DD was already starting to fight me during nursing & cutting teeth, so we officially stopped everything at 9 months.

Do you wish you would've went longer? I wish I could have gone longer with out supplementing!

Did you have a certain amount of time that you were determined to do it for? Yes, 6 months, but was honestly proud when I made to 3! It was convenient & more cost effective, so I kept it up. (not too mention better for both us!)

What made you stop when you did? See first question.

lol

Alisha · 01-05-10, 12:24 PM

I nursed my first daughter for about 18 months (the bedtime feeding was a pistol to wean her from).

My 2nd daughter was born 4 weeks early so it took her a while to figure out how to latch on. She is 4 months now and actually started nursing about 2 months ago. Prior to that I was pumping exclusively and feeding her that.