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  • How long did you breastfeed?

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    • 5 months.

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      11.03.09, 08:01 AM Flag
      • 13.5 months

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        11.03.09, 11:17 AM Flag
      • 17 months. I would have done it longer, but she weaned herself. I cried. I miss our time but we are slowly building new things to replace the closeness.

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        11.03.09, 12:44 PM Flag
      • 2.5 yrs with ds and still going with dd at 3.4! (only at night or when sick)

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        11.03.09, 03:45 PM Flag
      • 2 weeks -- no milk and no clue (first dd)

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        11.03.09, 08:26 PM Flag
      • 26 months. I think she'd still be nursing if I would let her!

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        11.04.09, 09:05 AM Flag
      • 26 months. (And at the end only at night.) But I think my DD would still be nursing if I would let her!

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        11.04.09, 09:11 AM Flag
    • 8.5 months. Glad I did it but didn't get the "high" most women talk about.

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      11.03.09, 08:02 AM Flag
    • Didn't

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      11.03.09, 08:02 AM Flag
    • Just short of six months. Didn't hate it, didn't love it, but at 6mos enough was enough!

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      11.03.09, 08:04 AM Flag
    • 5.5 months with first. 6wks exclusively with 2nd and ended at 3 mos.

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      11.03.09, 08:06 AM Flag
    • about six months -- had low milk supply (even with fastidious pumping, etc.)

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      11.03.09, 08:10 AM Flag
    • 13 months w #1; #2 is almost 13 months and we're still going strong. stopped pumping by 12 months w both though.

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      11.03.09, 08:10 AM Flag
    • 2yrs10mos

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      11.03.09, 08:11 AM Flag
    • 22 mos.

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      11.03.09, 08:12 AM Flag
    • 16 months with #1, still going with 5mo but am will quit at 12mo instead of letting him self-wean.

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      11.03.09, 08:12 AM Flag
    • 4 month

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      11.03.09, 08:18 AM Flag
    • 4 months

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      11.03.09, 08:18 AM Flag
    • 4 months (pumped exclusively and hated it). Expecting #2 and will try to make it to 3 months.

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      11.03.09, 08:37 AM Flag
    • 4.5 years

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      11.03.09, 08:45 AM Flag
      • seriously? is this multiple children?

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        11.03.09, 08:51 AM Flag
        • no, one. friend did the same thing with her one, btw.

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          11.03.09, 08:53 AM Flag
          • Lots of people do lots of ridiculous things but does not make it alright

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            11.03.09, 09:03 AM Flag
            • i didn't say it was alright, although i can't imagine that you are the arbiter of "alright". i said it was accurate, serious and one child.

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              11.03.09, 09:05 AM Flag
      • lie

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        11.03.09, 08:51 AM Flag
        • not a lie. what is wrong with you people.

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          11.03.09, 08:53 AM Flag
          • You don't think that's a bit much?? To have a grown kid latched onto you?

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            11.03.09, 08:57 AM Flag
            • apparently i didn't , but remind me again, how does my choice concern you?

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              11.03.09, 09:06 AM Flag
          • what in the hell is wrong with you? 4 and half years? How did DC go to school? What are you going to do about college

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            11.03.09, 09:04 AM Flag
            • nothing. yes. somehow she broke away. that's in another 10 years, so we'll worry about it then.

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              11.03.09, 09:07 AM Flag
            • np: do people not realize that when an older child still BF, it's not an all day long, every 3 hours kind of thing. they might nurse in the AM and at bedtime, maybe before a nap, maybe in the middle of the night if they co-sleep, maybe if they're hurt or sick. when they are not with mom, then they don't. not like mom has to show up at preschool bc dc needs to eat!

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              11.03.09, 11:25 AM Flag
              • np: right, it is a bonding/cuddling thing at that age. my sister breastfed my niece until she was 3 but (unless she was sick) it was usually only in the evening (once a day).

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                11.03.09, 11:42 AM Flag
                • for us it was first thing in the morning and last thing at night.

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                  11.03.09, 12:43 PM Flag
              • that is so dysfunctional. where to even begin.

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                11.03.09, 12:08 PM Flag
                • begin by yanking your head out of the gutter and understanding that this isn't uncommon.

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                  11.03.09, 12:30 PM Flag
                • gotta love that people think it's perfectly "functional" to let a db cry for hours in order to learn to self soothe and yet disfunctional to allow them to self wean.

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                  11.03.09, 12:32 PM Flag
                  • excellent point.

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                    11.03.09, 12:33 PM Flag
                  • np lololol. A *4 yo* is NOT a "db".

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                    11.03.09, 08:20 PM Flag
      • What is your pediatrician's take on this?

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        11.03.09, 09:09 AM Flag
        • she wasn't worried a bit about it. said that the child would wean herself when she was ready. (and nursing is not an illness, btw)

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          11.03.09, 11:16 AM Flag
          • so you would have bfed her till 8 if she didn't self wean like that lady overseas?

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            11.03.09, 03:35 PM Flag
      • gross

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        11.03.09, 03:08 PM Flag
      • maybe she thought it would help the kid get a 99.

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        11.03.09, 07:31 PM Flag
    • 3.5 years - but this is with 2 DCs. Still bfing when I became pregnant with second DB. Quit nursing #1 a month before #2 was born. #2 nursed until he was 18 months.

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      11.03.09, 08:53 AM Flag
    • #1-9 mths, #2-16 mths, #3-2 yrs.

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      11.03.09, 08:58 AM Flag
    • #1, 2yrs, will probably do 18mo-2yrs with #2.

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      11.03.09, 08:59 AM Flag
    • going on 19 months now

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      11.03.09, 09:05 AM Flag
    • With #1, 10 mos (added formula at 9 mos, though). #2 is 9 mos now and I am still nursing, hoping to get to about 12 mos

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      11.03.09, 09:10 AM Flag
    • 1st- 9mos, but only ebf for a few mos. #2- 1 year, ebf. EBF was tough, but totally worth it.

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      11.03.09, 09:29 AM Flag
    • DC #1 for 2 years, 7 months; DC #2 still going at 2 years, 6 months and no end in sight!

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      11.03.09, 09:31 AM Flag
    • 7 months with #1, 2 weeks and counting with #2

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      11.03.09, 09:40 AM Flag
    • 2 days and gave up

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      11.03.09, 09:40 AM Flag
    • 13mo and trying to wean

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      11.03.09, 09:53 AM Flag
    • 22 months, but quit pumping after 7 months and just breastfed morning and night. Does that count as breastfeeding or not? It didn't feel like much, though ds loved it (and I did too until the last couple of months).

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      11.03.09, 09:58 AM Flag
      • I count it when I saw how long I bf'd (13 months) because the last month kids used sippy during the day along with solid food and only nursed morning and night.

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        11.03.09, 03:04 PM Flag
    • #1: 14 months ebf (but last 2 months were just 2x/day for about 5 min); #2: 6 months ebf, still going strong, will probably start weaning at 11-12 months

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      11.03.09, 11:13 AM Flag
    • 7 months. I quit when he started getting teeth

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      11.03.09, 11:18 AM Flag
      • owwww

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        11.03.09, 11:26 AM Flag
        • doesn't have to be Owww. oyu jsut train them not to bite...and its also not as bad as it sounds. more shocking than painful. each new tooth takes a day or two to adjust the latch then all is fine.

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          11.03.09, 12:48 PM Flag
          • then why did OR quit?

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            11.04.09, 06:46 AM Flag
            • because she didn't know that there are ways to prevent it, i assume, or because that was the goal she had in mind when she started. I say so from experience. one DD, about 12 teeth

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              11.04.09, 11:36 AM Flag
              • I'm the one who posted that I quit when he started getting teeth. I didn't know there was a way to work around that and had nobody to give me advice.

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                11.04.09, 11:57 AM Flag
                • I wouldn't say that being bitten is more "surprising" than "painful". My DD bit me a couple of times, and each time, it was painful, NOT surprising. Having said that, it was never as much a problem as I had anticipated, after all, all the teeth didn't come out at once AND they "bite" with their gums once in a while too.

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                  11.04.09, 01:31 PM Flag
    • #1 2.3 years (at that point it was 5 minutes before bed). #1 is 15mo and still bfing 3 times a day

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      11.03.09, 11:22 AM Flag
      • ^^^ with both ebf for 6mo, then a mix of bf and formula

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        11.03.09, 11:24 AM Flag
    • 8.5 months

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      11.03.09, 11:29 AM Flag
    • only 3 months and was supplementing at the same time. DB was in nicu and I had supply problems.

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      11.03.09, 11:31 AM Flag
    • exclusively breastfed twins, one self-weaned at 13months and the other at 16months. honestly, hardest thing i've ever done in my life when they were between 6-9 months.

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      11.03.09, 11:37 AM Flag
      • Good for you!! I EBF my twins too. Had a singleton first and knew I could do it. The hardest part was fighting to get bf'ing established with them since pedi did not have confidence that any woman is capable of bf'ing twins. Like you, it got super hard again after I introduced solids at about 7 months. Nearing 13 months now and they only nurse in the evening before bed now.

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        11.03.09, 02:18 PM Flag
        • np: So sad how the capabilities of our bodies is questioned so much in this day and age. What did the pediatrician think happened to twins in the past? Why do you think we have two breasts? Good for you though for standing your ground!

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          11.03.09, 08:24 PM Flag
    • 22 months. Went back to work at 3.5 months, pumped until 1 year, then continued to BF whenever with dc after switching to cow's milk.

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      11.03.09, 11:39 AM Flag
    • 7 weeks -- was treated for thrush twice in that time. during the 4 weeks of thrush treatment, I had to pump - on low, it took forever! - and feed from bottles, since the thrush made it feel as if glass shards were tearing up my breasts. Both times, thrush only went away for a day before coming back. Met with lactation consultant and my dr, and tried everything, so when thrush came back a third time at week 7, we switched to formula. Weeks and weeks of crying in pain every time I pumped/fed had become unbearable, and tore dh apart too. The pain was worse than childbirth -- imagine someone shearing off your breast with a shard of glass and you'll understand. I'd planned to bf for 6 mos, fwiw.

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      11.03.09, 12:50 PM Flag
      • Ugh that sounds awful. Very impressed that you stuck with it for so long. Good for you!

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        11.03.09, 02:19 PM Flag
      • 6 weeks. Also derailed on the BF front from thrush, at about 2.5 weeks when I was finally getting the hang of it with my boy who just never liked sucking anything it turned out (had trouble with bottles with him as well)! it took us over a month to get rid of his thrush. The pain was so terrible, and the pump never really let me get my supply established.

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        11.04.09, 09:16 AM Flag
    • How does DC self wean? Does he just wake up one day and decide not to nurse? I would really like for that to happen!

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      11.03.09, 02:57 PM Flag
      • that is exactly what happened with my dd at 8.5 months. i nursed her before bed one night, like always, but in the morning she wouldn't nurse. wouldn't open up her mouth for it. i kept trying until she started to cry, so i gave her a bottle. and that was the end of breast feeding!

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        11.03.09, 07:52 PM Flag
        • np: when babies do that so young, it is usually considered a nursing strike rather than early weaning. but since most moms do give some bottles already, they usually end up switching over to bottle feeding. child led weaning usually happens gradually. as a toddler gets more active, he/she doesn't want to sit still or stop playing to nurse and the length and frequency diminish. some go down to 1-2 sessions and then keep those for a really long time. very fwe moms do a true child led weaning though - most do a mom encouraged weaning.

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          11.04.09, 06:54 AM Flag
          • nnp I agree with you philosophically but I think "nursing strike" is just another arbitrary and self-serving term (even if it serves a cause I agree with). I do find that when most people say their kids "self-weaned" at 6 months, it later comes out that there were some pretty clear reasons WHY they did - ie/ moved out of the bed into the crib.

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            11.04.09, 08:50 AM Flag
            • IMO, if BM or formula is supposed to be the primary form of nutrition until 12 months, then I don't believe a db will self-wean prior to 12 months if there were no option for a bottle (BM or formula). That is why I consider it a nursing strike. If there were no such thing as a bottle then eventually db would get hungry and nurse again. It is only bc most of us have introduced a bottle (contents irrelevant) that when db refuses to nurse we think oh, now db wants the bottle instead. if db had never had a bottle... so to me, child-led weaning is when db no longer NEEDS to nurse. And I did not allow #1 to self wean and it's unlikely I'll allow #2 - after a year or so, I get kind of tired of the whole BF thing.

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              11.04.09, 11:50 AM Flag
    • Two sons, each 12-13 months, 5 days to wean. Ebf-not by my choice, the bottle was shunned.

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      11.03.09, 03:00 PM Flag
    • 27 months and counting, but its only once a day (in the morning when he wakes up) and when he's sick.

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      11.03.09, 03:03 PM Flag
      • Me too. I wish it would stop though.

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        11.03.09, 07:32 PM Flag
    • First dd - 25 months, Second dd - 2 yrs 5 mths. Breast fed for a total of 4.5 yrs continuously (had babies 2 years apart).

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      11.03.09, 05:48 PM Flag
    • Wow, I think this question was asked a year ago and most people responded with 0-6 months. And now many are nursing until right before the second b-day. A whole generation of babies close to their moms.

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      11.03.09, 08:02 PM Flag
      • so sweet!

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        11.04.09, 06:48 AM Flag
      • um I don't think that has anything to do with it -don't spin this. Just the answers you got today.

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        11.04.09, 07:04 AM Flag
      • Really? My dd is close to her mom and I only bf a few months. Guess what? It means nothing if you do it till 2 or not at all - all children will be close to their moms if their moms give them love. I find it repulsive that you are twisting this for a bfing agenda - and don't deny it

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        11.04.09, 07:06 AM Flag
        • there is also a bf mom who thinks that her db will have an advantage aplying to Ivy League schools b/c of bf.

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          11.04.09, 07:12 AM Flag
          • Yes, those 3 IQ points will make all the difference. It's baloney. I BF bc I could afford a LC and a pump and I have an office to pump. Whatever opportunies I can give DS is not in BM alone.

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            11.04.09, 11:55 AM Flag
      • Oh gag. I BF, my mom didn't, and we're pretty close. This is just such nonsense.

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        11.04.09, 09:08 AM Flag
    • 13 months

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      11.03.09, 08:17 PM Flag
    • 8 weeks

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      11.04.09, 06:59 AM Flag
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