I am just wondering how long you are all planning on nursing?? Jackson is 7 1/2 months and we are finally to the easy part of nursing. I am not sure I will be ready to wean at 12 months. Just curious what you will all do.

I stopped at 4 months, only because I was made to feel like he was puking because of me!!! But had I continued I don't think I would have gone on for to much longer. Andrew had a mouth full of teeth before he turned one, so I would have stopped before he was able to bite off my you know what's:)

I nursed E until he was almost 2, and that was long enough, Our immunologist had us do this because he had immune system problems. My other two I nursed until they weaned themselves, one at 8 months and the other a little over a year.

Stacy Jackson has two teeth and has nipped me a few times. I am fearing the full set of teeth, but I know many who nurse with a mouth full of teeth.

Jackson does not take the bottle very well, so if I quit nursing I am not sure what would happen. After all we went through to keep nursing I am not ready to stop yet nor is he.

Erin I remember you saying that Eli was a comfort nurser. When did that end?? Sometimes it gets pretty trying, but being it is the only thing to calm him down and his reflux isn't really under control I usually let him.

Sometimes I just want to :hairpull: and feel like his personal pacifier and cow lol.

Isabelle would never latch on so I exclusively pumped for 4 LONG months every 3 hours around the clock...With that and a full time job plus 2 big kids and a BIG BIG kid (my husband) to take care of I had to stop...Her reflux never show a difference in my milk or formula..

Then I wouldn't stop:) If your both not ready:)

I just am one of them that probably wouldn't of felt comfy with him "biting" at me!! *OUCH*

I worked at a daycare years ago when I was in high school and back then thought BF'ing was the nastiest thing around. There was a little girl in my room who was 3 and everyday when her mom picked her up she would say "mommy eat" and she'd BF her....

My uncle BF until he was FIVE...I still tease him to this day:)

Zac is still nursing, I am in the process of cutting it down to only once in the morning and once in the evening w/whole milk in the afternoon. I dont know when I'll stop the a.m. and p.m. nursing...once I know he's ok w/whole milk after a few weeks I may cut out one of those feedings and then the other shortly after....we'll see

Hmmm, I think we once he started moving around and walking it slowed down but I would always let him comfort nurse when "I" wanted a break LOL, I miss that to this day, I called it my "shut em up"

I nursed Cady exclusively for 4 weeks, then pumped exclusively for 6 more. Too much pain with ductal yeast, nipple eczema, and feverish breast infections. I say keep going as long as you can. I know I would have if we would have been able to keep going!

Two weeks, and I was heartbroken when Catherine wouldn't latch on. I couldn't BF my son so I was really counting on being successful with Catherine. She was literally starving. We could hear her stomach rumble. I didn't have enough milk and she couldn't extract it efficiently so it just added to the stress. And she was screaming 24/7 at the time. Going to hypo formula made life marginally easier on all of us.

I am still b'feeding Bethany and she's 15 months old.

We went through the biting phase for awhile--ack! Not fun! I would just say "no", then take her off the breast for a minute or two...she got the drift pretty quickly. Biting = no boob. :-)

Bethy still really enjoys nursing and would prefer to do this than eat. She nurses when she wakes up in the morning, before her naps and at bedtime. She'll also come to me for a comfort nurse when she's sick or if she's gotten a boo-boo. *lol*

The issue we have now is that she'll just lift my shirt or bury her head between "the girls" when she wants some. :oops: Not so much a problem at home, but embarrassing in public.

I'd say, go ahead and nurse as long as you both enjoy/are comfortable with it. I always thought Bethy would wean herself around 12 months...shows how much I know!

I nursed hobbes till he was 17 months then he stopped himself. With Zoee, I nursed till she was 4 weeks but she wasn't nursing that great. She would latch on and off and wanted on every 5minutes. I tried bottles and nursing but it was the same thing. So the Doctors had me stop when she was 8 weeks old.I tried to pump but I didn't have enough milk and it was pretty stressful to do every 1 when there was Hobbes who was two that needed me as well. With Baby #3, I plan to nurse as long as the baby can and wants to. Just giving a bottle of formula after 6 months when I am back at work and Dh is home with baby.

I tried with Brandon for 2 weeks, but we were down to the finger feeding system b/c he was claustrophobic and couldn't handles being held in too close. He's still that way at 6 1/2 years. Just don't hold him down. If his arms are being held, he goes nuts.

We lasted 2-3 days with Evan. He was just too sick and too much of a snacker to continue. I'm sure that some of you can relate to the 30 seconds on, 2 minutes off, 20 seconds on, 30 seconds off thing. With looking after a 2 yo. boy as well, it just became impossible. I'm glad that my husband helped me to realize that, but I will still always grieve the fact that I wasn't able to nurse either of my boys for very long.

I was gung ho to exclusively BF Walker and I had no milk and was starving the kiddo. As a result I made the decision to bottle feed and avoid the disaster I went through the first time when Curran came along and found that I had enough milk to feed a small country so I did both bottle and BF for about 6 months on and off. I never lost supply and never had a problem with confusion, etc. It was fanstastic and stress free for both of us.

Iain was to be bottle fed, but I ended up doing both with him in the begining and tried to go to BF alone when he was in the hospital at 11 days of age for RSV. Unfortunately due to the stress and recovery from a crash c I lost my milk in short time. I really regret that as he could definately have used the BF.

Funny how everyone differs with the time for BF. I know LaLeche league reccommends BF until the are age 5. I have friends who have done it until their kiddos were 3 and that was more than enough for them. Most quit by age one or self wean by 18 months. It depends on what works for you.

I'm still nursing Owen and plan on nursing him until he decides he doesn't want to anymore. As long as you both are comfortable I would just continue, it's so good for them.

Age 5 years, Leigh? Seriously???

I know, Janette, pretty crazy. :pukerigh:

I can relate Janette, except Cady's "snacking episodes" would go for an hour. She suck furiously for 1/2 hour to 45 mins. per breast, take a break for 45 mins. to an hour, then start right back up. She nursed every freaking 45 minutes, for 1 to 1.25 hours each session. Constant nursing. I couldn't take it, feeding her by bottle made it easier on me, but she was still a major snacker even on pumped milk, so feeding/pumping got to be so much work, pumping 10 times a day and feeding her 10 times a day. Torture! It was the best thing for both of us to go to formula, but it certainly didn't make me feel less guilty!

Age 5 years, Leigh? Seriously???

Oh, yes seriously! I am not making this up. I just about died when my good friend told me that she was going to do this as per their reccommendations (her son is now 9 years old). It was not so much of a surprise when she kind of got away from BF when he was 2 years of age and had a great set of chompers! lol

AJ weaned at 13 mos when I was pg w/ Evan. I weaned Evan at 12 mos b/c of his food allergies. (which I should've done much sooner or at least done the total elimination diet sooner).