Breastfeeding popularity

I’ll continue until my baby self weans, even if that means tandem feeding with a younger sibling

I breastfed each of my kids to 18 months. In my friend group breastfeeding and usually extended breastfeeding past a year has been the norm. I know all types of people who did or didn’t breastfed for all types of reasons.

Breastfed for 3 years. Only have 3 friends with children and I think our postpartum experiences heavily affected which of us breastfed and for how long.
My best friend nursed her daughter for 2 years and we are equally as proud of each other

Combo fed one year, nursed til 2 years and 7 months

Breastfed for 25 months and only stopped as I was pregnant again and my milk dried up and I found dry nursing unbearably painful. Will breastfeed my second until he self weans x

I breastfed my 1st until 19 months. I plan on breastfeeding my second as long as i can mentally handle

I ebf for 4 weeks (i know - not long), however was hospitalised at 4 weeks pp with mastitis and sepsis, with a blockage so had to introduce formula. Was very out of it for 4 days. Milk supply dropped massively so had to combi feed. Eventually milk dried out at 4 months so had to fully formula feed. Would have gone much longer if I could. X

i pumped for 4.5 months as baby wouldn’t bf, he refused to eat at 1 day old. So was combi feed. Then he got ill and refused my milk, he was too poorly for me to pump and my milk supply dropped. As he kept refusing it seemed silly to keep pumping to throw it away. I was gutted as wanted to get to at least 6 months x

Going nearly 15 months strong here. In my friend’s circle, only 1 mother formula fed but that was after 6 months. The other 5, not including myself, have breastfed for at least a year

i didn’t produce anything until my son was 3 days old, so he was much more comfortable with a bottle than my breast. i tried pumping but definitely did something wrong, ended up with 2 lumps in my armpit??? and very sore boobs and i just thought no not a bit of me. he’d had no issues with the formula so i thought i’d just carry him on with it. if i have another baby one day i want to do more research/attend classes on breastfeeding so i can give it another go

I breastfed my first until just over 2 years. I would have gone longer, but it was a sensory nightmare while pregnant with my second. I hope to go at least 2 years with her as well. She doesn't seem to like nursing as much as he did though so she may self-wean eventually

Bf my first till she was 2.5 years and still feeding my second at 16 months. But I don’t know many people IRL who breastfeed.

I wanted to go to a yr but it just didn't work out for us so I stopped at 7m

I put 6 months but really my son self weaned at 9 months and seems like my daughter is following suit eventhough my mama heart isn't ready 💔

21 months of breastfeeding

Breastfed until 22 months

Me and my bestie both BF until 3yrs she tandem fed 2U2 the other gal FF

Currently tandem feeding my nearly 2 year old and my 3 week old

7 months and I’m combo feeding, formula is a back up as I mainly give breast milk

Currently been breastfeeding 19 months, 16 weeks pregnant and will tandem nurse if my daughter doesn't self-wean before then.

Ebf my first born and she’s 8 months currently

I breastfed for 8 months wanted to go longer but she was the one who decided she was done! She was also doing formula but it was more if she was still hungry after feeding 😊

My first self weaned at 11 months and currently EBF my second for almost 5 months, she won’t take a bottle even with pumped milk so I think it may be different this time. My goal was to get to 1 year!

Currently weaning at 16 months

Still going!! 🙌🏼

My first I went straight to formula. My 2nd I tried bf but she has a small tongue tie. Struggled with a decent latch so had to feed abit of both. They wouldn't sort her tongue tie so I jad to end my bf by 3 months as it was half and half and despite pumping I wasn't producing alot. Ive learnt alot more since. If I have anymore children then I can use it on them

My little girl is 19 months and still loves it. I fed her older brother for 1.5 years, but will aim for 2 years this time I think.

Ebf my first for one year and now same for my new born aiming for 1 year as well.

4 months breastfeeding my first, 6 months with my second. That’s all I got, I supplemented with formula too as my supply both times was crap no matter what I did or who I saw.

Now tandem feeding my 2 year old and 8 week old.

I breastfed to 2 years with my first and my second is only 3 months old so I’m still breastfeeding- I’m hoping to go to 1 year with him

I only got to 3 months and after that nothing would come out. The cycle of stress from not producing milk also reduced my ability to produce milk so she was formula fed from 3 months onward.

I clicked to one yr but were still going at close to 16m and I don’t see how we would stop before he’s 3+ … it’s been extremely difficult for our home life more than anything but we have a lot of trouble getting him to settle enough to consume much of anything else & he’s never taken bottle so its really not a question esp since I’ve always had hyper supply. We’d always planned on self weaning

I've been breastfeeding since hospital to now (3 months) and don't plan to stop any time soon. I also used a haaka pump for a couple of days in the hospital and fed the milk to the baby from a tiny cup, because there was concern that he wasn't gaining enough weight. But now quite happy for him to drink straight from the tap.

Breastfed till 15m with my first no formula, then had to stop. breastfed till 6m then formula and breastfeed with my second. Would have kept it as just breast with both but I develop lactation induced urticaria & angioedema 😭 naturally can’t keep going so I don’t die lol

3years with my first 2 with my second !

3.5 years. Naturally stopped when both me and my daughter were ready

2 years with my son and 22 months either my daughter, stopped when both were ready x

I exclusively breastfed our 1st up to 17½ months (naturally weaned off me and i was heavily pregnant with 2nd) and currently breastfeeding our 2nd who is 10 months old

Still breastfeeding my 19 month old and plan on tandem feeding when 2nd baby arrives

Breasted 2 of of my kiddos till over 2 yrs old still breastfeeding youngest who’s just over 2 and middle one was bottle fed didn’t take boob x

I’m 4 months in right now and plan to go until he is 2 years old

Currently going into month 7… 6month longer than I thought I would! Although I am trying to get him into the bottle so I can go back to work.

Breastfed for 3 years. He would’ve gone longer but I chose to stop shortly after his 3rd birthday

I tried so hard but my supply sucked and consequently my baby became dehydrated so, i breastfed for all of a month and combi fed for 3 months. The disappointment of 2-3oz (combined) after half hour pumps essentially sped up my decision to stop pumping.

Breastfeeding still 3 years

Still BFing at 13 months. Not planning to stop anytime soon!

EBF so far. LG is 8 months old. But planning to wean of breast milk around 10/11 months as i am going back to work. My job involves me travelling so this is why I decided I will stop, otherwise I would have continued.

Still breastfeeding now at 2.5 years although we’re down to one small feed a day at bedtime and we’re looking to stop soon, which I’m sad about but I feel it’s the right time for us.

I tried to establish it for a few weeks but had to stop due to multiple medical reasons. It makes me very sad. My intention was to breastfeed for 6 months.