How long do you intend to BF for?

[Serene123]

Rich thinks I should stop too! I keep telling him the more he tries to put me off the longer I'm going to do it for.

 

[Sarah88]

Why do partners try to stop women from bfing? Sorry if I sound naive but i've never heard of partners doin that...

 

[Margerle]

Probably because of stories of those few women who bf till lo was 8 yo...

 

[marley2580]

Many men seem to think of their partner's breasts as 'theirs' also, once they start seeing LO as a real person they seem to think that it's time to stop - My OH wouldn't dare lol

 

[tinytoes]

I was aiming for the 6 month mark as thats where there are definate health benefits end. Anything after then is a bonus I say. If I can do the WHOs 2 years it'd be a miracle...I've felt his 2 new shiny teeth on a couple of occasions and I dont much like it!!

Maybe I'll keep going until we no longer need to sterlise bottles and cups etc as that all sounds like a big faff to me. Doing his bowls are enough. When is that?!

 

[Samantha675]

Trust me ladies you can get through the biting stage. It bites, haha, but is not too horrible.

 

[Serene123]

I thought I couldn't but I am so used to it now I know when she's going to bite!

 

[coz]

At first i said just to 6 months but hes 7 months now and now im just bfeeding in night and am planning to stop totally this month so he will be 8 months as im back to work first week in january so dont want to bf then xxx

 

[Mervs Mum]

It is strange how some men are funny about BFing. My hubby is mad keen for me to carry on - he wouldnt push me but when I said I was going to carry on feeding after Christmas (my original minimum commitment) he said 'I think you should try for 6 months at least.
He's a teacher and read a study of BF kids and their academic attainment - apparently there is a strong link between the two.....I think thats his motive.....he wants to up the chances of a genius child!!!

 

[Lucy&Pard]

Yes I read that IQs were 7 points higher in 8 years olds who were breastfed! If I had a chance to increase my IQ (lol!) I would so it only seems fair to him to do my best!

 

[Serene123]

I don't think it's trueee. I was always one of the most clever when I was in junior school (7-11) and I wasn't breast fed. This is going to turn into a debate now isn't it!

 

[AC81]

it's nice to know that other women really enjoy breastfeeding too. I'm surrounded by a lot of breastfeeding negativity - everytime I see OH's family, all I hear is 'give her a bottle', 'why won't you give her a bottle between feeds', 'how do you know how much milk she's getting' - it pisses me off soooo much!

I'm going to keep going for 6-12 months I think, but longer if I feel it at the time.

 

[clairebear]

im going as long as jack wants i would love to make at least a year

im really lucky DH is really supportive of my bfing and is happy he gets to give expressed milk to jack now x

 

[Mervs Mum]

I was bottle fed too Toria - we are the exceptions to the rule....

 

[TashaAndBump]

it's nice to know that other women really enjoy breastfeeding too. I'm surrounded by a lot of breastfeeding negativity - everytime I see OH's family, all I hear is 'give her a bottle', 'why won't you give her a bottle between feeds', 'how do you know how much milk she's getting' - it pisses me off soooo much!

I'm going to keep going for 6-12 months I think, but longer if I feel it at the time.

OMG Me too! It's so frustrating! "Why don't you give her a bottle?" BECAUSE I CHOOSE TO BREASTFEED!!!

Health visitors are really bad for putting the, "why don't you..." to me when she is not following their growth charts! My MIL kept saying in the summer, "put her on a bottle to keep her hydrate" err why wouldn't breaskmilk to that?? and "you can add things to their bottles...." Breastmilk doesn't need anything added - my baby does not need anything else! It's frustrating because with brestfeedin I already had enough worries about if I was producing enough milk, if my baby was getting enough nutrients if she was big enough - and these people (who really know nothing about my baby or the way we choose to nurse) only reinforce those worries! They don't help at all!

There are some women at my local mum and baby club who are so judgemental that I don't feel I can go anymore

As for how long I want to breastfeed? I don't know yet... I know I don't want to stop, and can't see myself wanting to yet, though! Eeek! I could easily see us breastfeeding up to two years old (not on demand, though)!

 

[sam#3]

Im hoping to definately do it for 12 months and then for as long as Harry wants to.
I think after a certain time i will feel weird about bfeeding in public, im ok with it at the mo but i can imagine people have bad reactions to seeing an older baby bfeeding. I read a good tip the other day to choose something to call boobies something and stick to all calling it that so that if your LO learns to talk whilst you are still bfeeding you wont get the embarrasment of ''BOOBY'' being demanded at top volume in public!!
I thought this was quite a good idea, my husbands suggestion was to call it melon!!

 

[Sarah88]

It makes me so sad to hear of all those stupid HV and in-laws/family trying to get women to bottle feed. I'm surrounded by breast feeding, my mums a LC, and my OH's mum BF for 3 yrs. I love that i'm the only one who can feed her, and when I go to work my OH gives her a bottle of expressed milk. It's our thing.

 

[bluebell]

I'm thinking I'll breast feed Jay until he's 6 months and then express milk until he's 12 months but I might breast feed for longer I can't imagine stopping at the moment

I'm going back to work at 9 months though so will need to have stopped bf by then.

xx

 

[hypnorm]

I fed Ewan for 9 months only stopped because we were ttc no 2.. (2 yrs later! eventually got bfp!)
I think this time i'd like to try for a year on demand and then if still keen after that maybe do morning evening and night feeds if it will work.

 

[tucsontechsan]

I bf my first for just over a year and my second for about 14 months. With both of them it was basically until they wanted to stop. If the next one wants to go longer then so be it. I love it and I think it is very good for them. Not to mention, it is much cheaper.

DH doesn't have a problem with it either. In fact, he likes to, well...um yeah.