I fed DD until 16 months. I was prg with #2 and that sadly ended in m/c at 12 weeks. I was devastated and felt like my b'feeding may have had something to do with our loss (I know now that's not true but I was just feeling sooooo bad at the time that I wasn't thinking rationally) I ended up back in hospital the week after my D&C with some mysterious 'infection' that no one ever really diagnosed and while I was in hospital I stopped feeding DD. It was just too much for me being so ill. I still feel immensely sad (and sometimes guilty) about the way our b'feeding endedBack then I thought 16 months was a fantastic effort (and yes, it is) no one I knew had ever fed that long. But then I discovered BB and the 2 year 'benchmark'.
I am still feeding DS1, he was 2 last month. He fed all through my pregnancy even though I'm sure for a long while I didn't actually have any milk. It was amazing to me. He was happy so we just kept going. We are now tandem feeding with his brotherI had it in my head that I wanted to get to 2, now that we're here, I have no intention of stopping just yet. He hasn't had night feeds since 10 months and now only has one feed a day before his nap. He is fine though if I am not around to feed him. I think 3 would be my absolute cut off point, he will be going to preschool then and for me, that's long enough.
DS2 is 4 months and going well after a bit of a rocky startMy plan is to get to at least 2 and by then I may be ready to wean. I will have been feeding for the better part of 7 years (I think) by then
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