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Breastfeeding Overview

Breastfeeding
Child
Length of Breastfeeding
Weaning
1
Newborn - 30 Months
I weaned during my second pregnancy at 22 weeks pregnant, due to nipple sensitivity (nursing aversion issue), lack of knowledge and experience of breastfeeding during pregnancy.
2
Newborn – 32 months
My third was born when my second was 30 months old. My second tandem breastfed with my third from 30-32 months, before self-weaning at 32 months. Side Notes: I nursed through my entire third pregnancy. Dry nursing from about 27-29 months and tandem nursing from 30-32 months.
3
Newborn – 4 years and 10 months
 I breastfed my third through toddlerhood and COVID. My original goal was 36 months. I nursed longer than I planned due to an unexpected Autism diagnosis. In some ways, it was harder to wean because the communication piece that I had with my first two was missing. I did a gradual wean that started around 4 years and 2 months and finished at 4 years and 10 months.


Total Number of Years I Have Been Breastfeeding: 
30 months + 32 months + 58 months  =  120 months of breastfeeding
120 months of breastfeeding divided by 12 months = 10 years


Thoughts On My Breastfeeding Journey:
Motherhood is an experience filled with many challenges, lessons, opportunities, and blessings. Today I am feeling grateful for my 3 beautiful children and being blessed to be able to breastfeed them. I have always said breastfeeding may be natural, but it does not come naturally or easily to every mother. Myself included. I breastfed my first despite a poor latch in the beginning for 30 months, taking it one day at a time as I wondered if I could really make it to 12 months? I breastfed my second to 32 months, despite him having a lip tie, and my third had both a lip and tongue tie and I breastfed him until he was 4 years and 10 months. My third was nursed through the Covid pandemic. I am grateful for the opportunity to experience tandem breastfeeding with my toddler and baby. I never thought I would be able to tandem. Each child has unlocked new experiences that have made my motherhood experience richer. And it has been a great journey of 120 months of breastfeeding when you combined it all. It's been a lot of work and sacrifice and I am so proud of myself.
Last Edited: January 4, 2024
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