Question
Can I stop breastfeeding at 3 months?
2 May 2017. Related: All topics, Children.
Can I stop breastfeeding at 3 months instead of 6 cause my family doesn’t know and I have to go back to work.
Answer
Thanks for getting in touch.
How long you breastfeed for is up to you. If you want to stop at 3 months then you can. If you’d like to continue to give your baby your milk, you could express it and give it to them in a bottle. Is this something that you’ve thought about?
If you do stop giving them your milk, its better that you don’t mix feed.
Hi Dimakatso,
You stopping breastfeeding won’t have any issue on your baby. You’ll need to do the switch to formula without mix feeding. Is your baby taking medication?
am hiv positive and baby boy is only 3weeks,I want to stop breastfeeding will it have an effect on my boy?
Hi Anne,
As Lisa says above, if you want to breatfeed for 3 months you can. But she says that it’s better not to mix feed. So if you formula feed after 3 months, carry on just with formula.
I would also like to breastfeed for 3 months, I’m hiv positive and going back to work in January
Hi Vovo.
Babies who are 2 months old do not need solid food, all they need is milk. Info about testing in babies can be found here: http://i-base.info/guides/pregnancy/hiv-negative
Can my baby be hiv positive? if I give her formula and solid food after two months. she tested negative in six weeks and I will go back for test at 10 weeks. now is on doctrim suspension
Hi Thato,
As Lisa says above, you can switch to formula whenever you want. But if you do stop giving them your milk, its better that you don’t mix feed your baby with both breast and formula milk.
Hi am HIV positive my baby is 18 weeks (four months n two weeks) I really don’t want to switched her to formula at last till he is six months old. However am soon to go back to work and mom put pressure on me to start with formula. Please advice. Thank u.
Good Day Virginia,
As Lisa says on this Q&A, if you want to stop breastfeeding at 3 months, then you can.
But it’s better if you don’t mix feed both formula and breast milk.
Good day
I’d like to ask, is it possible for me to stop breastfeeding at three months and start my baby on formula because am going back to work and I have little milk in breast to pump in a bottl