Why Hilary Duff stopped breast feeding after six months

Hilary Duff has revealed why she stopped breastfeeding her daughter at six months old after continually feeling like a ‘failure’.

The former teen idol made the admission in a moving Instagram caption, attached to an image of baby Banks latched to her breast.

“Last week was my last week nursing Banks,” the star wrote.

“I am a working mom of two. My goal was to get my little girl to six months and then decide if I (and her of course) wanted to keep going.”

Hilary went on to describe how her demanding work on the hit series Younger also had influence on her decision to stop.

“Pumping at work sucks,” she said, adding “I had zero down time and am usually pumping in a hair and make up trailer.”

She also explained breast feeding was made even more difficult when she had ‘four hands work (on her) to get me ready for the next scene’.

However, the actress also described how ‘lucky’ she felt to have had the opportunity to breastfeed her daughter and enjoyed ‘almost every moment’ of the experience.

“I know many women are not able to and for that I am sympathetic and very grateful that I could. For six wonderful months. But I needed a break. I was going to break,” she wrote.

“I was sad and frustrated and feeling like a failure all of the time. When really I’m a bad ass rock star.”

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