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| I'm still nursing my 20 month old toddler and as much as we both have enjoyed it, I'm trying to shoot for her to be weaned by at least her 2nd birthday (I think my boobs are wearing out!). She has a very strong personality and is still very attached to nursing--I'm looking for advice on how to even begin the weaning process--its something we both love, but I think she is becoming too dependent on my milk and not eating enough "real" food. Any advice welcome! |
| Posted by Nikki on 02/06/2008 07:48 PM
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| OMG! The same exact thing is going on with me, too. 2yrs is my limit also. I have been dreading weaning, but I know it's time. I think I'll be a little sad cuz this is my last one (didn't BF the first one), but I'm definitely ready!! I hope someone out there has some good advice. |
| posted by Shannon on 02/06/2008 08:19 PM
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| I have no advice to give since I'm still nursing my 3yo as well as my 11mo, but I hear that children will stop eventually on their own. Whether that will fit your time table or not, IDK. Gotta go...my 3yo is requesting "10 sips of nummies" LOL |
| posted by Indigo Ottyr on 02/06/2008 11:13 PM
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| I wish I had some advice to give you. I nursed all 3 of my children and the 1st was weaned when she was 15 months but at that time she was only nursing at night so I think it was more of a comfort and habit since she had no interest during the day. My 2nd child I nursed until she was about 18 months but again that was only at night before bed and when she woke up during the night. I am currently nursing my 9 month old son and I have no idea when he will stop but even now there are days when he only gets b.milk mixed with his cereal and he eats snacks as his sisters love to feed him. He usually nurses at night before bed and when he wakes up at night. He is so involved in watching his sister play and in crawling around that he doesn't show much interest in nursing during the day. He does nurse occasional during the day or I give him a bottle of b. milk that I pumped form the night before. I am hoping that he gets everything he needs from the b. milk that he does get but the dr. says he is healthy. Does your child nurse throughout the day or only at night like my children did/do? Since with my other children it was at night my husband would get them to sleep instead of me when we decided that they should be weaned and it was difficult to break the habit of getting up in the middle of the night but the girls took a pacifier so I would rock them back to sleep. My baby doesn't take the pacifier so I have no idea when he will decide he doesn't want to nurse at night anymore. He is my last so I don't want him to grow up too fast so I will leave it up to him but I have been told from a friend that her son just stopped when he was 3 but she became pregnant so I don't know if her milk just tasted different to him and he didn't want it anymore. Don't want to terll you that you need to get pregnant to wean your child but thats what happened to her. Wish I had a simle answer for you. Good Luck. |
| posted by MK on 02/08/2008 10:54 AM
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| Do you give any other milk substitute? My son only BF at night by the time he was 11 months he also started drinking whole milk then during the day. I had to stop suddenly because I ended up with a kidney infection and in the hospital so he had to get a sippy cup of warm whole milk at home from his dad and he said it went well. My daughter is only going to be 5 months and I am BF her she is very attached I am thinking it will be a bit harder to get her off the breast when she is older but I am also going to start with whole milk by the time she is 1 I try to stay away from bottles when I go to milk and go for cups so in that way we don't have a bottle when older but it can be a slow process. Good luck... |
| posted by Kristhal on 02/13/2008 11:17 AM
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| Thank you ladies for all of your comments! She still nurses most of the day and at night (before her naps and bedtime is when she wants to nurse the most--Oh! and especially the 1st thing in the morning too). I try to avoid giving her any nursing cues during the day--like I try not to sit on the couch or rocker where we usually nurse--or just plain try and stand up a lot b/c when I'm sitting with/by her she usually wants to nurse! I try and keep her busy most of the day so she doesn't think about it, but sometimes, mid-activity she'll do the sign for milk and keep saying "Ma, Ma!' (her word for milk)--I have no idea where it comes from!! And then she throws a tanturm if I say no (I've read on the La Leche League site that their motto is "never offer, never refuse") so I don't ever offer her my milk(well since she's been 1), but she constantly asks all day. I try and feed her real food all day (giving her little snacks rather than meals--trying to make sure she's not hungry and trying to cut back on the nursing)--she's really picky and will only eat a small variety of food (although I've heard that this is normal?). Like, I'll make up a little sandwich or something and she'll just pick at it, then say "all done", get out of her high chair, and then shortly thereafter, want to nurse. She absolutely refuses to drink cow's whole milk (I put it in a sippy cup)--unless I'm not around, which is most of the time b/c I stay at home with her. It's been hard to wean her at night b/c my husband works a lot (he works afternoon/night shifts and most weekends) so I don't have a "relief pitcher", if you will, to help with night duty. I used to just try and let her cry it out--which worked for awhile (as painful as it was!) BUT NOW, just 2 days ago, she started crawling out of her crib!!!!! Which, if any of you have advice about what to do on that, I'd love to hear it! I really don't mind nursing her now, I'm just worried about how MUCH she has been nursing for her age--proportionately to what other food she has been eating. I wanted her to self-wean herself, but the way she is going at it now, it looks like she could nurse until she's 13!!! We'll see, I'll let you gals know if anything I try in the future works--until then the more comments the better! |
| posted by Nikki on 02/13/2008 02:44 PM
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