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| I'm looking for any weaning tips, advice, experiences. I am probably overly gentle in my approach, but that's just my personality, so I don't feel comfortable with the idea of cutting her off cold turkey. I had been following the don't offer, don't refuse method, which is don't give it to her without her asking, but this child wants to b-feed all the time. I made the commitment to b-feed for a year and we made it to the 1 year mark. For health reasons I really need to get her weaned so I can start taking medication I need for my asthma. Looking for any ideas on how to gently wean a child who is 1. |
| Posted by on 05/03/2007 11:28 PM
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I tell you what my cousin did with gher 21/2 year old who did not want to give up his " confort".
She put red food coloring on her breast and she say that she had a bubu, and that kind of made the trick!
You can also try some substitute to confort her, as a soft toy or something that can sooth her.
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| posted by Vero on 05/04/2007 11:45 AM
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| I don't have much advice/help for your little one, I weaned at 4 and a half months so it was pretty easy. However, I do have a tip for your comfort. My child's pediatrician told me to wear a sports bra while weaning and I would be in much less pain. It really did help! Good luck! |
| posted by Liz on 05/04/2007 01:56 PM
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| I weaned my daughter at 6 months. I got her used to the bottle the same time I breastfed. I used a special nipple that was supposed to feel like breastfeeding also. Pretty soon when I cut off breastfeeding she was also used to the bottle so she just accepted that and drank from it then on. |
| posted by Kim on 05/04/2007 02:01 PM
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| My son had to be in the NBSCU for almost a week, so they had him using a bottle. I breastfed him when I was there. When we got home I basically breast fed, but I also gave him a bottle of formula occasionally. When I did decide to wean him, I nursed in the morning and at night and partly during the day. I started with substituting one feeding with a bottle and slowly and gradually increased the bottle. It took me about 3 months to wean him totally. But I also started weaning him at four months. I don't think I could have done it for a year. Good for you! I kept feeling guilty every time I considered weaning him, but finally when he was almost 7 months, I was ok with it. |
| posted by JEN on 05/08/2007 01:25 PM
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| I was lucky my son pretty much weaned himself. When he was young I worked part time so his father bottle feed him. At first he wouldnt take a bottle from me. Then suddenly he desided he preffered it. Try having someone else in your family feed him a bottle, she knows she gets milk from you. also she is past one, give her sippy cups of juice and praise her when she takes them. |
| posted by brenda on 05/08/2007 02:23 PM
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| Thanks for your tips and advice. She's been doing well on sippy cups for about a month now, we started praising her and telling her what a big girl she was and we've managed to get her to drink more of her Whole Milk during the day. I had set a date of May 9, the day of my Doctor appointment to have her fully off the breast. I got her down to 1 feeding, at around 1 am on Friday, Saturday and Sunday. And then cut out that feeding completely last night. She has tried to get me to nurse her a few times, but I tell her "all done now" or "no more mama's milk, only big girl milk" and I think she gets it. I have been rocking her to sleep and Praise the Lord she seems somewhat ok with not nursing. Tonight will be night number two. I'm tired, because we are still working on getting her to sleep throught the night, but I think the weaning is under control! |
| posted by on 05/08/2007 08:57 PM
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