How do you wien from nursing??

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Registered: 12-03-2005
How do you wien from nursing??
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Thu, 12-15-2005 - 12:12pm

How do you wien from nursing??



  • How do you or how did you wiem you baby from nursing??
  • Any age.
  • What us the easist way.
  • What do you do when a baby/child crys and fights and says no, they are not ready


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Registered: 10-14-2005
Thu, 12-15-2005 - 12:25pm
Hey there,



I can't help you out because I've never been in that situation. I'm sure you'll get a couple good replies here, but I just wanted to let you know that there is a whole board just about weaning. I'm sure you'll get a bunch more responses there than you would here since here we are focused more on naming and other pregnancy issues rather than topics like nursing. Check out these links, they might be helpful. Good luck!




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Registered: 07-21-2005
Thu, 12-15-2005 - 4:09pm
I just weened my son a few months ago. He definitely wasn't ready but I was already a few months pregnant and I needed him to be done. I don't know if this is the best way, but I cut him off cold turkey. I just substituted a bottle (you can use a sippy cup if your child is older). If he fought it then, I would pass him on to my husband and leave the room. If I wasn't around, he took the bottle from my husband. Occasionally, he would take a bottle from me and this became more and more fequent as he started to figure out that the breast wasn't coming out any more. I know this tactic is hard if you are a single mother or your husband works all day. We did it while on vacation so my husband was always around to take our little guy if he needed to. And, no, it didn't ruin our vacation. :) It actually went a lot smoother than I thought it would. If your husband is taking some time off for the holidays, that might be a good time to do it. Good luck!
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Registered: 10-13-2005
Fri, 12-16-2005 - 6:40am

I nursed all 3 children. I work from home , so I didn't have the added pressure of nursing and going back into work.

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Registered: 03-26-2003
Fri, 12-16-2005 - 9:58am

I believe in child-led weaning with a boost.

When Ethan was a year old, I began a don't offer, don't refuse thing. So basically, when he asked to nursed, I let him nurse. But I never offered. He weaned at 17 1/2 months. If he had wanted to go longer, I would've been happy to oblige him.

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Registered: 12-03-2005
Sat, 12-17-2005 - 12:37am

Hello everyone, My reason I posted this because I need advice.
I BF my son now 7. until he was 2 yrs old. It was very hard (for both at frist) him to stop. I am now 6 months 27wks prego. so I need advice.
I do have some new ideas.
Some family & friends thought I should stop at 1yr.
He would cry and screem and fight with us. Even at 10 months old. Everyone woudl say just nurs him he wants you sometimes, and his father would try to help also but sometimes he and my mother would just say pleas nurs him. Making me feel bad, in both ways.

My Mom is the only one I know who bf, she said I just stoped it wasnt hard at 1 or I think 10 months. Now I have a friend who says she did bf, but stoped at 6 months, just left her cry and the father gave her a bottle.

My son did not really like a bottle. I gave him a sippy cup (6months) for juice couple times a day, sometimes a bottle (my Mom and his dad). By 11 months he was off thed bottle very easy. So when I did stop, it wasnt that bad, Mostly at night for the frist 2 wks. I just talked to him adn say your a big boy now, its empty. so sometimes I would wake up caching him nursing. that stoped one month. (mostly family bed).I mostly bf from 1 yr for naps and moring and bed time, also at 1 yr was when he wanted. at 2 yr it was just at early moring, nap, bed time.

So my new idea, put it in a bottle more often. I did not liek the pump I had Manule, I only used it about four times. Now I want a elc. Than when the baby is about
9 or 10 mon, Give the bottle or sippy cup more often, naps and lunch, 11 months dinner, and moring later 12 months at night only give a bottle maybe sippy cup. later not month sure what month but soon give a sippy cup at night. At 12 months give a sippy cup not bottle all day. And this time I will not go in the bed room because of friends or family is visting, with some I did, But not too sure about brother in-lawo. Not wanting to hide, wanting to buy the motherware cloths (and thats what my Mother did)
So this is what I am thinking so far,
And reading everones exp. Hoping I can get some help/ideas. I know every baby is diff.

Thanks fpr posting,

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Registered: 05-09-2004
Sun, 12-18-2005 - 12:02pm

Well, I just nursed until he was ready to stop @ 17 months old. We started to wind down @ 6 months, when I went back to work. Then @ 12 months we went to only twice a day, upon waking and before bedtime. At about 14 or 15 months we were @ once a day only, upon waking. He started nursing for less time each day, and eventually just woke up one day and didn't want to nurse.


Hope everything goes smoothly for you!

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Registered: 03-31-2003
Mon, 12-19-2005 - 3:56pm
I went into the whole thing saying that I'll just give it a try. My daughter who nursed on demand, refused the bottle at 2 months. Weaning therefore was not really an option. It's different depending on the age of a child. Before 6-9 months, the biggest thing is to substitue the breast to the bottle (I think). Later as they eat more food that's not really an issue, and you can go straight to sippy cups. Later for me, it was of a sleeping issue. I had my mom (or husband) put her to sleep and go to her at night. This helped. They say that you cut out a feeding every 2 days.
Sorry to ramble on.
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Registered: 12-14-2005
Tue, 12-20-2005 - 11:40am
I had a friend who would put chocolate carnation in with the bottled milk. Its full of vitamins, and its sweet like breast milk.