Weaning - Austin,TX

Pump, leave it with your husband (or other willing participant) and leave the house. When your daughter gets hungry enough, she will take it.

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I just wanted to add that she may be too young for a sippy cup with a valve--I have three daughters, one could drink from a sippy at 9 months but the other two didn't get the hang of it until closer to 12 months. They just couldn't suck hard enough to get anything out when they were smaller. My middle daughter NEVER, EVER took a bottle...she frustrated my mother to no end, because when she babysat she would bring a half dozen different bottles and nipples to try, but my daughter would actually gag and throw up when she tried to give them to her. What I found with mine was that they actually started to lose interest at about 11-12 months, when they were crawling really well and about to start walking. I think breastfeeding became less important to them as they started to become toddlers and gain more independence. They all weaned on their own by about 13 months. My one who would never take a bottle took regular milk from a sippy cup at 12 months, no problem. I know it is hard, but if you can hang in there for another couple of months, you may find that you have a much easier time with weaning. Creating lots of stress around the issue now might actually prolong it for you in the end. Best of luck to you!

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Both my kids easily took a cup. It started with them wanting what we were drinking. Does she try to take your cups or her older sisters cups? Both my kids were walking at that point so were older. Do you have to wean this early? I would say try getting her sister to help by showing the youger one how good the stuff in the cup is. Make it a game for her. THe method of leaving her with hubby with your milk and waiting until she is hungry works, but I just think she is really young for that. Good luck.

hi, i have a 2 yr old little girl who i breast feed for 16 months and i was the only thing she would take...what i had to finally do is just start weaning her gradually i started at about 14 months and what i did is about every two weeks is i took a feeding away i started with the late morning and early evening, then nap time, then early morning, then, night time and then fianlly the last one was the middle of the night...yes at 15 months she still woke up to eat...but actually with every feeding i took away it got easier and took less time...because i started to dry up and produce less therefore it wasn't as good...but it wasn't very painful for either of us the only time she cried was when i took away the nap time and night time feedings. Just takes time, consitancy and a whole lot of patience...Good luck and i hope that you find this advice to be helpful.

Let me know if you get any great responses because i am in the same boat.....only my baby girl is 10 months.
She will not take formula at all...no bottles or sippy cups....only mommy.

C.

Congrats for nursing!
LLL recommends not taking away more than one nursing per week. This will help you to not get plugged ducts, redness, swelling, engorged, and possibly mastitis -- and will help your body to more easily adjust to the change(s) you are making.
If you are wanting her to *prefer* a bottle to your breast....then you could pump and give it in a bottle with a faster flow nipple.

LLLI.org and kellymom.org have some great information on weaning. Here's the LLL link for weaning
http://www.llli.org/NB/NBweaning.html

Kellymom.com has a search engine you can use.

HTH and if you have any questions for me just email me

K., mama to
Catherine, 5y
Samuel, 2y
EDD 9/18