Eating Solid Foods & Weaning
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In What Order Do I Wean?
Asked by R.H. from Spokane
on May 11, 2007
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My son is 9 months old. I nurse him and he sleeps with me part of the night. I'm just wondering in what order is best to wean him. Bed then Breast...OR...Breast the...
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- do you nurse while laying in the bed? if so then it probably would be best to wean bed first, otherwise, he will be expecting breast if he's laying by you and if he do...
- I nursed my son until he was 15 months old and found that the morning and evening nursing sessions were the most difficult to wean from. I found that my son just did ...
- Do whatever works for your baby and you. Some people think you need to get the kid out of your bed to night wean and that is not necessarily the case. There are plenty...
Weaning
Asked by A.M. from New Orleans
on February 22, 2009
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I am weaning my baby 11 month old baby. I went from nursing four or five times a day down to about once a day. I did this over a one week period. My face constantly ...
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- I had a major hormonal upheaval when I quickly stopped nursing my first baby, and suffered from the hot flashes and kind of like a very extreme and miserable PMS (fati...
- I had mastitis with my second child. My face was red and felt feverish during that time. Yours may not be the same thing, but if you notice your breasts becoming more ...
- If you could slow down the weaning process, it won't be such a shock for your body. I had to wean one of my children abruptly due to a medical problem and I had to use...
Weaning
Asked by E.F. from Los Angeles
on November 9, 2009
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I have a 23 month old daughter who will be 2 on 12/21. I'm a sahm and I have been nursing exclusively since she was born. I'm not sure how to go about weaning her fr...
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- It called extended breastfeeding. You can research it online. I breastfed both my kids, and let them Self-Wean. My daughter did so at about 2.5 years old. My son a...
- I would get her down to one feeding a day. Stop nursing her before bed...if you do, and it should be pretty easy. If you stay busy playing, reading and what not...th...
- my daughter is almost the exact same age and we're down to the night time/before bed nusing session only. she'll ask sometimes during the day ("nurse?") and I reply t...
How to Wean from Breast
Asked by K.V. from Salt Lake City
on May 2, 2007
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i am trying to wean my 13 month from the breast, he only nurses first thing in the morning and right before bed. he will NOT drink milk from a sippy cup, he WILL drink...
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- Hi! My son is 13 mos. too. I just weaned him from the breast. I was down to 2 feedings a day too (morning & night). I cut back to just feeding at night for about a mon...
- If he is eating a drinking well all day then he is not nursing out of hunger. Start a new bedtime routine. Bathe him, read a book, then put him to bed. For morning, fe...
- Hi K., I nursed with both of children. Although my first born died of SIDS my daughter was lactose so it was very hard to wean her from breast milk. What I did was ...
Pacifier Wean
Asked by E.C. from Charleston
on March 28, 2007
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So I have 3 1/2 month old twins. They sleep all night. However, I'm STILL losing sleep because throughout the night they lose their pacifiers and wake up crying for t...
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- E., I have 14 mo old twins and boy do I feel for you. I was right where you are at-and it is no fun. I actually took the paci away when having this problem. Then som...
- Wait until the twins are old enough to start pulling up on the sides of the bed and you have to remove the bumper pads ... then you will be on your hands and knees in ...
- Congrats on the twins.I know you are tired but the babies are too young to wean them off the sassy's. They need the suckling. Sorry I don't have any solutions--my son ...
How Do You Wean Your Baby?
Asked by J.G. from Los Angeles
on July 9, 2008
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I am just trying to be a little proactive. How do you wean your baby, my little boy is almost 8 months and I want to stop breastfeeding him at 1 year old? I don’t wa...
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- There are a lot of good books and articles on the internet on this subject, but for me with both of my children, what worked best was to decrease the time they nursed...
- Why wean at a year? Allowing them to self wean (dropping one feeding at a time as time progresses ) is much easier and healthier for them. They'll show you which fee...
- When I stopped breastfeeding I took it away slowly. I took away nne feeding a week. I saved my favorite time for last. I think by the time my daughter was one I was...
Starting to Wean...
Asked by S.S. from Amarillo
on January 14, 2009
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hello fellow moms! the time has come! my daughter is now a year old and i'm slowly starting to wean her off of nursing. she nurses first thing in the morning, after...
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- Well, I was down to 3 feedings when I began to wean, but I started with the afternoon feeding. I gave her lunch, and a sippy with her milk in it, and then naptime. The...
- When I weaned my son, I cut out one feeding each week and replaced it with milk. This took about a month before he was fully weaned, but it was worth it because that ...
- Every baby is different. I weaned very slowly by following my son's cues. The last nursing that we dropped was at bedtime. From where you are now, you might try droppi...
Weaning
Asked by J.S. from Tampa
on August 4, 2006
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My 2 1/2 month old has been fed breast milk by bottle since she was just a few weeks old. I've been freezing milk for awhile and am getting ready to start "weaning" (...
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- I would combine and gradually increase the amount of formula in the mix. Some babies don't like formula (my son never wanted anything to do with it, my daughter took ...
- Congrats J. on your new little girl! :) Why are you stopping so early? Good luck. I hope these links will help. :) http://www.lalecheleague.org/FAQ/wean.html ...
- When I weaned my Lily, I combined formula and breast milk 3 parts to one, then half & half, then one part to three. I spread it out for two months to make sure her di...
Weaning
Asked by C.K. from Denver
on February 22, 2009
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I have begun the weaning process with my 13 month old daughter over the past couple of weeks. It is much harder (for both of us) than I thought it would be. I have g...
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- Hey C.! I started to wean my daughter (18 mos now) when she was a year and took my time. She was fully weaned at 14.5 months and I haven't had an issue since. How s...
- A 13 month old can drink from a sippy cup. If you have been breastfeding don't start with a bottle now! Maybee just keep this last feeding for a few more months!In th...
- Sometimes weaning is downright hard, but stick with it. Usually it takes them awhile before they get the hang of a bottle of sippy cup. We swtiched my 10 month old ove...
Weaning
Asked by M.H. from Detroit
on February 14, 2007
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I am trying to slowly wean my 6 month old onto formula, but he absolutely will not take a bottle.. He just turns his head or else plays with the nipple. I've tried a...
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- I would try feeding breast milk bottles initially, then gradually adding formula into the mix. Or try having someone other than yourself give him bottles. I remembe...
- I am just curious why you would want to stop nursing if you are a stay at home mom. Mother's milk is superior to all formula's in helping your child grow both physica...
- Hi Marcia, I had the same problem with my son, I nursed him for 7 1/2 months. At 1st he refused to take the bottle what he didn't like was the nipple on the bottl...
