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Advice on Weaning Baby from Bottle/formula
Read all 16 responses: "My daughter will be one on Sunday. She was 5 weeks premature so I have planned to put the bottle weaning on the back burner for ...
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- My daughter is on second step completley after about ten months of nursing her. It took a little while before she would take the bottle, we just tried every other day ...
- I agree with some of the other mothers who say it is easier to wean now when she is young, although it doesn't hurt to wait another month or two. As they get closer t...
- My advice would be to get her switched to milk, then worry about the bottle. What my ped. suggested was to do 3/4 formula, 1/4 milk the first day, mixed together...th...
Weaning Son
Read all 6 responses: "I am needing to wean my 8 mo old son by June. I am having a hard time emotionally doing this but I think that he may be having a hard ...
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- I assume you HAVE to wean him for some reason. If you don't have to, then self-directed is always easiest. Waiting until they know how to use a cup and can drink cow's...
- My advice is to let your husband/boyfriend or someone else start giving him the bottles.... if it is you.. he is going to want what he knows is there!!! He most likely...
- I feel for you! My second child NEVER took a bottle. She nursed all the way through until she weaned (after she turned 2). Has anyone else tried to offer a bottle inst...
Advice on Weaning / Immunity Issues Following Weaning
Sep 3, 2009 ... Read all 13 responses: "I am in the middle of weaning my 14-month-old, a process we have started, but that I am accelerating due to energy issues in early ...
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- I have had similar swine flue worries since I just weaned my 18 month old fully this month. However, the fact is YOU have to have teh Swine Flu yourself in order to p...
- I had to stop nursing my first child when I got pregnant with the second child because due to hormones my breasts hurt terribly. Also I was too weak with morning sick...
- A friend of mine weaned her son at 1 year and she said she noticed a significant uptick in his illnesses. Nothing major, but got a lot more little colds and such than...
Need to Start Weaning My 2-Year-old.
Read all 6 responses: "I never thought this would be an issue, as I have allowed my other children to wean at their own pace. For various reasons, I need to ...
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- Hi J., When my son turned one, I cut out one feeding each week until we were left with just one feeding - first thing in the morning. That was the hardest one to st...
- My son was two when I stopped nursing him. I thought it would be impossible to wean him because he nursed constantly throughout the day and before each nap(that's how ...
- i am a f/t sahm with a 10 year old boy that stopped nursing 10 days before his third birthday and have a 3 year old boy that is still nursing. He was 3 in beginning of...
Weaning
Oct 9, 2009 ... Read all 13 responses: "My daughter is exclusivley breastfed and has NEVER taken a bottle. She is now 11 1/2 months old and I really want to ...
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- I did an intermediate with my son. I took the big bottles and cut a bigger hole in them and mixed milk with formula for a while. I also intorduced him to a little bi...
- My child was the same way. And she wouldn't take a sippy cup that you had to suck from either. So, we found a sippy cup that you could take the little plastic piece ...
- It sounds like you are DONE with breastfeeding, and I know exactly how you feel. I was there with all 3 of my kids. One self-weaned, but the other two were a little ...
Weaning (From the Breast) with Love / 19 Months Old.
Read all 4 responses: "Hello Moms, As of last week my 19th months old daughter simply lost interest in breastfeeding...for past month or so we've transition ...
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- Hi. Wow, 19 months of breast feeding is amazing. My girls didn't want to nurse past 12 months. If you are wanting to dry up your milk, the best and fasted way is to p...
- Pump to relieve pressure, drink sage tea, use cold cabbage leaf compresses. If you go through depression from the dip in hormones, try taking St. John's Wort or Mothe...
- You can pump and store or "wean" yourself. If you are still becoming engorged during the day, and you want to stop it from occuring without storing more, time will he...
Tips for Weaning off Breastfeeding Quickly
Read all 15 responses: "You are always so helpful with my little requests - so I thought I'd turn to you again. This is a big one.
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- I would first like to tell you to take relax. Weaning your baby is not an emergency. She is not hurting your unborn baby. At this point in nursing, her nursing is not ...
- A. You can try pumping and putting that into a cup the start mixing in whole milk a little at a time and if you can pump enough then you can start to wean. Like 1 oz...
- You can nurse while pregnant without it causing any trouble to either child. Sometimes your milk supply might lessen, but often not for the first few months at least....
Night Weaning Breastfed Baby
Read all 20 responses: "We ascribe to the attachment parenting philosophies, and I have breastfed my baby, who turned one a couple weeks ago.
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- I felt that my son needed to nurse at night until at least 18 months. However, I let him nurse at night until he was 2.5 because I didn't have any help at night. I t...
- I'm not sure what your sleeping arrangements are but... The only way I could wean my breastfed son at night was to kick him out of my bed. I waited until he was a yea...
- I am starting to go through the same thing (except not trying to get pregnant!)..we also believe in attachement parenting. Below is a link to an article...we found it...
Weaning My 11 Month Old Baby
Read all 5 responses: "I have to wean my baby as I am very depleted and am loosing weight, and low energy... the same thing happened with my first and when ...
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- I'm not sure if I have enough information to specifically help you, but wanted you to know I feel for you and am here if you'd like to talk about it more. There may b...
- I just talked to my baby while trying to feed her the bottle. Very softly while praising her for doing so well taking the bottle. I just kept smiling at her and sayi...
- I have a friend whose Thyroid overacts when she is breastfeeding. Maybe you should get your thyroid looked at? She has similar symptoms to you.
Need Advice on Weaning
Aug 31, 2009 ... Read all 7 responses: "I have been gradually weaning my daughter over the past couple months. She is going to be turning 1 in Sept and I am only nursing her ...
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- My Advice would be first to consider if you really want to stop. There is no need to hurry and stop breat feeding. If you enjoy it and your daughter enjoys it I would ...
- She sound close enough to one that I would try whole milk in her sippy cup before brushing her teeth and starting the bed time routine. You could do a small snack ...
- I have replaced nursing with other "cuddly" activities like back rubs, snuggling together and reading stories, etc. It is the closeness and not the milk that your dau...
