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Weaning Son
Read all 6 responses: "I am needing to wean my 8 mo old son by June. ... It mimics the breast and so some breastfed babies will accept it. I know your pain, ...
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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...
Need Advice on Weaning
Aug 31, 2009 ... The world health organization recommends breast feeding a minimum of two years. If you MUST fully wean before then, then it is recommended that children ...
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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...
Help! Not Breastfeeding Anymore and Breasts HURT.
First, try weaning, gradually. I know some people have a problem with this. ... My breast hurt like crazy when I stopped nursing my son. ...
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- Cold frozen cabbage leaves for the bewbs, and sudafed or other medicines like it help dry you up faster. Does your DD take a pacifier? Try the nubby sipper cups if yo...
- It sounds really weird, but it works. I had to wean all at once, too. Cabbage leaves are instant relief. I think it also helps to dry you up, although not much. Th...
- First, try weaning, gradually. I know some people have a problem with this. But why not a bottle instead of a sippy cup. The nipples on the bottles are softer and s...
Weaning My Daughter..
If she is already taking formula and you are supplementing with it frequently, then her digestive track is ready to be weaned off breast milk. ...
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- It depends on what you mean by "ready". If she is already taking formula and you are supplementing with it frequently, then her digestive track is ready to be weaned ...
- I breast fed all three of my children and they all stoped at different times for different reasons. I was pregnant with my second when my first was only 5 months old. ...
- I recently weaned my daughter at 14mos because we are pregnant again.... I found that just taking it a step at a time was best. I started with one feeding and then whe...
Need Suggestions for Stopping Milk Supply After Weaning 10 Month Old
J., I had to wean cold-turkey - my daughter bit and broke skin and I couldn't even pump without pain. ... pumping breast milk · breastfeeding weaning ...
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- J., I had to wean cold-turkey - my daughter bit and broke skin and I couldn't even pump without pain. I hand-expressed as necessary to ease the pain. Only express wh...
- DEAR J., I ENDED UP JUST CUTTING BACK MY PUMPING SESSIONS (MY DAUGHTER WAS GIVEN ONLY BREASTMILK FOR 15 MONTHS FROM A BOTTLE) SHE WAS BORN 3 MONTHS PRE MATURE SO i ...
- J.: hand express to comfort..... green cabbage and sage tea. P., RLC, IBCLC Breastfeeding and Parenting Solutions
Weaning 1 Year Old from Bottle
When my daughter was four months old, she weaned herself from the breast. I am not sure how to go about weaning her at this point. ...
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- I was in the exact same situation with my daughter at her 1 year check up. I too enjoyed those cuddle times, so I kept the bottle at bed time until she was about 20 m...
- JS- It sounds like you are doing just fine. When my son was at this stage, I would give him his sippy cup at "relaxing time/our time" and he was fine with it. You may...
- If she takes a sippy cup i wouldn't offer a bottle anymore. You can cuddle with a sippy cup it's doesn't require a bottle. But what i did was at 1yr exactly. (on her b...
Encouraging a Breastfeeding Toddler to Wean
my child was also 11mo. when i weaned her off breast feeding. she cried at night for the most part. it was so hard for me i loves to breastfeed but i knew ...
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- I'm in almost exactly the same boat as you--my son is younger, but when I tried to wean him recently, or at least cut down the nursing, he just got clingier and worse,...
- I breast fed my son and daughter and it was such a wonderful experience. I'm a science teacher so I read lots of research - the good news today is that breast-fed bab...
- cut out one of the feedings for about a week, then try to cut out another and then so on. i just recently stopped breastfeeding my soon to be 2 year old. i had to quit...
Breastfeeding/night Weaning
He was a breast "addict" and I was so nervous about weaning him because I didn't want to make him cry but it was the easiest thing ever. ...
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- I had the same problem with my last child and found that nursing and sleeping with me was a security issue and that is why it helped her sleep. She associated me and ...
- Have you read "How Weaning Happens?" It has a lot of good, gentle suggestions.
- First of all, CONGRADULATIONS and major props for making it 11 months and counting on breast feeding your son! I only breast fed my son until he was 5 months due to a...
Should I Wean My 1 Year Old from the Breast?
Read all 23 responses: "My 13 month old baby is in the 10th percentile for weight, and he has always been around 50th before. He nurses a lot, ...
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- Hey C., I didn't read the last responses so I hope I'm not repeating anything here, but I thought I'd address the night nursing. If you want to help your little ...
- C. ~ I have heard that your child benefits if you breastfeed them for 2 whole years. I wasn't able to do this with either one of my girls (I have never been successfu...
- Honestly, nursing him is the best thing you can do for him. So I would say NO to the weaning, especially since he has little interest in table foods. My dd refus...
Weaning from Breastfeeding
Maybe you could hold him like you are breast feeding and use the binky. Of course then you'll have to wean him off the binky eventually... Helpful? ...
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- I may sound rude... But what is the rush? Why do we concentrate on schedules and deadlines when we are raising a child??????
- Is there a reason you have the deadline for 12 months? Or are you just doing b/c that's what everyone suggests you do? My daughter is 14 months old and she is still ...
- I am basically going to agree with everyone else. Why rush to stop. He will wean himself when he is ready. If he is only nursing at nap time then he is nursing for ...
