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How Do I Go About Weaning Breastfeeding?
how about waiting at least 6 more months before weaning? first and .... Starting with alternating breastfeeding with bottle feeding worked best for me. ...
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- Replace one feeding at a time, at the same time of day consistently. Wait at least three days in between replacing the 2nd, 3rd, 4th etc feedings so that your breasts...
- Starting with alternating breastfeeding with bottle feeding worked best for me. Gradually reduce the breastfeeding sessions from there. IF your baby has trouble tran...
- First of all don't let anyone tell you that you should feel guilty about weaning. Do what feels right for you and your family. Like others said just replace a feedin...
Weaning
With my first one, I tried a bottle first but he didn't want it, ... I weaned them off of breast milk by mixing a little formula with the breast milk and ...
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- I agree with Judy. Get a second opinion about the medical issue. Good luck!
- Hi H., Congratulations for breastfeeding your son! You are doing a wonderful thing for him and for you. I'm not sure what your medical condition is that is maki...
- I would start with giving him one bottle a day at the time when you will want to discontinue BF first. If you have to pump your breasts, just pump enough to relieve di...
Weaning Help, PLEASE!!!
I would breast feed only for naps and at night to go to sleep. He weaned him self. He slowly started taking cows milk from a bottle and then at 1 year & 1 ...
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- I wasn't sure from your posting if you ever gave a bottle to him before. If this is the first time you have offered a bottle he may never take it...If they don't "lear...
- Hi, I would suggest you just go to a spill proof cup with straw... it worked great for my grandson. .. they have the one without the straw too.. good luck.. L. Medina
- skip the bottle and go straight to a cup!
Advice on Weaning Baby from Bottle/formula
She was 5 weeks premature so I have planned to put the bottle weaning on the ... him a bottle (we finally got him to not want the breast before bed) and ...
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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...
Transitioning Baby from Breast Milk to Formula...
Our 3 1/2 year old was also breast fed, but he essentially weaned himself and .... I would add 1 oz. formula to 7 oz. breast milk to make one 8 oz. bottle. ...
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- J., Yes. When I weaned my daughter I would replace one ounce each week with formula. I did this until she was drinking a full 8 ounce bottle of formula then she w...
- Hello J., I have three boys that I breastfed, and all were a little different when it came time to wean. But, in general, I added a small amount of formula to the br...
- i did mine different i started out w/ the night time bottle and made it a full formula bottle at first and then when she got to eatting foods i nursed in the morn then...
Help with Weaning off the Breast
Read all 8 responses: "i would like to stop breast feeding my 10 month old son. he ... It is recommended that you wean the bottle @12 months so you would be ...
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- I agree with Revisha that you should just go straight to a cup. I had two that didn't take bottles and refused to wean. One liked the Nuby trainer cups and the Avent...
- At his age he should be able to go straight to a sippy cup. You can try giving him the cup, but it might be easier to have someone else give it to him while you are ...
- In my opinion you should start with a cuppie, not a bottle. It is recommended that you wean the bottle @12 months so you would be having to fight another battle too so...
Weaning from Breastmilk to Formula
Since he takes the breast milk from a bottle...just do what they tell you when you wean them to whole milk.....just add more and more formula mixture (over ...
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- First try giving mostly breast milk-with a little formula mixed in, then keep increasing the % of formula in the mix. Also, all formulas are not the same, so consider...
- Is there a reason that you have to wean him? If you are going back to work then it definitely makes sense. Otherwise I would just continue nursing until the baby can...
- Try mixing fomula with breast milk. More breast milk than formula at first. Than a little at a time more and more formula.
Encouraging a Breastfeeding Toddler to Wean
... moving in that direction) a toddler? My firstborn weaned abruptly at 11 months, so this..." ... Breastfeeding Clothing · weaning toddler from bottle ...
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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...
Weaning
I am a mom of two wonderful girls. I need to start gradually weaning my 9 month old but, she doesn't take breast milk in a bottle or cup. She doesn..."
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- 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 po...
- 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 ...
- 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 graduall...
Tips for Weaning off Breastfeeding Quickly
Tips for Weaning off Breastfeeding Quickly .... Since you've barely used the bottle up to this point, I would recommend skipping them altogether. ...
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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....
