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Weaning off Breast
Read all 8 responses: "Hello ladies, I am a 37 year old with 2 children a boy 13 and a girl who will be one on Valentines Day. I need help!
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- C., I am 43yrs old with an almost 3yr old and an 8mo old. I would say especially since you work during the day to go ahead and spend 20 min with her allowing her t...
- Hi, I've heard of lots of breastfeeding issues w/other mom friends. Most of them actually breast-fed for even longer (until age 2-3). I understand that desire to we...
- It sounds to me that she still needs to nurse for comfort and connecting to you since you are gone during the day. There is no upper limit to how long you can nurse, ...
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...
Uneven Breast from Nursing... HELP!
Sep 4, 2009 ... After my milk came in, I noticed my right breast came in with more milk. ... size --- and I didn't have a lot of changes in my breasts with weaning ( yes, ...
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- It's common. My daughter preferred nursing on my left side more than my right and my newborn son prefers the right side so I have and am currently experiencing the sam...
- Thank you for posting this question. I am nursing my son who is 6 weeks old and I have the same issue. My right breast is the biggest, but has always been a tad bigg...
- Sorry, but it happens and asymmetry is just part of nursing for some and not for others. Sounds like you are doing all the right things to stimulate your right breast...
Is He Weaning Himself?
You can find out if he is content with a cup by expressing some breast milk and offering a cup. Two of my 7 were weaned at 7 and 8 months. ...
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- I agree this isn't weaning too early and you want to make sure it doesn't become early weaning by not offering other food sources first, always nurse first. I might ev...
- How many teeth does he have? Maybe his mouth is hurting??? I would fare to say that if he is taking the formula fine at night, but not nursing, maybe there is some ot...
- More than likely he is NOT weaning! Did he start crawling or hit any other major developmental milestone lately? He is more than likely just distracted by all the chan...
Need to Start Weaning My 2-Year-old.
... children to wean at their own pace. For various reasons, I need to wean my baby. He just..." ... breast feeding toddlers · weaning toddler from bottle ...
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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
I just recently weaned too, it took about 2 to 2 1/2 weeks to finally have my breasts back to normal. Yes the best advice is to let nature take its course. ...
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- If you want to dry out you can buy a few cabbage leaves and put over your breast. This really does work and its safe.
- If you are completely done then you can get a sports bra that is tight and wear it untill your milk dries up. That is what I did with my son and it took about a week. ...
- I have nursed four children, fourth one I am will be weaning soon. The best way to make your milk dry up is to suffer througha bad engorgement where your breasts get r...
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
Need Advice on Weaning My 13 Month Old off the Breast!
Read all 8 responses: "My 13 month old, Dylan does not want to wean off the breast. He drinks from a cup perfectly fine, has all meals and snacks with ...
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- tobasco sauce or something bitter or something not liked - green peas etc. make that time a special time for reading or a special game where he need to talk so he won...
- You need to replace the bonding aspect of each nursing session with something else. It's not just about moving from one milk source to another. :) Be prepared to spend...
- I just went through this a couple of months ago with my youngest. I was ready to have my body back(that and all my nursing bras were worn down to nothing but strings a...
Weaning Troubles
My other two kids had no problem weaning. I thought the last child was .... He can smell the breast-milk and is used to getting it from you so you are the ...
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- If I were you I would pick my battles. It sounds like weaning him is more stressful than nursing him. If you want to wean anyway, go slowly. I would try to tran...
- Try a sippy cup. They tend to have to suck harder just to get anything out. This may give him the "low flow" that he prefers.
- try, mixing the formula with the breast milk more breat milk than formula, in a soft top sippy cup. Slowly work the breat milk out... my 10 month old NEVER took a bot...
Weaning
I am wanting to wean my 3 month old. He will reluctantly drink breast milk from a bottle, but refuses the bottle when it contains formula (I tried Similac ...
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- I read your note and the responses so far. (Thanks for the compliments Marcy!) I CAN help you with weaning if it is what YOU want. But I can't help wondering-- what...
- Hi D., I breastfed my son for his first year, however by his 3rd month I was unable to give him enough to keep him satisfied. Our Ped. told me to mix a small amt of...
- I had both the instructor of the "new parents" class we took and the nurse at the hospital that instructed me a bit on breastfeeding tell me that when it was time to a...
