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Need Advice on Weaning
Asked by C.T. from Provo
on August 28, 2009
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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 at night before bed. Once I tak...
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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...
Looking for Your Experiences with Weaning the Pump, but Not the Baby!
Asked by N.H. from Sacramento
on March 4, 2009
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Hi mamas,
My little guy turned 1 on Sunday, and I have decided to stop pumping at work - but not him! I'm a little concerned about my supply for the time that we're...
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- This is what I did when my son turned one, and I had the same concerns. It sounds like he had the same nursing pattern as your son. I had regularly pumped 2x a day a...
- Your milk production will slow, and eventually stop. There is no way around it if you stop pumping. Your boby produces what you use and no more than that. The less you...
- I'm in the same boat and looking forward to the responses. My daughter is 10.5 months and I'm wanting to stop pumping at work when she turns 1. She started late eati...
Need Weaning Advice for 1 Year Old
Asked by M.R. from Los Angeles
on July 2, 2008
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I need some advice from all the experienced mommies on how to wean my 1 year old from nursing. She is slightly difficult for the following 2 reasons:
- she nurses to ...
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- M.: I certainly understand your concern. My children are 18 and 12 now but I only nursed both of them. And they pulled off on their own when they were at 11 months ...
- As they say, it is easier to take off than it is to land a plane and babies are like planes that don't want to land. They looooooovvvvveeeee their comfort zones and t...
- Hi there! Mom of four here. I would strongly advise against weaning at this age. Life can become quite scary around one year of age as a child begins to crawl, walk, a...
Looking for Stories from Those of You Who Have Breastfed a Toddler
Asked by J.F. from New York
on August 10, 2009
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I am currently still very happily nursing my 18 month old - mostly morning, night time and nap, with occasional check ins when i have been away, for boo boos etc. he e...
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- I nursed my daughter until 22 months. At that point, I was about ready to stop, and we weren't nursing much at that point anyway, mostly before bed at night and when ...
- Hi, My sweet 3y/o baby boy was on breast until 2 y/o! When he was a year old, I tried to wean him off, but he was a strong one. I decided not to make a big deal out o...
- I have 3 kids and have breastfed all of them well into toddlerhood. With each child, the nursing sessions gradually became fewer and fewer and eventually (around age 2...
Really Struggling with Breaking Bottle
Asked by B.V. from Dallas
on March 18, 2008
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I have a 17 month old that refuses to give up her bottle. I must point out that we are down to 2 a day, nap time and bed time, but those two a day if I don't give her...
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- Have you tried exchanging the bottle for a pacifier at nap and bedtime? You might also give her a drink of whatever before you go to nap and bed. Then hand over the...
- Hi there! I was having the same issue with my son until I found a sippy cup aw walmart by "Nuby" It has a silicone mouthpiece on it and he loves it. Hope this helps!
- I'd rather see you get rid of the pacifiers over the bottle. The bottle will eventually become useless to her. The soothing feeling they get from the sucking can stay ...
I Need Advice Again!
Asked by W.T. from Tampa
on August 17, 2007
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Well my daughter is 16 months old and was curious when I should completly bottle braek her. She only has her bottle at nap time and bed time that's it. During the day ...
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- I broke my daughter of the bottle at 12 months when the dcotor said she was done. At first she wanted nothing t odo with a sippy cup. But one day I just refused to giv...
- I broke my son from the bottle at 12 mo. Thats what his ped. suggested and I'm having a new baby so it seemed easier to do it now. It wasn't too hard he had been using...
- I am new here - however my son is 13 months old and only takes cups with straws - no more bottles.
How to Stop Breastfeeding & Start on a Sippy Cup
Asked by J.C. from Detroit
on December 2, 2007
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Hi Moms,
I am in desperate need of some advice. My 11 month old son has 8 teeth and is teething (both eye teeth are on the move). Over the past week he has bit me s...
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- Ouch! I remember the biting...A very experienced mom once told me to give a quick flick to the baby's mouth (at the very moment of the bite) and at first I was like "...
- J., My daughter started doing the same thing around 10 months so I decided I was going to have her completely weaned and on a sippy cup by a year and by 11 months she...
- hey lady. i did the same thing with my oldest daughter. she wouldnt switch to formula, so i just switched her over to cow's milk in a bottle one day, and it went ver...
Wondering How to Start weaning...is There a Cue from Baby?
Asked by B.W. from Bakersfield
on November 20, 2006
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I Have an 11 mo old who turns one on 12-9-06. I am not quite sure how to begin weaning him. How do I know when the time is right? I have him night weaned, but throu...
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- Hi B., you are on a perfect start. just start substuting the bottle in the morning. what i did was i started off by substuting every other day so my daughter would get...
- hey B., the only thing i can say is tell him no, yes he will wine and cry but if you really want to do this you are going to have to be strong and consistant with i...
- Do you want to stop? Or not. that would be the biggest thing. Babies benefit from breastmilk well past the first year. In fact the World Health Organization recomm...
Weaning Infant Only Wants to Nurse
Asked by C.B. from Detroit
on May 30, 2008
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I have a 9 and a half month old, whom I need to work on weaning as I go back to work in July and she will need to be taking her milk some how. Currently she nurses re...
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- Hi C., I don't know if this will help you or not, but my kids were breastfed, and I never gave them a bottle (except for my first when I went back to work initially...
- Can you continue to nurse when you're home? You can pump at work to keep up your milk supply. 9-mo olds are finicky sometimes. The weight loss is something not to b...
- First, congrats on B-feeding for so long! I think that you should stick with B-milk or formula ( not cows milk until afte a year.). Will she take a bottle? Somet...
Help with Weaning
Asked by F.S. from San Antonio
on December 13, 2007
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How can i wean my 11 month old off the breast? i've tryed unsucessfully with almost every bottle i can find. she has teeth now so im really sore, what can i do? please...
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- Hi F., I may not be the right person to respond here since I nursed my 1st son for 23 months and my 2nd for 30 months... but, maybe you could pump and still give her ...
- My daughter just turned one and I had to abruptly stop breastfeeding because she would vomit everytime I fed her. I guess I ate something she was allergic to. She wo...
- If she were to stop biting would you want to keep nursing, becasue you can teach her not to bite. Either stop that feed and tell her no, and sit her on the floor, or s...
