hello, my son is almost 9 months. And I'm not weaning till he is 12 months..is it difficult? How do you wean? I'm really nervous because my son uses my nipples as pacifiers and pretty much nurses everytime he wakes up in middle of night and needs to go back to sleep..any advice on the pacifier lol. Is anyone tired of nursing bras yet.. I am..
Quoting babymooon:it may be a good choice for everyone else :) but I am not breastfeeding my son as a 2 yr old. Thanks for all the advice. It sounds like it will be easier then I thought. I'm still deciding whether to go back to wok or not. So it'll be easier not to pump.
I totally respect that. I had to wean little guy at 17 mos due to pregnancy issues, me drying up and serious nursing adversion (made me want to vomit). It does take two to tango. By the time your little guy is 12 months old he should be taking a sippy at least.
Now....the weaning process for us involved a good bit of tears. Naptime and sleepy time was the hardest. For a couple weeks I had DH put him down at night, at naptime I just rocked him ... he did cry mama but I had to do it. It took about 3 weeks to make the transition. He wouldn't take the sippy for me but I had my babysitter come over (so I could sew) and don't you know ... he took it for her but wouldn't for me.
I'm due in a couple weeks, I'm anxious to see if he tries to revert.
Going back to work is fine..after a year just dont pump, yuor body will adjust no big deal, weaning isnt needed for that, in fact still nursing when home is reassuring for a LO when they just start being away from mom.
OH and I couldnt vote, I allow self weaning which I know is not for everyone, in fact it wasnt for me til I got to the point where I realized that nursing is no big deal and sooooo little work after a year
I had to pick 24 months because it was the oldest option presented. My fourth nursling here just turned 3 years old a few weeks ago. The two babies before her were weaned at 24 months and my first born was weaned at 15 months. I haven't worn a nursing bra in years! And nursing an older baby is not like nursing a younger one; we've only been nursing once or twice a day for probably a year or longer now, only at home, so there is no worry about public nursing and having the right clothes. When I weaned my others they stopped napping, and I am in no hurry to shoot myself in the foot on that one. It's the best trick up my sleeve for every issue that could arise.
They slowly learn how to sit, stand, walk, run, dress, toilet train etc. slowly losing their baby characteristics and gaining independence. all the while they wean themselves off nursing just like all their other young child needs.
Then their five and dressing, feeding, bathing themselves :)
when you want to wean just drop one feeding a week and distract and delay to avoid that feeding.
Quoting babymooon:it may be a good choice for everyone else :) but I am not breastfeeding my son as a 2 yr old. Thanks for all the advice. It sounds like it will be easier then I thought. I'm still deciding whether to go back to wok or not. So it'll be easier not to pump.
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- babymooon
on Aug. 30, 2012 at 2:02 PM