Weaning

thumper7912

My 22 month old is still BF 4-5 times daily.  We don't do WCM, she never liked it.  I am 4 weeks pregnant and would like to start weaning.  Any advice??

TheBorg7of9

I'm sure there are some great articles on kellymom.com.  But I would do it slowly, starting with the feedings that are not before sleeping.  Also, you might have to change up the schedule or have dad do bedtimes.  When I weaned at night, I offered him a sippy cup of water instead of the boob and that worked for me. When I weaned from the first morning feeding, I started reading him a book instead. (Wake Up! by Sandra Boynton)

thumper7912

That's how we weaned night feedings.  She was still waking around 3-5 to nurse and I offered water and then she'd go back to sleep!  So i'll have to do that with other feedings!!  Thank you, @theborg7of9