Weaning Question

frugalphillybride

I'm working on weaning my 12 month old.  We're down to 3 nursing sessions.  He nurses at wake-up from one side (around 6:30am) and then from the other side around 9am before his nap.  Then his 3rd session is before bedtime around 6:45pm.  I'm next planning on trying to drop the morning feeds.  My question is since he nurses from one side only in the morning, can I drop both the 6:30am and 9am sessions at the same time?  Or does that risk engorgement?  Or should I just first try to get him to nurse both sides first thing in the morning and drop the 9am?  (For months now I had been doing just one side in the morning since I was so full).  Hopefully that made sense.

p.s.  Reading this board is a big part of the reason we made it to a year after a lot of struggles in the beginning.  I'm so thankful and appreciative of all the support this board offers!

surpriseaddition

I think I would cut one morning feeding, and force a switch about halfway through his normal nursing time. I always nurse both sides, but I would think it would be uncomfortable for the one side that was used to the feeding to stop all together in the morning.

charmcity82

Congratulations on getting to the one year mark!

I am also working on weaning for my 12 month-old son... he seems ready and we have dropped feedings so that we are down to three (6:30am wake-up, 10am pre-nap, 3:30pm pre-nap).

He only nurses from one side each time, and my boobs have kind of adjusted to that over time.  I would not drop both at the same time, gradual has always been less uncomfortable for me personally.  Good luck!

frugalphillybride

Thanks so much for the feedback.

And @charmcity82, how did you go about dropping the pre-bedtime feeding (assuming you were doing one)?  That's the one I'm most nervous about.  The nursing helps get him really drowsy for bed.