Weening 2 1/2 year old....

Sparks in training!

Wow...where did time go? My lo is already 2 and A HALF and STILL in love with breastfeeding!!! I have been trying to ween but he throws a HUGE fit and cries.. He demands and begs for boobie anytime he is ready to sleep=naps and bedtime.

I tried telling him my boobies are closed, no more milk, distracting, etc and then he say's "i forgot to say please" and will BEG for boobie. Any ideas?

 I am going to be visiting family next month and will be embarrased for the lame backlash of him being to old and still nursing. I didnt intend to nurse this long but he still seems so baby at times and i have been fine with it...just kept it private.

I think that at this point...we are ready to stop...I mean he will try to pull my boobie out of my shirt for goodness sake! LOL

Any advise for weening would be apprecaiated... Im thinking about asking my OB for medication to dry up my milk....

vvvvvfee

you can set limits on nursing without weaning. you can enforce specific times for nursing as well. if you are only nursing at wakeup, naptime, and bedtime, no one needs to see you nurse.

my 2-year-old occasionally tries to pull my breasts out of my shirt in public, too. i gently stop him.  and tell him "not now, sweetie, we'll have them later." then i offer him a hug or an alternative beverage or snack.

if you yourself are interested in weaning, i think PP offered great advice.

sarahandeddiejune212008

I recently weaned my DD at 23 months. She didn't want to give it up. Finally one day I told her they were broke. She understood what that meant and was fine with it. Within 4 days she stopped asking. It was a fluke that it worked, but it's hard when they know what they want.

camedowncrushing

I weaned DD1 at 21 months, and she had been a total milk monster.  I started with putting her on a schedule of morning, before and after nap, and before bed.  I dropped before bed first, and then morning....and that was awful.  Morning was her favorite (my least favorite because I was super sick being pregnant with DD2 and DD1 wanted to nurse for an hour) and she was super super upset about it.  I started to try to drop before nap, and she was really struggling.  So then I just decided I was going to drop the last two all together.  I prepped her mentally by saying "mommy's milk is going away because you are a big girl now!"  About a week of doing this, and I just stopped nursing her.  She was so much better.  I think the in between was a struggle for her because she couldn't understand why nursing sometimes was okay and other times it wasn't.  Once I said she was big enough to drink cow's milk and mommy's milk was gone she was fine.  She still loves my boobs though....even now at 3 years old she will snuggle in any chance she gets.