Weaning Help!!

mommyaudra

Hey mamas,

I need some advice on weaning my 10 month old lil guy. I've EBF him for 10 months, he has had a bottle every now and then with in laws when we go out, but he will not take the bottle from me. I'm a SAHM and tried not BF him one morning when he was wanting it, and pumped instead, but he was pulling the pump off of me (lol) and crying and ended up falling asleep with his head on my other breast while i pumped the other side. (it was so sad!) So later that day i couldn't take it anymore he was just so sad and whiny i ended up bf him and he instantly was so calmed. 

I've tried giving him expressed milk in his bottle, a sippy cup and he just didn't go for it. 

I'm asking what you other mamas did who EBF and started weaning? Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated!!

Thanks ladies.

mommyaudra

It's kind of a personal choice and this is kind of when i thought i would start the process of weaning, and maybe just night feed. I thought if i fed him till 10 months he'd only have one or two months of formula and then be done. 

With my daughters i fed them till 9 months and had a big drop in supply and just weaned them because i was working and could give them formula at my dad's when he watched them. so i feel like i have no idea what to do this time around being a SAHM and EBF whenever he wants it.

i have an ok supply now and was thinking about starting to just pump it and give him the BM in bottles thinking it would transition him easier...but as i stated it didn't go to well!

so i'm ok with not doing it yet i thought maybe i would go ahead and ask and get some more help for when i tried weaning again.

TheBorg7of9

Well maybe start with another feeding that he is not so attached to. But honestly, it seems much easier just to wait 2 months...

opheliainwaders

Yeah, honestly if you aren't having any problems, I'd probably just wait a couple months, and then night-wean first, and then wean the "random" daytime feeds - keep the morning, nap time, and bedtime ones for a bit, and then wean those ones starting with naptime.

I think the morning and evening ones are the hardest to wean, and the ones most kids keep for longest, but I haven't tried to drop those two yet, so I can't comment on how that would go.

mommatotwo2

Personally, I'd wait as well.  I was feeling pretty tired of pumping at the 10 month mark, because I went back to work when LO was 12 weeks old, but if I'd been a SAHM, I'm not sure I would have been considering weaning at that point, given the fact that you'll need to put him on formula for 2 months. I guess I just don't see the point, if things are working out fine with nursing. To each their own, though.  Weaning would likely have to be a slow process, especially with you being there all day with him.  If you're truly wanting to stop, I'd start offering a bottle of formula (he might be too young to transition to a sippy for his full nutrition), to replace feedings. I'd start replacing middle of the day feedings first, eliminating wake up, nap time and night time feedings last. Remember, for a baby, nursing is a huge part comfort. While babies love their momma's milk- having it from a bottle or cup is never going to be quite the same as having it from a soft, warm, momma's breast.  Good luck.