If you weaned by 12 months, and remember it, come in

winery

If you weaned by 12 months or so, do you remember what feedings you dropped when and how long you waited in between?

I started weaning #1 at 11 months and stopped by 13.5 months.  I'd like to finish it up by 12 months this time, but since I did it slowly last time, I'm unsure how to do it and end a month and a half earlier.

I also remember having slight depression for a week after I dropped a feeding from the change in hormones.  So I don't think that stopping all or a lot of feedings at once would be good for me or DS.

 

sarahgcapecod

I did it pretty slowly between 11 and 12 months. He was on 3 feedings a day and I dropped the middle one first with no problem. Then 10 days later dropped the night feeding. I remember waking up before him and wanting him to nurse soon....but no major problems.  Then, maybe 2-3 weeks later I dropped the last feeding.  I think I pumped like 2 times because I was in a bit of pain (nothing crazy).

 

babykin18

I don't know the exact timing but I slowly weeded out daytime feedings first, usually the ones right after solids.  Got to the point when I was only doing it 2x/day, first thing in the morning and before bed.

mamarazzi

I dropped feedings around meals first.  I was supplementing at that point, too.  I think I dropped one every 3-4 days.  By his first birthday, I was only nursing first thing in the morning and before he went to bed.  He self-weaned at 12.5 months and by then he was down to just nursing before bed.