when you say your LO weaned from BF'ing

lpennie16

what do you mean? Did they just lose interest?

  My mom told me that my younger sister did this at 10 months. She started hitting my mom's breasts and trying to get away. It made mom sad b/c she had finally gotten the handle of nursing!

thomas&lynn

DD just didn't nurse very long at all towards the end, and would take a bottle afterwards instead.

kelbrian

DD slowly started reducing how much time she spent nursing, and we cut out a bunch of sessions. She was down to once a day and then just quit. She shook her head no at me when I tried to nurse her the day she turned sixteen months and pushed me away. It was really sad for me. I continued offering a few days after that, and she kept refusing.

gypsybe

DS just lost interest...didn't ask for it, didn't latch on when it was offered.  Stuck with mornings for a while, but eventually even gave that up and just cuddled instead.  This was at 11-12 months.

 

 

preg_amy

He would start pushing me away when it was time to nurse.  And then he'd climb off my lap and do something else.

This was at just before 12 months.  He didn't want bottles either.  

Funny thing is that the only time he wanted to nurse was in the middle of the night.

The last time I nursed him, he actually sat and nursed for a really long time.  I cried the whole time.

lpennie16

I'm already getting emotional worrying that my supply will tank, he will lose interest or something else will happen to make me have to wean before I'm ready. :-(

disbride061103

DS weaned himself around 10 months.  He refused to latch and would fight me the whole time.  I thought it was a nursing strike but it went on for over a week.  Finally I just stopped offering and kept pumping. 

Bride2bMO

lpennie16:

I'm already getting emotional worrying that my supply will tank, he will lose interest or something else will happen to make me have to wean before I'm ready. :-(

no worries! Maybe you'll be like me and have to pry him off with a crowbar at 22 months. This kid NEVER turned down a boob. Weaning him made me feel like the scum of the earth, but I had to.

snowinlv

I forced her to wean at 13 months. She was still up all night wanting to nurse, and I just couldn't take it. I had such a repulsion to breastfeeding at the end. It got very frustrating that she wouldn't take a bottle or sippy cup of milk at night. I had been slowly weaning her from 11.5 months during the day, just cutting out one feeding at a time. DH was laid off at the time, so it made "rejecting" her easier since he was there to give her the attention she wanted. I'm sure she would still be nursing if I let her! I cut her off cold turkey one night and haven't looked back. And now she sleeps better. Imagine that

lisaNov3

Bride2bMO:

lpennie16:

I'm already getting emotional worrying that my supply will tank, he will lose interest or something else will happen to make me have to wean before I'm ready. :-(

no worries! Maybe you'll be like me and have to pry him off with a crowbar at 22 months. This kid NEVER turned down a boob. Weaning him made me feel like the scum of the earth, but I had to.

i feel like this is going to be me...?