Weaning my toddler ?

OregonMama

I just found out yesterday that I am pregnant again (YAY!).  I have a 17 month old little girl who is still nursing and bedsharing with me.  I know that when her baby brother or sister arrives, I'll be nursing and bedsharing with the new baby, so I feel like I need to wean E before too long so she doesn't have negative feelings towards the baby nursing and her not nursing anymore (basically I want about six months of not nursing to give her time to adjust before the baby arrives).Any suggestions for weaning a toddler?  She nurses mainly at night and I have a feeling it's going to be very difficult with the bedsharing.  Should I transition her to her own bed first and then wean her, or wean her and then transition her?TIA! 

cchill01

We're in the same boat (minus the bed sharing).  DD is 21 months and we're still nursing.  She is weaning on her own slowly.  At this point, I don't offer, but if she asks we'll nurse.  If we end up tandem nursing, so be it.

I agree - I think your bigger issue is transitioning from bedsharing.  I would work on that first - because you're going to need belly room in bed ASAP.

nosoup4u

I night weaned DS1, and then moved him into his own bed. He transitioned to a bed a lot easier than weaning, but weaning only took a week or so? We did the Jay Gordon method, pretty much.