BFers: Mother led weaning around a year?
Who is planning to wean around a year and do you know how you will do it? My original BFing goal was 6 months, so I am pretty proud to be getting closer to 12, but at that point I just think I am done. Luckily DD has pretty much stopped comfort nursing and only nurses 2-3 times on days I work (all bets are off on the weekends), so I am hoping the transition to WCM can be pretty smooth. But I definitely open to any tips!
ETA: my pedi said it was fine to start mixing BM with WCM at 11.5 months to start the transition.
Re: BFers: Mother led weaning around a year?
Similar to hilsy's situation here. I'm SAHM and DS nurses 7-8x/day (he doesn't take bottles). He's eating solids but nowhere near enough food. He's not even 8 months yet so I'm not too worried for now, but I honestly have no idea how I'm going to do the transition esp since I SAH! I do plan to wean at 1 yr but I'm not opposed to doing a morning session for a little longer...
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I just finished weaning LO because he kept chewing on my nipples (ow). I weaned over the course of three or four weeks by cutting out one to two feedings per week and then letting my body adjust. If I cut two feedings in the same week, I made sure to skip feedings that were 8 to 10 hours apart to prevent too much engorgement or pain. Then, the next week, I'd cut another feeding, and so on.
So, for example, my first week, I cut out one pump session (of two) at work and then his last feeding before bedtime -- We did formula for those instead of BFing. Then the next feeding I cut was his 5:30 feeding, so at that point I was still doing MOTN nursing and pumping once at work. Then I cut the pump session out and only did MOTN feedings (he only required one). After about a week of that, I just stopped altogether. Using that schedule, I never got engorged, and LO was completely weaned in about a month.