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Toddlers: 12 - 24 Months
BFers who have weaned successfully...
I want to be done as soon after 12 months as possible. Preferably, 12 months and 1 day;o)
Did any of you begin giving whole milk gradually a couple of weeks before your DC's first bday? My pedi has okayed this, but was looking for real-life experiences. I have seen many stories where babies don't like to drink milk out of sippy's for some reason, so I want to start getting him used to it for 1 meal a day at least at 11 1/2 months.
Thanks for any input you may have!
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Re: BFers who have weaned successfully...
Donkey! Good luck to you!
::crosses fingers that Kemdall gulps it down::
Are you as ready to be done as I am??
*sigh* Yes and no. ?I had no idea I would be so conflicted over this. ?Deep down I really do want to be done, but I just feel bad and sad and a tad guilty and I have no idea why.?
I started giving DS whole milk just after he turned 11months. I work full-time and wasn't pumping quite enough during the day anymore, so I just started making up for the lost breastmilk by mixing it with whole milk. DS didn't even flinch. As we got closer to his birthday, I made his bottles more whole milk and less breastmilk, until he was off breastmilk entirely. We still breastfed morning and night for a couple months, but by his birthday he was entirely on whole milk during the day. The bottles were banished a couple weeks later, replaced by sippy cups.
Honestly, I think I could have just gone cold turkey on him with the whole milk, so if you don't normally pump, just try starting off with one sippy of whole milk a day and work up from there. Good luck!
DS would take it from the sippy right away. We would still give him a sippy at meals but he wouldn't finish usually touch, I would put it in a bottle and feed him that way. Eventually he would start holding the bottle while sitting in my lap. So then I started giving him a bottle to feed himself in his highchair. Once he got the hang of that I just started giving him sippys and he's done fine with that. It took maybe a month. I started some milk before his first birthday but didn't completely wean until the weekend after.
Some people will say that it is bad to give them a bottle but DS is on the smaller side so it was most important to me that he was getting in the milk so if a bottle was needed so be it. He's 14 months now and has been off a bottle for a month and a half.
I started weaning DD around 11 and 1/2 months. I would give her milk in a sippy at lunch first, then dinner. I was still BFing when she woke up, before naps, and before bed at night. Gradually I stopped offering the boob at those times and just increased her milk and water intake throughout the day in sippy cups. I thought it was going to be hard but she never really asked for it. I kept the morning BF and weaned her from all the other ones b/c I still felt like I wasn't completely ready to stop completely. I thought I would miss our cuddle time! However, about a week ago (DD is 14 mos) I had an appointment in the morning and DD slept in so I didn't get to BF her. The next morning I tried just giving her milk in a sippy and she went right for it, no complaints. I took this as my sign that we were both ready to stop. Now in the morning when she gets up, I still snuggle on the couch with her but she drinks her sippy of milk instead of BFing. We still get our quiet cuddle time. Only you and your DC will know when and how weaning will work for you...good luck!