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August 2011 Moms
S-Tuna
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**Bnchanums** RE:Weaning- All input welcome
S-Tuna
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I saw in Lob's post that you are down to wake up and bedtime nursing sessions. What is your plan from there? We are in the same spot. I cut out our afternoon session this week, and other than for a few hours today, DS seems on board. I'm trying to figure out where to go from here.
DS nurses on both sides every time. He nurses for about 10 minutes total. He does not nurse to sleep at night (routine is bath, nurse, books, bed). What I'm thinking: start offering one side in the morning and the other side at night. OR: start cutting minutes off each nursing session. OR: cut out one session (which one?) and then finally the other. I'm okay with a slow weaning process if that means less pain/engorgement.
I know you said you are perfectly fine with keeping at your current sessions, but I was just wondering if you (or anyone else reading this) have any thoughts or a plan on where to go from morning/night sessions.
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Re: **Bnchanums** RE:Weaning- All input welcome
I honestly have zero idea where to go from here. My supply is terrible already and dd has been cleaning me out during the two sessions. This morning I think she was mad because there wasn't more. Id switch one of the sessions out with Wcm, but she doesn't really drink it.
I like your only offering one side each time idea. I think I'll try that first. The lopsided engorgement is going to be a great look
I'm in the same spot, Ty nurses in the morning, if I'm around during naps he wants to, but I'm working on cutting that out, and then before bed. I have no clue where to go from here either, I've tried only nursing on one side morning and night, but my supply is awful, and he typically wants both sides to be satisfied. T drinks WCM really well, so I'm mixing it in his bottles during the day, and I'm offering it after he nurses. He wasn't a fan of it in a sippy, but we're getting over that.
I feel completely lost with where to go from here...I'm kinda glad I'm not the only one!
I'm kind of in the same spot. I was planning on replacing our morning session with a sippy cup of milk in the next week or soon. As for our night feeding it seems like LO is starting to wean herself. She really won't sit still for a night feeding anymore. I'm sorry this isn't more helpful.
Do you see any signs of LO wanting to wean himself?
We are also in a similar situation, except in addition to morning and bedtime, DD nurses once in the late afternoon as well. (That will be going soon- it's almost a joke to nurse her then. She hardly wants to nurse and she never "asks" for it.) I also am unsure about what to do next. I'll be going back to work full time in September, and I feel like I need somewhat of a plan.
Anyway, I personally would be hesitant to only offer one side in the morning, and the other at night. I don't think LO would be satisfied with only one side, and I also feel like I would be very uncomfortable with the lopsided engorgement issue. To boot, for me, one breast is the "better producer" so that probably wouldn't work out well for us. If you don't foresee having those issues, then that may work for you. I think it would be better to cut down minutes on each session, as long as that doesn't piss off your LO, haha. But with that, you can always give some cow's milk (or whatever you are giving) or a snack if he seems like he needs something more. For me, I think when it comes time, I will be cutting out the night nursing session. This is my train of thought...
DD definitely nurses better and longer in the mornings. I know she is getting a decent amount. She's so relaxed, and it's a great way to spend a few minutes in the morning together before we start our day. As of now, DD still nurses to drowsy (very drowsy) at night, but I think she would be okay with a modified bedtime routine. Plus, I feel she eats a great dinner and that really fills her up. I have noticed recently that she doesn't actively nurse as well at bedtime. I think she may be satisfied from dinner and from her milk in her sippy. I have to give it more thought, though. For you, it sounds like dropping the bedtime nursing session would work because your DS has a great bedtime routine, and he doesn't nurse to sleep. You could do some extra cuddling in place of nursing and see how that goes.
Ahh, sorry that got so long. Just my 2 cents, but I hope it helps a bit. I'll be watching this post to see what other moms say.
I personally don't know much, weaning just kind of happened for us. Which was an easy way of doing it I guess.
My thought would be to cut out a session rather than offer one side each feeding. You may get more engorged but the transition for your LO may be easier. That way they get used to the new routine instead of a slightly modified routine.
We started with the BF session she was showing the least amount of interest in, which was the morning session. She just kept getting distracted. Instead of feeding during that session I did something else to distract her. We cuddled in bed instead and she didn't really notice.
Then the first night time feeding when I didn't offer any BM, I kept our same routine but instead of nursing I rocked her with her lovey and put her down. Bingo - she was okay with it and apparently ready to be done.
It was too easy for us, but hopefully it works the same for you all!!!
Good luck!!
I'm not worried about not satisfying him by cutting a session short. He eats breakfast within an hour of nursing in the morning. The handful of times that he hasn't nursed before bed seem to not have any effect on his sleep either. He doesn't seem to 'need' to nurse, and other than yesterday afternoon he has never really asked to nurse either. I think he was just tired and cranky and wanted a boob.
I think next week we will try cutting out the bedtime session. He usually unlatches a couple of times per side, and I have been cutting him off after the first time for a couple of weeks. We'll switch side or switch to books if he has had both sides. We started reading before bed in preparation of cutting out the nursing session. I'll try a warm shower before bed or pumping a little if I'm too full or uncomfortable.
The things that helped us cut out afternoon sessions were offering snacks and distractions instead of nursing. The things that helped us cut out nap time (and now hopefully bedtime sessions) were making sure his belly was full and reading books instead of nursing.
We need a weaning check-in, lol.
The more I think about it, the more this makes sense to me. It would take twice as long to wean and probably wouldn't benefit either of us very much.
Ugh. I wish there was a session that dd was less interested in. In the mornings dh plops her in bed and she crawls over and dives on my boob. At night we sometimes do bottles and she kills 5 - 6 oz. maybe I'll try a Wcm sippy in the morning once I can get her drinking it better.
LOL.. picturing this is hilarious!
Can we please seriously do this?? I stalk every weaning post because I feel like I am very adrift and lacking direction as to what comes next. We are still nursing am and pm, plus 1-2 times a day. I am working on cutting out mid-day nursing, but it's tough, as she throws herself at my boobs. I'm doing trial and error to see what works to distract her i.e. snacks, sippy, going to a different room to play. We don't see the pedi for the 12 month checkup for another five weeks, but I'm not holding out hope that she'll give me specific direction.