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Attachment Parenting
BeachBlondie456
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surely i am not the only one... EBF related.
BeachBlondie456
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For those of you who have EBF. my daughter is 11 months in a couple days and has never had BM from anything except my boob. she absolutely refuses a bottle, and while she will drink water from a sippy, if i offer BM in a sippy she screams and throws it. I am worried about how i am going to wean her in the next month or so. she is using my nipples as a comfort object now, constantly putting her hand down my shirt to grab it and holds my boob when she falls asleep (bedshare) i am trying to transition her to her own crib to help with everything. she is nursing 3 times a day and once at night, and eats 3 solid meals a day plus snacks. can any of you offer any insight, advice or encouragement?
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Re: surely i am not the only one... EBF related.
I never did bottles with DS1 (and haven't with DS2), and we used a cup w/ water and soon after a straw cup. I think we started the cup around 7 mo., but mostly just for learning. I ext. BF so I haven't worried about weaning, but I would think if you are weaning her to cow's milk she would be able to take it in a cup (I'm not sure what you are asking, I guess). I wouldn't worry about her not taking BM in other forms unless you want her to have it... you could try frozen BM popsicles.
They usually go through a nurse like a newborn phase around their first birthday, so maybe that's what's going on with your DD. Is she cutting teeth or working on walking/talking skills. That will affect how much she wants to nurse. DS1 calmed down with the nursing around 15 mo. when he got more solid on his feet (He's still nursing, though, so I wasn't pushing him to wean).
Haha, the bolded part above sounds like my DD.
I'd just advise to keep offering it. Could you maybe serve it cold? You could also start mixing in the WCM with your milk and gradually reduce your milk out. If she hasn't taken a bottle by now, I would just skip the bottle and go to a sippy cup.
Do you have to wean?
The hand down the shirt is a discipline issue, regardless of whether or not your boobs are comfort. (They always have been, and it's not a problem unless it bothers you. But, again, you can set limits.
You may find she'll drink anything but BM out of a sippy, but you can also try an open cup.
I'm worried about weaning too. I don't know when i'm going to do it, but i'm hoping it will go well if I do it very slowly. DD is very attached to her "milk station". She barely eat solids, comfort nurses and nurses to sleep at night.
My daughter never became a fan of the bottle and usually screamed whenever it was offered to her. Fortunately, she did not have to be babysat a lot so it wasn't much of an issue. At 6 months we gave up the bottle and introduced the straw cup. At first, we put ice water in it which she loves. We got this kind: https://www.amazon.com/Playtex-First-Gripper-Trainer-Colors/dp/B004E2H3PA .It is a GREAT first straw cup. You can squeeze it while they are using it to help them learn that liquid comes up from the straw. She picked up on straw sucking really fast. She will not always drink BM from it, but always drinks ice water from it. About a month ago we started practicing drinking from a big girl cup and it is messy, but she is slowly getting it.
DS1 still won't drink WCM (but again I'm still nursing him), and I read somewhere that a lot of kids won't drink it until they are completely weaned and forget (I guess?) what BM tastes like. I just make sure he gets nutrients from other places (he loves cheese and cottage cheese). Also, you can try coconut milk or almond milk for more nutrients. DS1 loves chocolate coconut milk popsicles (or I make fruit popsicles and add coconut milk or almond milk sometimes). Also I try (but haven't been good about it lately) to add coconut oil to things (e.g. baked sweet pototato fries), so I know he's getting more of the good fats (he doesn't like avocados).
I thought I would be done with nursing, too, but we are still going at 2.75 yrs! I think you can totally take it month by month, and after she's a year do the don't offer/don't refuse method. It's completely normal for them to still seek comfort from nursing (remember it's the very first thing they "do" from the time they are born. Just try to comfort in other ways if you are really wanting to wean, and set gentle but firm limits (I always stunk at setting limits, but a few months after DS2 was born, they were a necessity).