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Bellelambweaning ?'s

JAP09-02JAP09-02 member
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Hey there, just curious on how you weaned your older 2. I'm more nervous about weaning from the breast than the bottle because DD2 is a total mama's girl. I feel like the breast is more of a comfort to her than the bottle, or maybe it's just the feelings I associate with BF'ing... I'm also worried that the longer I BF the more attached to me she's going to become not that it is necessarily a bad thing.

DD1 was bottle feed from 6 weeks on, and the bottle was taken away right at her first birthday. She gave it up with no problem.

I think part of my fear stems from the fact that I'm also not able to get out much in the evenings to hang out with friends, have date night, etc. DH works long hours, and we don't have any family in town. So at this juncture I'm picturing myself at home, with my 3 y/o listening to my baby scream her head off because she wants to nurse. I know this is a worst case scenario.

So, do they just lose interest? I'd really like to be done around her first birthday. Give me any pointers you have! Thanks.

PS I'm in no way implying that bottle fed babies are not as attached to their mama's.
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  • bellelambbellelamb member

    Ok this might get long I'm sorry!

    I have three boys my first who is 8 now was completely ff because of personal reasons at the time I couldn't bf and was young and dumb and didn't really know how great for baby it was so I didn't push to make it work. He had many ear infections in the first two years of life and I always wonder if bfing would have helped that but oh well it's too late to worry about that. I had him down to only a bottle at bed around a year and then he was completely done with only a few problems by 18 months. He fussed and cried to sleep for about a week but then it was gone.

    My middle just turned 2 he was ebf until I returned to work at 5 months and then I didn't have time to pump enough at work so I chose to supplement with some formula while I was at work. Over time he started getting a bottle before bed because he never slept well and I was hoping it would help it didn't at all if anything he was up more! Now at 2 he still gets a bottle at bed because I have lo and need some sleep at some point. Although weaning from the breast with him was so simple and so easy I wish I'd never given him a bottle at bed!!

    When it came time to wean for us I started at a year I was already 3 months pregnant with lo at that point. I just started cutting out a nursing session a day, starting with mid-morning, then mid-afternoon, then before nap, then first thing in the morning, lastly the evening cuddle session.  For awhile it was once a day then every other day and then one day dh asked when was the last time he nursed and I couldn't remember it had been at least 4 days. I had no engorgement no tears from Nathan it was so easy. Up until then Nathan was very attached to the boob he would come over and pull my shirt down and sign more when he wanted to nurse so I thought it would be hard but it wasn't.

     sorry it was so long I just felt the back story helped my experience make sense. 

    any specific questions please ask

     

     

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