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Toddlers: 12 - 24 Months
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How to Wean the last 2 feedings?
bumpuser9353653
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Looking for some advice from those who have weaned EBF babies
DD is 13 months and is taking cups of milk and water during the day and sleeping through the night.
She still nurses right before bed and first thing in the morning when she wakes up. How do I get her to wean those last two feedings? She specifically asks for them by grabbing my shirt and begging "eat! eat! this! eat!"
I have tried a sippy cup of water but that just gets shoved away and makes her mad. I'm kind of afraid of she's never going to give them up but I am so ready for her to be done nursing.
Advice please!
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Re: How to Wean the last 2 feedings?
Alrighty...here's what I did. I also breastfed for 13 months and left the a.m. and bedtime feedings for last.
I dropped the a.m. feeding first. When DS woke up, I got him out of his crib, changed him, dressed him, offered him a sippy with water, and took him straight to his high chair and fed him regular breakfast with his sippy cup. I didn't sit down with him in his rocking chair or anything that would remind him of nursing. I didn't say or do anything that would remind him of nursing...kept it very casual. He never batted an eye and moved on to regular breakfast with no problems at all.
For his bedtime feeding, I continued with his regular routine...bathtime, diaper, jammies, and then to the rocking chair. Instead of offering the boob, I gave him a sippy cup with water. He also didn't bat an eye and transitioned immediately. He never looked back which was a relief to me because I was expecting him to really pitch a fit.
Every baby is different, but that's what worked for us! Good luck!
When I weaned I stopped the morning feeding first. I had WCM ready for her when she woke up and we just jumped right into breakfast. I served something I KNEW she loved (blueberries) to start with and she eventually forgot about nursing.
The first night I dropped the night time feeding I gave her milk before bed and just put her down. She cried for less than 2 minutes and fell asleep. I told myself I'd let her cry for 5 minutes but she wasn't even really crying. She was mad at first and then just yelled out for a minute or so and drifted off. I waited a good two weeks after dropping the morning feeding before I dropped the bedtime feed. After 2 nights without the nighttime feeding she didn't ask for it.
She was 16 months though so a little bit older.
Thanks for the suggestions ladies! I was thinking about getting rid of the morning feeding first so I think that is what I'll try. We normally wait to give her breakfast until she's at grandma's house for the day while we are at work, but we might have to start giving her some cheerios or something to hold her over. She's very forceful with her "eat!eat!eat!"s when she wants to nurse, so I have a feeling night time is going to be tricky, but you two have given me hope!
Thanks!!