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Weaning at 1 year (xpost June 13)

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This has probably been discussed before and I've missed it, but we're having a tough time weaning. 

When we started, I was all for extended breastfeeding and self-weaning. However, now that I'm pregnant my nipples are pretty sore and I'm really over it. I'm not really interested in tandem nursing if I can avoid it. Plus DS has recently gotten teeth and has bitten me a few times. We don't nurse much, if at all, during the day except maybe at nap time and when he wakes up. He is really fighting giving up the bedtime nursing session. I've been giving a bottle of formula (in early pregnancy my milk had nearly dried up, so he had formula most of the time from 10-12 months) or wcm and sometimes he takes it but most of the time he pushes it away, screaming, until I whip out a boob. Then when I'm empty, he'll drink the wcm if he hasn't already fallen asleep. 

Any resources or experiences you can share? I did some googling, but it wasn't really satisfying. 

And I KNOW he can fall asleep without a bottle or nursing because he does it at daycare twice a week without incident, but I can't seem to replicate the experience at home.

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Re: Weaning at 1 year (xpost June 13)

  • bumpuser7846882bumpuser7846882 member
    He's reluctant to do it because he travels often for work & hobbies, so he's concerned that the change in routine would do more harm than good.

    He did bedtime last night, though, and it was great (until DS woke up at 2:30 and 5:30...)! I also don't like to wake up DH for overnight wakings because I'm off for the summer (teacher) and he isn't. I may have to start making him get up, though. 

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  • mamainVA2013mamainVA2013 member
    I'm a teacher, so I understand the feeling guilty about having your DH wake up in the middle of the night, but it might be necessary if you want to wean. I'm not at the point of fully weaning, but my DH had to step up for a few nights in order to make night weaning successful.

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