how to wean 9 mo old baby from breast? pls help. getting frustrated?

Question

so many people tell me to let them starve for awhile and wait till they have the urge to suck the bottle. i tried but 9 month old only sucks 2 ounces of milk. i dont want her to get thin so i told my nanny to use dropper. now she is on dropper and nanny is close to resigning. pls help me. tried to many nipples. been patiently letting her get familiar with the bottle for 2 months already and still no effect. my breastmilk supply is decreasing already. i have little milk left. i dont know what to pls help.

Answer 1

dont know if you have tried this but the NUK brand teats are supposed to be the closest shape to a nipple that you can get i think if your baby is hungry enough it will take to something plus the baby should be on solids so maybe only a couple of feeds a day try a non spill sipper cup or straw if trying a straw try cutting half the straw off so that baby doesnt have so much straw to suck the liquid up

Answer 2

Hello there,
I am confused. Why are you trying to make your baby stop drinking your milk? Nine months is too young to wean your baby especially if she is showing a preference to your milk which she obviously is.
How could anyone be so heartless as to tell you to "starve" a baby! I am sure that CPS would have an opinion on that!
The health benefits that were so important to her as an infant continue to be important to her as she grows older. Aside from that breastfeeding takes on a very important psychological benefit for older babies. Why are you putting your baby through this trauma? She must feel like her world is falling apart. I can not emphasize to you enough the strong bond that your baby feels to you at this point in her life. Why do you want to take something so important away from her? I am sure that you must have a reason to be doing this but whatever it is it cannot be as important as the health and well being of your baby.
Go back to nursing her when ever she wants to nurse, that will build your milk supply back up in no time and you will have a happy healthy baby again. There is no need to try to make her get used to bottles.
I successfully nursed all four of my babies until they were well over 1 year old and I know that we all benefited from that extra time together.
There must be some way that you can continue to nurse your precious baby!
BTW, it is not at all unusual for breastfed babies to refuse to take a bottle. That is why so many of them go straight from the breast to a sippy cup. Bottles really have no place in a breastfed babies life.
Please give some more thought to weaning your baby so early!
Blessings
Lady Trinity~ ** Gem: Too bad someone did not alert CPS to the fact that you were starving you "little darling" for an entire day. That is called child abuse.**

Answer 3

My baby is 9 months and I recently stopped giving him breast milk. They say that 6 months is good, 1 year is best so in between should be just fine! I was very scared that my baby would get sick the minute I stopped but he has been nice and healthy. You may want to give him formula since I have read that it should still be making up 75% of the diet until 10 months. I give mine about 18 oz a day along with rice cereal, veggies, and fruits. I would research how much of each portion a 9 month old should have cuz I can't remember the exact measurements. Baby can sense Mommies mood so it may benefit his mood to stop as well. I figured at around 9 months it was time for Mommy to have her body to herself again! Good-luck

Answer 4

Try sippy cups. You may have to try many different brands to find the one your little one will take to.

My dd NEVER would use a bottle, NEVER. I introduced sippy cups around 8 months just to give me a break.

Part of your babies problem may be she doesn't like the taste of formula, and who can blame her, it is gross. Taste it and see why she doesn't want to drink it. yuck. And all the advice of "let her starve, she'll use the bottle when she gets hungry enough" didn't work for us. My little darlin is stubborn and she would go an entire day starving and still would not take a bottle.

(Against doctors advice) I introduced milk and mixed it with formula just for the break from nursing. Also, have you started her on solids yet? As babies eat more food, they tend to need less breast/bottle.

Good luck and with all things baby, this too shall pass.

Answer 5

give her a sippy cup. she wont starve,because im sure she is getting food too at her age. stop using the dropper and i believe at this age you can give your child whole milk instead of formula since your milk is drying up. i definately would not give her a bottle because then you have to wean her from that in 3 months. try a couple different sippy cups,she will take one eventually. good luck!

Answer 6

At this age your milk is still the best thing for her. She should still be getting most of her nutrition from your milk or formula, not solids or cow's milk. (Cow's milk is very high in sodium, for example, compared to human milk)

My opinion is that you should return to nursing her. If you have gone back to work, nurse her before and after work, weekend, whenever you can, and if at all possible, pump so she ca have expresssed milk from a cup when you're at work. If the nany can bring her to you on your lunch break to nurse, you may not even need to give her expressed milk or formula during your workday. If you put her back to your breast, your supply should return- it is a baby's suck that stimulates milk production, and supplt increases to meet the demand.

If for some reason you cannot continue nursing, your only option is to offer her formula ( unless you have a supply of expressed milk in your freezer?) You can give it to her in a bottle, or a cup.

Answer 7

Do you have to give up breastfeeding just yet? My 8mo baby has just started to go to care & was having the same problem (just refusing to drink) so i gave them jellies & pureed fruit & a big kids water bottle with a spout, i also go to the centre once during the day & give him a breastfeed. As a result we are all a little happier. If you can continue to b/f for a while it would be best because most babies wean themselves when they are up walking around & taking more interest in the social aspect of eating & drinking. If you have to give up then just try & keep your baby hydrated with high water foods & sips of water until they are just a little older. If your baby is alert, active & having regular wet nappies then your baby is hydrated.

Answer 8

I would go to the LLL website (La Leche League).

http://forums.llli.org/index.php

There is a mother-to-mother forum full of advise, even a section on weaning.

In the meantime, i would pump to reup your supply. Have you tried a sippy cup? Baby will eat less at first, but the hunger will kick in eventually. Dont worry unless baby starts losing weight significantly. Offer milk when he seems hungry but not overly hungry or with his meals.

Answer 9

well my son gave up his bottle when he was ten months old. so maybe introduce sippie cups or other options of calcium. my son went thru a lactose problem phase that luckily he out grew. however getting him to drink milk was a problem so i sneaked the calicum in with yogurts and cheese and other ways. You could always talk to your pediatrician too. I wouldn't let the baby starve. If they are only taking two onces at a time try buying the platex drop in bottles. they cause less gas. and the gas drops for a child. my daughter had awful tummy ache tonight and it took us all day with her and she finally tuckered herself out. I hope you get your situation solved. i hope some things i told you helps you to.

Answer 10

Have you tried different sippy cups. She should be able to work one of those just fine and it usually is fun for them. Just offer her the cup at every meal and at snack time and before bed. She should get enough milk. Good Luck!! From Rob K's Wife