2007-04-28 02:53:23 · 8 answers · asked by lkjgfyfukh 4 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Newborn & Baby
My daughter nursed every 1-2 hours. Even at 12 mos. It was very hard. I had to cut her down to 3 nursing sessions a day. Then 2 and finally just at beditme. It was very gradual, over about a month.
2007-04-28 03:04:14 · answer #1 · answered by Kat H 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
When my son was 12 and a 1/2 months old, I got pregnant again, and then lost the baby. The baby wouldn't pass through me, and I opted to take th abortion pill instead of having a D and C. With this pill, you absolutely CANNOT breastfeed. Because of this, I had to stop in one day. It was painful ( more emotionally for me, than physically ) but, in the end, it worked out fine. I'm one of those moms that hates to feel like I'm depriving my child of anything, so I KNOW that if I hadn't been forced to stop when I did, I would probably still be breast feeding and he'll be 4 next week :-) It took about a week for all of my milk to dry up, and by that time in our son's life we felt no need to give him a bottle. We went straight to a sippy cup, and had lots of success. I'm about to have another baby soon, and when I stop nursing this one, I think we might do the same thing with her as well. Just stop one day, and not make it an option to only do it at night, or do the whole weaning process. She will be over a year old when I stop, and by that time, she'll be old enough to deal with it. Good Luck on whatever you choose to do!
2007-04-28 10:10:21 · answer #2 · answered by One Race The Human Race 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Introduce the bottle at the same time you're breastfeeding, and it just depends on you and the child. While breastfeeding, slip the bottle in so the child may adapt. Continue using your milk, though, and eventually mix with formula and slowly work to only formula, unless you continue to pump, which is always good.
2007-04-28 10:01:13 · answer #3 · answered by CheekyMonkey 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I stopped "cold turkey". I had to go back to work and wasn't going to pump, so I just stopped. The engorgement lasted about a week, then the milk production just quit. It wasn't comfortable, I can tell you that...but if I would have kept pumping or even just breastfeeding less frequently, the milk would have continued producing.
2007-04-28 10:04:28 · answer #4 · answered by RayeKaye 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
My boys weaned at 15 months and they had slowly stopped and were only nursing once or twice a day at that point.
2007-04-28 11:16:44 · answer #5 · answered by Momofthreeboys 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Gradually is best. For you and baby. Start missing one meal at a time. When he/she adjusts to the missed one, give a few days, and miss another.
For mine, I stopped giving her during the day and only gave her at bed time and nap times. later, I reduced to only nights and then stopped altogether.
It's so easy this way. For baby, she's already getting used to not having it and when u finally stop, it won't be shocking at all. she'll just miss it for a couple of days and forget it. For you, it'll help u not to have engorged breast to deal with. Your breast will have less and less milk as baby sucks less so when u eventually stop, it won't get too full to be uncomfortable. this is what I did and it worked greatly for both of us. Hope it works for you too.
2007-04-28 10:03:33 · answer #6 · answered by sholly 4 · 3⤊ 0⤋
i would say it took me about a month to stop breast feeding completely...he was about 6 months old..You can also try buying the bottles with the nipples that are similar to your nipple so the=at the baby feels the similarity...
2007-04-28 11:38:19 · answer #7 · answered by Sin 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Most women wean their babies, meaning that they do it less and less. Stopping cold turkey is quite difficult to do for mom and baby.
2007-04-28 10:00:47 · answer #8 · answered by AV 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋