Weaning my son?

Question

I breast feed my 6 month old, and plan to keep it up until he's a year.

He does great with stage two baby food, although we dont hold to a strict schedule of when and how much.

I got to thinking about it and realized that if i want to be done around his birthday I should start setting up a plan. What are some things I should implement now to make weaning a transition and NOT a battle of wills?

My biggest one is bed time and at night. Its sooo easy to just pop him on a boob and put him to sleep, or back to sleep... Obviously I dont want that to be the only way he sleeps.

How did other breast feeding moms do it without too much of a battle?

Answer 1

You may wish to begin by taking away certain predictable nursings sessions and replacing them with some more solids.
The thing is, is that he is too young to start on whole milk just yet and you'd likely have to supplement with some artificial milk. Your doctor knows you best and could make some reccomendations.
I can truly understand the nighttime feeds, those are usually the last to go especially because they hold the most convenience for us.
Giving yourself 6mo is very generous...just take things slowly and anticipate some bumps along the way.
If your baby isn't ready, then this may be more difficult that you anticipate. Child-led weaning is a widely growing popularity and perhaps something you may wish to look into.
You may be suprised once your child hits "12mo" that him (and you) may not be ready to let go of your special time.

Some sites that have many gentle weaning suggestions:

http://www.lalecheleague.org/NB/NBweaning.html

http://www.picosearch.com/cgi-bin/ts.pl

Answer 2

If you get a good answer, please let me know, as I am going through the same thing with my 7 month old. I understand what you mean about putting him to the breast to get him to sleep, but now it seems as if he's dependent on it and I don't want this to continue too much longer than a year.

Answer 3

TAKE HIM TO A BOTTLE THE GRADULY UP TO BABY FOOD