How do I stop breastfeeding 😮💨
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Cont: No idea if this is right 🙈 totally winging it. But I know the night weening will be the hardest as you say it's comfort but I can get on board with that for a bit longer if it takes it. The lunch feed I think will be fine and she starts nursery soon so that will help. I'm like you I feel touched out now, don't get me wrong it's a bit of a love/hate thing because I love our journey and I'll be sad when it's over but it's time. Good luck
In a similar position (although not looking to stop) but this is likely to be for comfort and reconnection rather than about the milk. My best advice is to find other ways to reconnect and meet your babies emotional needs and that need for closeness that doesn’t involve a feed and you’ll find it a much easier transition away from breastfeeding. A snack/ cows milk etc is unlikely to help in this instance as it was never really about the milk if that makes sense.. but you of course can offer those things too to make sure baby isn’t hungry 😊 The pain you’re experiencing is likely to be a positioning issue - as they get older they tend to get a bit lazy with their latch so experimenting with different positions may help in the meantime. Good luck! x
How long has little one been at nursery? It might be that he needs the connection and comfort for a short time while he’s getting used to things. I’ve been slowly dropping feeds too. I’ve straight swapped from feeds to snacks. She is now on morning BM, breakfast, snack, lunch, snack, dinner, evening BM plus overnight BM. If she asks and it’s not the times for BM I try distraction but if that doesn’t work I let her. This is a transition for them and you and they won’t understand a straight swap to no BM. Doing it like this has worked for me and she now only asks if she’s tired or hungry xx
I'm stopping breastfeeding and I've been gradually reducing since about 10/11months. I'm doing it by dropping feed by feed each week so it's very gradual to not affect me and her. Started by picking the easiest feed that would be easy to drop for us it was the afternoon so I initially exchanged that for formula in a bottle and then the week before her 1st birthday I gradually transitioned to cows milk (warmed up). The next feed I dropped was the mid morning feed and HV said do a straight swap to a snack and some water. Starting today I've dropped her morning feed on waking-she was pulling at my top but actually she took the warm cows milk in a bottle pretty well. She put up a bit of a fuss prior to her first nap as she wanted BM but I said no and gave her lots of cuddles and kisses and she went to sleep fine. So that's my plan for this week. Next up I plan on dropping the pre bed feed so all that will be left is any night wakes and the lunchtime feed.