Weaning off the boob
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I've done similar to Josie with both of mine. At night I set it so that if he woke after 1am we could nurse, and then after 4am. Any other wakes would just get cuddles and check-ins every 5-10 minutes, but it only took that long the first night or so of the process. Then I slowly changed it to 2 am and 4, then cut out the 4am, and eventually the 2am as well. I also started limiting how long, so no longer than 10 minutes at first, then 8, 5 , 3, then it was just making sure he was done before falling asleep. We are down to once every 1.5 days or so. He will occasionally nurse in the morning for about 5 minutes when we wake up, or for like 3 before nap if he's really unsettled, but it's not every time. We are coming up on the time that will be our last. Just a warning, there is a hormone shift when you wean off so don't be surprised to get weepies or angry randomly.
My daughter only feeds to sleep, but will scream the house down if I don't feed her or limit her time feeding. I have no idea how to reduce her feeds without night tantrums 😵💫
@Jude it’s not nice but have you thought of sleep training?
@Josie we tried it but it didn't work for us
I’ve not weaned off yet but due to having another baby I have been weaning my daughter off slowly. We have set times she can have a feed which is now before a nap and before bed and if she asks for it any other time I tell her it’s all gone and offer her a drink or a snack instead. She did have tantrums in the beginning so we’d then distract her with something else x