Breastfeeding

My baby’s 1 year old and I’m still nursing. Following for advice too

No, my LO stopped themselves at 20 months and I wasn’t ready. I think because they are older it will be so much harder to stop. Did you use a tactic of bribery with sweets or stickers to potty train?

Stopped at 2.5. At these sorts of ages I think they are capable of understanding. We mentioned it for months beforehand and read books about it with her. I was expecting her to be upset but on the first day we did a special breakfast and kept everything really positive and high energy and it was just fine. She's cried about it a few times and we just have a cuddle.

14 months I'm still breastfeeding, I'm hoping for 18 months but my daughters reduced her feeds down. Well done for tandem feeding! Be proud of yourself for getting this far with feeding. You can get lots of books to read to little one about stopping breastfeeding "booby moon" is one I know of but there's lots. Try going longer between feeds, swap feeds for a bottle/cup, but offer lots of cuddles etc. Sometimes it's not always a feed they want just the comfort. Providing a comfort teddy or something might be really helpful

My Sep 2021 boy had his last feed a few weeks ago. Had only been feeding at nap time and before bed for the last 18 months. The naptime feed disappeared when he stopped napping. Then a few weeks ago my partner agreed we should start alternating bedtimes as everything has been on me since my partner got sick a year or so ago and I was at breaking point. To make the idea of dad putting him to bed seem exciting for my boy, I told him he would read him a story in the dark with his torch, which he loved. The following night was my turn and he asked if he could have a story with a torch again. I said it was late and we didn't have time for both milk and a story with a torch, so he would have to choose. Never in a million years did I ever think he'd choose anything over milk (he's been a complete boob monster since birth), but he did! He choose the same thing the next few nights too. It was completely unexpected!

On one of the nights dad put him to bed he asked for breast milk and my partner explained he didn't have any but he could get him a cup of warm milk instead, which he accepted. The next night I gave him a cup of warm milk earlier in the bedtime routine, then when he asked me for breast milk I reminded him that he'd just had a cup of milk and he just accepted it 🤷‍♀️

Anyway, the point of my long story is that a) you're not the only one still feeding b) never in a million years did I think my boy would just give milk up without a fight, but he did! One day he thought milk was the best thing ever and the next day he just didn't. It really can happen like that ! That said, he doesn't have a younger sibling feeding frequently and reminding him what he's missing, which I imagine makes things considerably harder! If you feel you are definitely done, you shouldnt feel bad about stopping regardless how much she loves it. It has to be something you BOTH enjoy. Emma Pickett on Instagram has quite a lot of info on feeding and weaning older kids.

Firstly well done that’s such an amazing achievement to be proud of! How old is your youngest? My toddler naturally lost interest in March or April last year shortly after my baby was born. I was actually relieved as I started to get aversions feeding him, but that also made me feel sad as I loved our feeding journey. I’m also upset I didn’t realise our last feed was our last otherwise I would have treasured it! I’ve heard there’s some good story books for little ones that explain why they won’t be having boobies anymore.