Stopping breastfeeding
My toddler is 21 months old and I breastfeed her to sleep. She is able to sleep through the night and does is on a regular basis. Though, we also give milk at night where she ask for some breastmilk (and sometimes even cow milk) We had so much struggle with her sleep, than I am happy we found something that seems to work.
However, I would like to stop breastfeeding. We are hoping to get started with baby number 2 and would prefer she weans before I am pregnant again.
But I have no idea how to do it. She likes her mum at night, so I still want to do the bedtime. But I have felt so sick and so tired that the idea of helping though the transition by rocking her or letting her cry feels daunting.
Do you have any tips on how I can help her and me through the transition?
And also what do you do when you have a sick child or a child who does not manage to sleep when you don't beeastfeed? I am terrified night-time will get worse and more tiring as a result
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Hey, I haven't got a solution but I heard that when you get pregnant the milk taste changes and a lot of the time the first child weans off by themselves because of that. It's mother nature prioritising the babies needs over the toddler.
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I didn’t breastfeed no no advice there , but did she like the cows milk?? Could you do the swap to cows milk so she’s still having a cuddle with a bottle or something? My eldest had a bottle of milk until she was 2 / 2 & half ish and i actually decided to stop my boy with milk this week ( he’s been poorly and i was worried milk would make him more sick) and luckily he’s been fine with the transition I find It’s all trial and error with kids , but is it worth switching to cows milk and then you can take it away at a later day when you’re ready to drop it completely? X