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Weaning
Added: 330 days ago.
Added by: femi
Section: General.
Status: This question is Closed. (Questions will be closed after 10 days.)


My daughter doesn`t breastfeed much during the day, but I seem to be a pacifier at night (we co-sleep). How can I completely wean her?

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antsmom - 329 days ago Rating: 0 (0 votes) Give her a paci instead of the breast or just stop giving her the breast and deal with the crying. After a few days, she'll get the picture that she's not going to get the breast anymore.

GoonieMomma - 329 days ago Rating: 0 (0 votes) WOW, your daughter is GORGEOUS! My LO, also 8 months, also cosleeping, is the same way. He has nights where he's only "off" for (2) 10 minute periods. I work, so I really think he plays catch up at night (he's still only taking, MAX 15 oz of BM at the sitter for 9 hours). I've found that "tanking up" before I go to bed helps, but it's hard (for a BFing cosleeper) to stay awake during this time! Sitting up helps. Feed on breast 1 until she pops off (she'll likely be asleep). Then tickle her with the other breast and she'll likely latch on. Maybe not suckle, but you'll still let down, then she'll drink. Step TWO is wearing a button-up shirt to bed and slide your ladies back in when she's done nursing. ALSO- stop on by www.askdrsears.com HE'S GREAT. He has wonderful advice for "us granola-type" mamas. For me, I won't be un-doing cosleeping as I love the closeness me and daddy and babe have at night, since we don't have it during the day. Plus, what's another 4 months or so of night-nursing, we've made it this far. BUT, as Dr. Sears says, if it's annoying you, STOP and change it. You can also try tanking her up during the evening, too. While I'm home he eats "like a 3 month old" (every 2 hours, pretty much). We've also started giving him organic whole-fat yogurt along w/ a fruit puree (his fav is papaya) and that seems to fill him up for another 30 mins or so! Good luck, and keep me posted, mama!

luvbeingamom - 329 days ago Rating: 0 (0 votes) Maybe start putting her in her own bed? That way you are not always there for a nighttime nurse. I kinda did that with my son. He would come into my bed every morning at around 5 or 6am for his am feed then go back to bed for a few hours. Well i noticed that everyday for about 2 weeks he was just using me to comfort himself vs actually being hungry and eating. So i stopped bringing him to my bed, i broke that routine. I would hold him and comfort him in his room with a binky and he would fall back to sleep and then be able to be laid back down for another hour or 2. When he was 14 months old he stopped that feed all together. at 15 months he stopped bf completely. He was ready.