Wednesday, January 11, 2012
How did you wean you your babies from feeding?
How old is your baby? This info. is from experience only. My son had 8 teeth by 8 months and loved to eat table food, so he began showing signs of self weaning by 7 months. We were co-sleeping also. 5x per 24 hours is still quite a bit. I began by choosing which nursing session seemed most important to him, and that was the night feeding. I decided that one would be the last to go for him. When weaning, it's important not to push it on either of you, because you don't want to go back once you've come so far, wondering if you did the right thing at the right time. I began by offering the , and after 5 min. or so, getting him interested in eating breakfast. Then, I would repeat the same thing, nursing less and less at each session, offering a bottle or food. Then I began to offer a bottle instead of for afternoon naptime. He loved the bottle, so it was pretty downhill from there. All in all I'd say it only took a couple of weeks to get completely weaned, with the exception of once before bedtime. It also gave me time to dry up. Once she gets to liking a bottle, offer her the at bedtime to sleep, but not while laying in bed. Make sure you sit up while watching tv or something, and slowly get her used to being put to bed without being latched on. It may take only a time or two to do this. Then, just try a bottle to sleep at night and see how she does. I have 5 kids, and don't mind co-sleeping, but not all of them slept with me or nursed. It will be easier on your baby and you if you help her to learn how to put herself to sleep rather than depend on nursing herself to sleep. Hope this is helpful.
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