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Weaning my 8 1/2 month old... I am TIRED>....

Samantha Lee - posted on 01/30/2010 ( 5 moms have responded )

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My son is 37 weeks old, and has been exclusively breastfed since day one. He sleeps with me at night (I have gotten him to sleep in his crib only a couple of times, and I had to nurse him to sleep...) He still wakes up around 3-4 times a night to nurse... and he will hardly touch solids. He pretty much only likes pears, and I really need some advice on what to give him to feed himself.. he only has 1 tooth..) So, I'm putting him to sleep at around 9 pm, (after up and down since 7)... then he wakes up a couple times while mom is having her alone time... and another couple times before the night is through.

A couple weeks ago I left him with my mother in law for around 2.5 hours, he fell asleep right away and woke up and SCREAMED for about an hour....looking all over for me. I will say he is spoiled, and maybe that's partly my fault, but I need some advice here. I would like to have an evening out with the hubby and enjoy myself, I would like to be done bf by a year and I don't know how that's going to happen.... Please Help!!!

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April - posted on 01/31/2010

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don't worry that he won't touch solids...my son doesn't either and he is 13 months old. I just read on Kellymom.com that babies just over a year old can still be exclusively breastfed, and when they start eating the solids at that time, mom's milk can/should still be 75% of his diet.



one day you will be free. it's such a short time in your life. just tell yourself that you won't get pregnant again for a good long while, so you can enjoy some "me/our" time.

Samantha Lee - posted on 01/31/2010

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Thank you ladies. This makes me feel much better.. maybe in a couple months he'll be a bit more independant...and it IS a very special time for us. I feel I have a wonderful bond with my boy that nobody has with him :-) I'll continue to try solids more and more, which I really have been..just not a lot, so yeah... Anyway, Thank you!

Geralyn - posted on 01/30/2010

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As I was going through the stage you are now, I couldn't help but wonder if breastmilk was really keeping him from eating solids. They really do take off when they are ready - its a BIG adjustment to go from breastmilk to all these other foods, tastes, textures, etc. Don't discourage... it'll all fall into place.

Geralyn - posted on 01/30/2010

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Your son is not spoiled. He is experiencing the normal attachment at this age. My son was "experimenting" with solids at your son's age but he really didn't take off with solids until at least 10 months or so. Solids is a gradual process... and lots of trying things, liking them for a bit and then rejecting them.... At 8 months, its definitely not unusual that his primary nutrition is still breastmilk. This may continue for a bit. Weaning should be done gradually. After your son does take to solids during the day, you should be able to cut back to night nursing, and then fade that out....You are really doing a super job... I know that its tiring, but cherish these moments. I was very sad when my son stopped nursing at 19 months... that was always a special time for us....

Emily - posted on 01/30/2010

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I don't think he's spoiled.. just forming a normal attachment to his mother.. that is a good thing! Your baby sounds like a normal 8-month-old. I don't have any advice on weaning.. have not weaned yet myself and I believe in baby-led weaning. Just wanted to reassure you what your baby is doing is totally normal. :) Be patient.. he is still so little. You may find in 6 months or so he'll be better at being left with someone else.

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