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weaning my eight month old

Kendra - posted on 06/14/2010 ( 2 moms have responded )

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I have come to the conclusion, it is time to wean. My son only nurses from one side and he uses a breast shield since birth, he wont nurse without it. He wont touch the other side so it barely has milk. He nurses a couple times a day and at night feedings, it seems like its not filling him up anymore. Thats been happening for a week now. How do I start the weaning process to where it doesnt really hurt my breasts as much?

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Melissa - posted on 06/14/2010

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I started weaning my guy at 8 months and had a very hard time with him transitioning to formula and a bottle. I found the NUK bottle to promote breastfeeding and had to add a banana yogurt drink to the formula to sweeten it up. I slowly stopped adding the drink over a month and he drank the formula fine. I continued to feed at night if he wanted until he no longer wanted to nurse which took about 3 months. Good luck and be patient.

Renee - posted on 06/14/2010

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Encourage solid foods before his normal feeding time. Find things he likes and go from there. Little by little you can reduce the amount of milk he gets from you and should fill him up much easier. Some kids can do this until they just slowly stop all together on their own, others have to either be encouraged or when milk production is low, you might have to just start telling him no. Sage tea if you can find it inhibits the production of milk, it really does work. You can keep ice packs, frozen peas, or frozen cabbage leaves on you breast to help with any discomfort. Also if you can't stand the pain anymore a short feed (not a full one, short as possible) and you could also express a small amount of milk by hand. It's important to not depend on those methods, your body will want to replace the milk that was released, so as little as possible. If you ever want to breastfeed in the future with a future baby then these will help you do that. http://www.medelabreastfeedingus.com/pro...

It helps to wear them as much as possible the last 3 months of your pregnancy (also for a short time off and on after the baby is born), and can help all breastfeeding problems go away completely, then you would no longer need any sheilds or shells and wouldn't have so much pain with breastfeeding.

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