HOW DO YOU STOP A CHILD FROM BREASTFEEDING?

Karyn - posted on 02/05/2010

i congratulate all you mums for breast feeding i wish i could have with both my boys first time had no milk at second time had little bit but not enough to feed so i didn't feel that closeness that i have heard mothers have had by brestfeeding now preg with no 3 hoping will have more luck this time

Yvonne - posted on 02/01/2010

my son is going to be 2 on 25/02 and I want to stop the breatefading but he's no needy of it especially at bedtime, he just stick his hand in and pulls out the boob and drinks, smiling! any ideas on how to get him to stop?

Ashley - posted on 11/29/2009

I have to say..... Good job mamas!!!!! To all of you that nursed past a year! I think its the best gift and head start in life that we can give our angel babies and congrats for making it a year and longer!!! All of you ladies deserve some praise for this!

Hayley - posted on 11/21/2009

I breastfeed for 19 months! I started giving it to her judt before bed and after a month i just put her in bed next to me and she didnt ask for it only took about 4 nights of her in my bed, now she just has a milo before bed and then sleeps all night in her cot so maybe you could try that!

Suzanna - posted on 11/20/2009

all i can say is my middle child seemed 2 want 2 go past a yr so i said 2 myself i would feed her til she was 2 tops so the more i seperated myself by that thought the less frequent her feeds became almost as tho she knew lol. she eventually weaned herself off by 16mths the only piece of advice i can give is try 2 limit day feeds offer juice/milk/water as an alternative so eventually its just 1 feed b4 bed then it will just come 2 a stop.

Melissa - posted on 11/17/2009

i have 20 month old twins it has been 24 hrs since they nursed. i am weaning them,for the past few months i had them down to nurse just when they woke up. but they have been waking in the night to nurse. last night was a long night. i didnt nurse them but i cant let one cry themselves back to sleep because they wake the other. i am hoping after a week they wont be looking to nurse.

Penny - posted on 11/06/2009

My daughter is 21 months and also still breastfeeding. None of my others went past a year so this is new to me. All the research I have done on the subject of weaning an older baby says that most choose to wean themselves around their second birthday. I am hoping that this is true because I would really like to be done by then but I do not want it to be traumatic for her. I keep telling her what a big girl she is getting to be and that "mimi" is for babies. She agrees... right before she lifts my shirt up and helps herself. I told myself I will wait until her second birthday before I seek another solution. The cutting out 1 feeding at a time won't work for us because she has never been on a feeding schedule. I would also be interested in hearing what everyone else has to say on the subject.

Crystal - posted on 11/01/2009

I posted this on Ashley's conversation lol I thought maybe you would like to try it too.....it can be a long process and since he's older it may be more of a challenge to get him to stop breastfeeding. Let me give an example: The longest I have breastfed any of my children were to 14 months old and I had started to wean her by the time she was 12 months old, it took 2 months for me to get her off of NEEDING to breastfeed before naps and during the night. I couldn't imagine how long it would take to wean a child that is older. I don't know if you breastfeed for naptimes as well, but maybe you could switch naptimes to bottles of breastmilk first, and then work on the night feedings after he's used to bottlefeeding at naptimes. And when you're working on weaning him off night feedings, you can try to trick him by giving him a bottle of breastmilk instead for the 2nd nightly feeding...just an idea tho, I have no idea if it would work, children tend to get stubborn when they hit 2 years old.

Ashley - posted on 10/20/2009

It is so hard once they get a certain age because they breastfeed for emotional well being and not just nourishment. We are our childrens pacifiers, blankies, favorite cuddly and its all they know for comfort. At least we can give them love in return unlike a favorite blankie. I am hoping my 20 month old will wean herself in the next couple months, but if not ... I tandem nursed before so when the new baby is born in May then its okay if my daughter still wants to nurse along with the new baby because it actually helps get rid of any jealousy between the children and engorgement in my "nanies"