Talk to me about weaning..

[kim22]

I have the kid who went to therapy because he didn't eat but weaning went surprisingly well. In my case, I can ignore crying easier than DH. DH went away for 3 days for work and I stopped nursing then. First 2 nights he was up crying about 10 times. Next night he slept through the night for only the second time ever and has continued to sleep through the night almost every night since. I thought it would be horrible and it was pretty easy. Good luck!

[kfran84]

I can't help with the nighttime young because I night weaned at 10 mos old.

I couldn't have successfully weaned without going away for a few days. When I got back home he tried for my boobs a couple of times and had one big crying fit and that was it.

I just always made sure I had a milk Sippy ready to go. Like I would leave a pre poured sippy cup in the fridge so he didn't have to wait 10 seconds for me to pour it and screw the lid on.

We were just down to morning and bedtime feedings. The bedtime one was my big fear but he did great just putting himself to sleep without it. In the morning it's no big deal I just give him waffles and milk instead of nursing and he's pretty happy with that.

[mamasoup030]

@sing2phins and I discussed this a bit on the dump. It's a shame we lost those conversations because I've love to share them with you.

This will be difficult and emotional, I know it was for me. I had the advantage of my milk starting to falter around month 3 of my pregnancy so it made nursing less attractive to H. What I did was drop one feeding a week, and left the night feeding for last. It was also the same time that I kicked her out of the bed. It was a gradual process that took about a month if I remember correctly. She didn't sleep all night in her crib right away, she just started spending more and more time there and nursing less and less. I did my best to be consistent but if one night was tough I didn't force her, I just tried to be consistent more as a pattern.
It culminated with her refusing to nurse the day after her 11 month birthday, I wasn't ready for it but she was. I was sad because I had not realized it was the last time we nursed the night before. But H was ready and literally asking for a bottle, so it was the right time.
We still bring her into the bed maybe once every 2 or 3 weeks on a bad night, she is actually lying next to me bed hogging right now. So you won't lose that experience, but it is heavenly to get your bed back the rest of the time!!!

Hugs and good luck!!! And if you have more questions i'm happy to discuss, I know everyone here was crazy supportive of me when I went through this, I hope I can pass that forward!