Weaning constant breastfeeding at night
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@Bree sorry but this made me laugh! My 10 month old will also try to latch when we take a bath.
I heard it’s easier if the dad or grandma sleeps with baby for a week, and for mom to say that the boobies have a booboo and are out of commission.
Thanks for the tips @Bree, it sounds like it was a long process 😅
We have just weaned, it’s been one week since she’s had boob. I had a work trip for 6 days so had no choice and we went cold turkey. I’m pregnant too, due early May and my milk had pretty much already dried up. She only took 10-15 min to fall asleep for dad and took to it really well. I was telling her for weeks what was going to happen though. The first night I was home she slept through the night 😮😮 she’s been unwell now so that’s been harder but so far so good!
We read lots of books about weaning (Loving Comfort is a good one!) while I was pregnant, hoping my toddler would self wean. The books helped him understand the concept but it wasn’t until my second was born and I switched completely to cosleeping with the new baby and dad switched to cosleeping with the toddler that he night weaned. There were some tears and dad had to figure out new strategies to getting him to sleep (carrying him around), etc. After a few weeks of dad putting him to sleep, I was able to put him to sleep without nursing too (I used audiobooks, but my son is closer to three and can track them). He still wants to nurse when he wakes up in the morning, which we are still working on dropping (though to be honest tandem nursing works wonders for clogged ducts!)
Thanks for sharing! I appreciate any tips and experiences:)
When I was 26 weeks pregnant I weaned my then 18 month old. It was a lot of tantrums and tears. He did okay with it during the day as I’d distract with a game or snack but night time was definitely a different story. The way I went about it is the first couple nights I’d let him nurse to sleep but then after he woke up I’d tell him cuddles. I’d wear a bra and shirt so it’d be harder for him to pull them out himself. Idk where I saw it at but it said that it’s okay for you to give them boob but you need to wait for them to stop crying before you let them because they will then cry for however long they need to because they know it will eventually get them what they want. I’d say it was about a week before crying at night for it ended but even two months free of it he still will ask and in the shower when I kneel down to clean him he will sometimes try to just latch😂 idk if any of this is helpful but I wish you luck, weaning can be a very stressful time!