BFing moms - can we talk about weaning?

When did you start weaning your baby? Did you continue to give him/her breastmilk when you transistioned to solids, or did you switch to formula? We're not there yet, but I think I'm going to BF for 6 months, and I have no idea how weaning works.

Re: BFing moms - can we talk about weaning?

bf til a year and went straight to cow's milk..skipped formula all together...I nursed and pumped so I gave bottles and three meals a day..but offered water in a sippy cup with meals..never gave milk and meals together.

HTH

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Re: BFing moms - can we talk about weaning?

We are still nursing at 13 months. My dd never took a bottle and still nurses pretty frequently. She eats 3 meals a day so I think the nursing is more for comfort. I am really not sure how we are going to wean

Re: BFing moms - can we talk about weaning?

I recently weaned my DD in preparation for going back to work.

If you are going to use formula instead, then I would start by replacing one feeding with formula--if you have pumped milk that you can use to mix with, even better. I dropped one feeding about once every 4-5 days to prevent engorgement and to allow my body time to adjust its production.

It worked like a charm

Now, at 10 months, DD has decided that she's done nursing, so we got rid of the last 2 daily feedings in one shot, and it's been about 3 days since I last nursed and I'm not having any pain.

Hope that helps you some!

Re: BFing moms - can we talk about weaning?

I just started weaning DC a week ago. The dr told me to stop altogether so my uterus won't contract since I am pg again. It has been difficult for me, not so much for DC. As long as that baby is getting food somehow it doesn't seem to mind where its coming from lol. I went from nursning/pumping 5 times altogether to just nursing twice a day. 3 times on weekends. I'm hoping I can do just twice a day until DC's 1st birthday. You just replace the nursings you're taking away with a bottle of formula/or cows milk if your baby is 1 until all nursing stops and are replaced with bottle/cup feedings.

Message edited 10/17/2009 7:11:34 PM.