Weaning advice

Sidney is 1 year old and is extremely attached to breastfeeding. I still nurse her to sleep for her naps and she asks for boobie all day long. I'd like to have her at least partially weaned by mid September cause I need to go away for a day or two. Any advice or good books you can recommend that might help?

Another question is she has refused the bottle since 6 mos old and only takes an oz or two from sippie cups/nuby's etc. - should I try to get her to take a bottle again? or should I focus more on the cups?
TIA

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At 8 mos, I was just bf'ing morning & night and the rest of the time he got bottles. I weaned at 11 mos. He was doing it more for comfort than for nourishment. I would still hold him. He would nudge at me so I would just snuggle him or give him a bottle.

Try sippy cups with white grape juice , and milk(if the pediatrician oks it). Im' not a big fan of giving juice to toddlers but once he's off of the breast, you can just go with milk or water.

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My friend just went through this. Her and her DH were going to Vegas and her daughter wasn't weaned and barely would drink from the sippy cup. She worried but went on her trip anyway. Her sister watched her kids while she was gone and got her to drink from the sippy cup and eat her meals just fine while mom was gone. But when she got back she wanted to start nursing again and my friend was just done with it so she rubbed lemons on her nipples and would offer for her daughter to nurse if she asked but once she tasted the sour lemons she didn't want to. They went through this only a few times and now her daughter drinks all her milk from a sippy cup.
She was like you though, nursing her to sleep, during the day and waking up in the middle of the night to nurse.
So maybe the lemons are worth a try. That way technically Sydney is deciding not to nurse you aren't keeping it from her

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I never heard of the lemon thing....hmmm...interesting. I could see that having potential. I feel like it is going to be twice as hard cause I guess she will end up crying herself to sleep for naps which I find sooo hard. I've done it at night but when I tried CIO for naps it was brutal. I've been talking about weaning for a while but yet I just don't even know how to start.

Although I'd say today I had a small success...I didn't nurse her at snack time (3ish) when she was asking for it. I sat her in my lap and put a straw in a cup with Alimentum and she took about an ounce plus some blueberries and rice cake. Lets see if she wakes up in the middle of the night to make up for it.

How much milk/BM/formula should she be getting at 1 year? (FYI..Dr. still says no milk for her yet)

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Posted by dree

I never heard of the lemon thing....hmmm...interesting. I could see that having potential. I feel like it is going to be twice as hard cause I guess she will end up crying herself to sleep for naps which I find sooo hard. I've done it at night but when I tried CIO for naps it was brutal. I've been talking about weaning for a while but yet I just don't even know how to start.

Although I'd say today I had a small success...I didn't nurse her at snack time (3ish) when she was asking for it. I sat her in my lap and put a straw in a cup with Alimentum and she took about an ounce plus some blueberries and rice cake. Lets see if she wakes up in the middle of the night to make up for it.

How much milk/BM/formula should she be getting at 1 year? (FYI..Dr. still says no milk for her yet)

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QUOTE]Posted by monkeybride

I'm not sure exactly how much. I think 24oz but I would have to ask my friend (her daughter is 15 months).
Do you actually want to wean or do you feel like you have to? I mean if its working for you and your daughter why not just let her self wean in time?
I know for my friend she was just done and she did have some crying with naps and bedtime but I think its much better now just a couple of weeks later.



I'm constantly torn...I feel like I should wean because I'm afraid to leave her for my trip in September. It would only be about a day and a half (for a wedding) but I think she would be an absolute mess and I would be too worrying. Plus I haven't had a true break in a year because I can only go out for a few hours - she is still nursing about 4-5x a day.

BUT...when I am nursing her to sleep I always say to myself " what's the big deal...I could keep doing this".

I could always take her to the wedding but am I really going to fly my child out to Ohio just because I couldn't wean her? I wouldn't doubt it

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Posted by dree

QUOTE]Posted by monkeybride

I'm not sure exactly how much. I think 24oz but I would have to ask my friend (her daughter is 15 months).
Do you actually want to wean or do you feel like you have to? I mean if its working for you and your daughter why not just let her self wean in time?
I know for my friend she was just done and she did have some crying with naps and bedtime but I think its much better now just a couple of weeks later.