Weaning?

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I LOVE being able to breastfeed my baby. Especially since it took 2 months to get her to latch properly and drink from my breast (pumped and bottle fed along with formula supplement). That being said I’m kinda wanna stop, I wouldn’t mind doing it for nap and bedtime but she’s still wanting it ALL DAY. But she is just doin a quick “sip” and goes on about her business. But it’s ALL DAY. It gets a bit tiring. Any tips or ideas on what I could/should do

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How old is she? It gets less when she starts eating solids.

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my daughter will 17 months on the 31st. We're down to just bed time during the week. Weekends I'm a little more relaxed buy try my best to keep it to bed time. Normally if she's trying to throw a fit I try to distract her with something else....whole milk, juice, water, maybe a snack, toy or cartoon and that helps!

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At 14 months my girl was an absolute boob monster. I fell pregnant shortly after and her interest has dropped along with my supply so can’t tell if it was just a phase for us. I did find that around 16-18 months it became a lot easier to set boundaries around when she could nurse. If you’re not entirely keen on giving up, maybe start talking to her about when it’s ok to nurse and for how long. It may be a while yet before she really understands but sewing the seed can’t hurt.

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I want to wean my 14 month old too. She was nursing all day but I’ve started cutting down. Days I work I nurse her 3 times. On the days I don’t work sometimes I feel guilty for leaving her and I let her nurse a lot but I’ve been cutting down to 4 times a day, 20 minutes per session. When she asks to nurse I tell her “ not now, num nums all done, no thank you” and I offer her food and drinks. Sometimes she freaks out, sometimes she takes the snack but once I say no I don’t change my mind so she knows crying won’t work. When I have to cut her off a boob after her 10 minutes are up I tell her “switch, let go” and she’ll unlatch to switch sides. Then I tell her “let go, all done”. If she doesn’t want to let go I remove her and if she cries I tell her that won’t help and all done. She’s getting the idea. They are smart, they know what we are saying, just have to be consistent.

Weaning?

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