Any mamas here currently breastfeeding?

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What are your plans? 
My breasts are very tender. It seems like since I became pregnant, my daughter has been attached to me and it is really starting to bug me. She does fine without my milk during the day, but she won’t go to sleep without a tit in her mouth. I just don’t know where to begin with weaning her from sleepy milks. She is a freaking wreck without it! Haha Any advice? Just go with the flow (lol)?

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I still am, but my daughter is now beginning to self-wean (shes 13 months old). What worked for us was feeding her at least 30 mins before bedtime (to break the eat-sleep association) and stick to a routine (bath, book, bed). For MOTN feedings, I picked one feeding to tackle first (for example, her first wake-up feed) and reduce the amount of time she nursed on each side by one minute each night until we got down to 2 mins each side. By then they generally stop waking up for it. then you move on and do the same for the next feeding time. this way, its gradual for you both: they dont wake up starving from food rapidly being taken away and your body has time to adjust to not producing as much as before.

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umm yes im in this exact situation with my 21 month old and im 7 weeks pregnant... 😑

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I just went through this with my 16 month old.  We started by trying to nurse a bit earlier and then put her in her pjs afterwards and then read a few books.  Once she got better about that order, I started to give her a choice, milk or crib. That was only about two weeks ago that we started switching things up and then just this week she stopped asking for milk at bedtime.  I gave her the option and she walked to her crib not me (which was super sad for me, I wasn't ready for it to go away so quicky!)

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I was in a very similar situation where i was nursing my 11.5 month old to sleep every night up until last week, I stopped because I realized I started a really bad habit that needed to stop if another baby was coming! Plus shes around the corner of turning one. It takes a bit more effort to get her to sleep now and I feel terrible taking that comfort away from her but know bad habits need broken. I now have to stand and rock her and she will fall asleep in my arms then I put her in the crib.

Any mamas here currently breastfeeding?

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