To be Soo fed up with weaning my nearly 1 year old

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It just feels like torture! She is nearly 1 and I feel like we have still barely made any progress.

This morning she has eaten 1 quarter of a piece of toast, and that was a struggle (she hasn't eaten since a couple of Oz of milk at midnight so should be hungry!). Lunch is diabolical, it hardly worth even trying as she won't open her mouth, iv tried wraps, ommellets, the only thing she will entertain is a bloody melty puff which I hate giving her.

The only way I can get her to eat a "decent" dinner is Ella kitchen 10 month pouches, because she is sick on everything else because she doesn't really chew.

Argh! I thought by this age of trying 3 times a day, every day we would have made some progress at least! I feel like she is going to be in bottles forever!

Sorry to derail OP.

I'm not sure. I don't even know where to begin with weaning off the boob. Shies fine if i'm not available - goes to nursery 2 mornings a week and eats really well there they say (shreddies for breakfast, mid morning snack, proper hot lunch of salmon risotto). The moment i pick her up at 1.30 she cries and shrieks 'BOOOOO' at me pulling at my clothes. She gets so hysterical i can't put her coat on or get her in the buggy so have to feed her there and then at the nursery. Then she feeds all the rest of the day and eats a small amount of dinner and wants to feed all night.

She isn't bothered by biscuits and doesn't have a sweet tooth at all. A piece of cheese sometimes distracts but not for long. My poor 3year old is getting very naughty for attention.

Sounds all very familiar MrsKoala

Both of mine were like this until 17mo, when I just said enough was enough and stopped cold-turkey, although I had gone through the joys of night-weaning both at 14mo. It was a few exhausting days of screaming and desperately finding distractions (they got lots more iPad and TV than I would ever normally allow), or sending them off with DH, but it was done and dusted well within a week. While a small part of me would like to have let them wean naturally, I don't regret it in the slightest. I couldn't physically manage it any more, physically or psychologically. DS1 cast the occasional mournful look towards my boobs for a few months after, but for DS2 it was like it had never happened, cheeky little fecker

My older 2 self weaned at 8 months as they loved their food so much (hollow laugh now as i can't get either to eat a damn thing) and i really expected it of DD. But nope. We had night weaned her for 2 weeks before xmas and i was down to 3 feeds a day - which i was happy with but then everyone got ill and since xmas it's been sliding back. We're off on hols in 2 weeks. When we get back i may try to wean. I only feed from one side - so it's really hard to recover. She's been on it all night and all day today because she's got a cold and i have hardly slept and have only eaten a cheese roll. DH took the boys out as ds2 was getting upset that i wasn't playing with him.

@mrskoala no worries! This thread has been massively reassuring for me, so I hope it can be helpful to you also.

Your elder children obviously fed principally for milk - I would say this is unusual, and you got quite lucky! For your DD (and both my DSs), they 'feed' for a bajillion other reasons, constant feeding during illness being the giveaway. She could eat like a horse and still be on you constantly, I bet. I always chuckle on threads where posters desperately ask for help with their 90 minute night-feeders, and a pre-bed bowl of WeetaBix is suggested. You could have fed either of mine a three course meal, followed up with a bowl of Piriton-laced porridge in an adult size, and they'd still have been wanting boob at every hour of the night. Food intake has no bearing on frequency of 'feeds' (or comfort sucks, or pain relief sucks, or boredom sucks, or insecurity sucks, or back to sleep sucks, or...or...or...) in many (most?) breastfed infants.

Sorry OP. As you were

Yes - they tolerated boob just for nourishment. the moment something better came along they were off. DS1 has never touched dairy since and DS2 only has cows milk at bedtime. But DD will sit an just talk to the boob and stroke it for hours! It's everything to her.