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tonights the night - i have stopped feeding ds and dh is going to try and put him to bed

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hermykne · 21/08/2005 18:44

i feel awful.
hes 12 1/2 mths now, and its oging to be terrible i know, he'll refuse milk from a bottle or a cup.

just sad

like the thread before me in this category

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mrsgeorgeclooney · 21/08/2005 18:45

so why have you stopped then you mad woman?
;)

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hermykne · 21/08/2005 18:47

going away next week for a wedding, 3 nights, so the little supply thats there will prob dry up.

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hunkermunker · 21/08/2005 19:54

How often do you feed him atm? Might not go entirely - don't give up if neither of you is happy to. Can you take a breastpump with you and express a bit?

Mind you, am sure I wouldn't get anything if I pumped now - DS is only feeding once in the morning from one side, though he did feed much longer this am than he has in the last couple of weeks.

bobbybob · 21/08/2005 20:16

Cross the bridge when you come to it. Honestly it will be a lot less stressful without you there, rather than trying to prepare for it.

Then when you come back you can decide when you want to start up again.

I have just got out of hospital and am on some pretty strong ABs so ds has been weaned. He's 2.5 but he didn't put up any fuss whilst I was in hospital and only asked a couple of times when I got out. Obviously I didn't get a chance to prepare him, his last feed was when I had a temp of 41 and felt like crap.

Just stop for as long as you have to, and then decide if he is weaned, or if you will restart.

donnacb · 21/08/2005 20:47

hermykne i know how it feels but read the thread before they have given me great encouragement. tried my ds this am with milk and cup dh was doing really well with the crying but i was terrible and after 30 mins went in and said enough and gave him the boob. im sure if i wasnt there dh would have managed to feed him and get him to sleep. so dont worry too much. your dh will prob do a fab job. donna

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hermykne · 21/08/2005 22:16

thanks everyone, wasnt to bad at all
dh got him to sleep, he was bog eyed, he wasnt kean on the bottle of milk, just sipped it and turned his head.
but he has stirred twice tonight, and i keep thinking its because i didnt feed him - but its very hot and both kids are sweating in their cots.

i only feed him from one side morn and even, so i'll feed him tomorrow morn - he'll be gasping i suppose, and see how it goes tomorow night - dh away.....

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moondog · 21/08/2005 22:18

hermykne....he doesn't even really need cows' milk as a replacement tbh. My 13 month old self weaned at 11 months and has never had milk.

(Enjoy your wedding!)

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hermykne · 21/08/2005 22:19

ok, moondog, thats good to know.
he loves water.
my friend had twins who both never took to milk after her ceasing feeding them.

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moondog · 21/08/2005 22:21

Ds just likes water- we give him a good swig before bedtime (from a cup.) His sister was the same. We have been seduced into believing kids' need cows' milk and they don't! Ds just has it in porridge/on cereal and in cheese and yoghurt.

donnacb · 22/08/2005 13:51

When do babies stop requiring milk. I thought they needed 500mls a day. if thats not the case it will make my life easier too. moondog please enlighten me.

donnacb · 22/08/2005 13:52

oh moondog that wasnt meant to sound rude. just read it back it sounds arsey. no i really mean please tell me its true

moondog · 22/08/2005 14:47

No,doesn't sound arsey at all!
I am careful about what we all eat,but never worry about measuring specific amounts. Yoghurt,cheese,milk on cereal and in porridge adds up. Remember that millions of Asians hardly eat dairy products at all!

highlander · 22/08/2005 15:23

moondog - do you use cow's milk on cereal from 12mo?

My DS is 11mo and I'm using a bit of formula to make his porridge (was using EBM but formula means DH can do brekky!)

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hermykne · 22/08/2005 17:32

highlander, u cud prob use cows mikl, if thats easier again. i did with my ds from about 10 1/2mths.

moondog, thats true what u say about us thinking we need milk. i meet a child today 3 days younger than my ds, and he is sooo lean compared to her, lovely chinky meaty legs, whereas my ds u can nearly see muscles!

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moondog · 22/08/2005 18:13

Hiughlander..used cows' milk from about 8 month iirc! (Only on cereal/in porridge though.)

mears · 22/08/2005 18:42

hermynke - I would leave it till you got o wedding. Your milk will not dry up in 3 days. Since you won't be there he will probably settle better without you. I didn't replace boob with cow's milk (did with DS1 and he screamed for an hour). I didn't give them anything before bed - just put them down. If drink needed then water is fine. Milk can be given in foods rather than milk drinks IYSWIM? Only one of mine liked milk to drink as a baby. All of them drink milk now.

You might find he will go back onto boob when you come back. Depends what you want to do really.

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hermykne · 22/08/2005 19:12

thanks mears
i am going to keep the morning feed going i think, but phase the evening one, as this would allow me to go out a wee bit earlier with dh and home earlier for a decent nights sleep. he only this week pulled at my top for a drink, and i couldnt believe it, did it now this evening but i told him in the morning...

btw socialising is my be and end all reson for ceasing, its just i'd like to get a wee bit time back for me and dh now.
usually we go out after both are asleep 8.30 / 9 and then its midnoght before u know it and 6.30 is far off then , and thats if we go out at all!!

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hermykne · 22/08/2005 19:21

wrong bit in there

socialising is not my be al and end all reason

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