Has anybody read "How weaning happens"?

[mawbroon]

Is it any good?

I just don't know what to do for the best with ds. He is 2.5 and still feeding 3,4,5 or more times a day. He's not in any hurry to give up and tbh, neither am I but I am having no joy ttc dc no2. I have been charting for 9 months now and find that breastfeeding has shortened my luteal phase to around 9 days which is not long enough for implantation. I am assuming that this will revert back to the way it was pre ds once I stop feeding as much, or stop completely.

I really would like to let him self wean, but it could be another 2 years for all we know. I am wondering if this book might give me some ideas or perhaps describe if there is a gentle way of encouraging him to self wean. Hmm, would it still be self weaning if I encouraged him? Hmm, not sure.

Any advice?

[mawbroon]

50% success rate. Got Adventures in Tandem feeding from LLL library today and they are going to chase the very overdue copy of How Weaning Happens.

Tapster, we also do the up and down with feeding. Often he is doing really well at nights and then he gets ill, or we are away, or we have guests and he has to move rooms and then I feed him at night and he takes some persuading to get back to sleeping through.

KristinaM - I still have ds in a cot so at least I don't have the hopping into bed to contend with! We tried a big bed at the end of last year, but it was a disaster. We tried for a few weeks and he hated it, so we went back to his cot and everyone was much happier. I think he might still be in it when he is 10

Franny - yes, I have thought of that too. This is why I don't want to wean him completely. I just don't want to throw it all away, possibly for nothing and then regret it later.