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To wean or not to wean, long one.

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Gmakes3 · 10/11/2008 14:34

My DD is just 2 years old and has 1 breastfeed at night.It may not sound much but it is part of the routine now and I know she loves it as she tells me every night. I am currently 14 weeks pregnant and am undecided wether to wean or not. I thought initially that I would carry on and when the baby arrived it might not make my DD feel as left out if she was still feeding aswell. However my DH wonders if it would be better to wean now and hopefully DD would not be bothered by the new baby breastfeeding if there is enough time inbetween stopping her night feed and the baby arriving. I really do not know what to do. I want DD to feel as involved as possible and am scared that if I stop she will think its because of the new baby and somehow resent it and me,we are very, very close.I also intend to move her to a different bedroom around Christmas time. She hopefully will be beginning to shows signs of wanting to go from a nappy to pants soon, (I thought I'd do this after the baby is born)but wonder if it would be too much to do everything at once. Any past expierience either way would be good.

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LoveBeingAMummy · 10/11/2008 17:13

Hi don't have any experience of this as first dd is only 7 months but thought I could bump for you

I realy don't want to worry you and its probably completely wrong and certainly not giving you medical advice (could I make it any clearer I don't know what I'm on about), I didn't think it was safe to breast feed whilst pregnant - am probably totally wrong, let's face it I just put this on mumsnet there's boudn to be someone along in a minute to tell me how wrong I am!!!!!!!

If you want my thoughts anyway I would ahve thought better to do it now anyway, unless you want to be feeding both at the same time? Putting a bit of time between stopping and the new baby arriving should help reduce the resentment and give you time to do the whole big girls have this drink etc.

(You might get more help posting with extended breast feeding weaning)

BouncingTurtle · 10/11/2008 17:15

It is perfectly safe to bf while pg, and there are plenty of tandem feeders.
I have no experience to offer, feeding only ds, but have done a bit of reading. Some babies will naturally wean thermselves off not all will.
Hopefully someone who has been in this position will come along and help

DontlookatmeImshy · 10/11/2008 17:41

Your situation sounds similar to how ours was. There is a similar age gap between my ds's. I decided I'd probably tandem feed if needed but at around 4-5 months pg with ds2, ds1 self weaned. Apparently the taste of breastmilk can change when you are pg, also in some cases your milk supply can decreased. I think this happened in my case but this doesn't happen to everyone.

Anyway, one night I offered ds1 cows milk in a cup and he took it quite happily. I was still feeding him in the morning (mainly because it gave me an extra 20 minutes in bed ) but he gradually became less and less interested until one day he flat out refused.

So you may find she self weans soon anyway.

We also moved him into his own room when i was about 6 months pg. Fortunately he settled quite easily and was quite happy in there by the time ds2 came along. If you are doing it around Christmas, could you make it exciting for her by getting some presents specifically for her new bedroom.

As for toilet training, well I bottled it and waited until after ds2 was born. I just couldn't be doing with the any extra stress of dealing with accidents/regression etc and a newborn. We are only just doing it now (ds2 is 8 months) but it seems to be the right time for ds1. We did try earlier but ds1 wasn't ready anyway so for us waiting was the right decision.

However if/when you think your dd is ready, there's no reason not to give it a try. Apparently girls can be ready earlier than boys.

And as for making her feel involved, there will be lots of ways you can do that. Ds used to love fetching me things for ds2 for example.

Gmakes3 · 10/11/2008 18:26

Hi dontlookatmeimshy I've read about the taste change at 4-5 months and milk supply decrease so might bottle it until then and see what happens as I'll still have 4 months ish to wean if I decide to. I agree with the toilet training unless DD is absolutley ready I'm going to wait. Thanks for the post, I hope DD makes the decision herself to wean as I can quite bring myself to do it for her.
Hi bouncingturtle you are right it is ok to carry on, too many old wives tales about it being unsafe, I have to say though its like having a newborn again with the sore nipples again with the hormones. Hopefully that will calm down if I decide to carry on.

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