How do i stop breastfeeding my 15 month DS?? -What are your experiences of this?

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I feel silly asking this( i should just stop, right?), but it seems like such a mountain to climb. He is an incredibly determined and willful thing and he will put up a massive fight. Any tips for how to make it easier on us both?

I also have the problem that he won't touch any other kind of milk (including breast milk out of a bottle). He has a good, balanced diet and a hearty appetite. -Can he do without milk?

Oh thanks Peppa. Sorry not to answer straight away. (Was settling DS of course.) Don't think it was me you were talking to today although by this time of day i'm generally too tired to remember much about what happened earlier...

You are definately right about someone else taking over but unfortunatly it's not an option for most of the night as DP sleeps through any amount of screaming. -Effectively ends up being controlled crying which i'm not up for. But actually i might persuade him to come home early enough to do bedtime for a while. That's a good suggestion.

And thanks for milk reassurance too.

(Oh, for various reasons had to wean DD at 8 months. -easy as pie!)

Hi can i join in too???

Am Bf my almost 18 mo ds and he is feeding more than he did at 11 months! Trying to cut down to day to just 3 x, and at night he feeds twice - but the 2nd one starts at 4am and goes on until 6am. I am exhausted!!

I'm really keen to stop nightfeeding, especially as just found out I'm pregnant again but I think it's going to be a nightmare as he takes so much more milk at night rather than the day - its not just a comfort thing. So he is going to SCREAM blue murder as he will be starving and I know I'm not strong enough - arrrghhh

DH is fab fab fab so hopefully we can sort it out in his week off in march, but would love a step by step guide. Has anyone found anything on the archives?

oh and yes we are unintentionally co-sleeping from about 2am as well - sort of love it and hate it IYKWIM!

Hi! Sory I can't offer much help but watching with interest. My DS (now 4) was BF till 1yr and stopped easily. I replaced the night feeds with a beaker of water and soon he realised it wasn't worth waking up for. My DD is now 18 months and feeds at bed time and about 4am and refuses anything else. To make matters harder, she's just learnt to climb out of her cot so there's no more leaving her to cry herself back to sleep (I know tht's mean)
Do babies really self wean or does feeding just become a habbit?

I SO KWYM Luvaduck. We're just the same.
You must be exhausted. -How many weeks preggers are you? I can see this is going to be urgent for you.

I met someone who is five months pregnant and yet is waiting for her 2yr old DD to self-wean. Each to her own of course, but it sounds crazy to me. No judgement implied, but i would have been absolutely ragged if i had done that.

Hi Mumnosbest. I was wondering that too. I've never met anyone who's done it.

5 weeks so could still go tits up

hopefully someone will com along with the answer soon!

No answers yet? Thought I'd check and see if anyone's had ay brainwaves

I fed both of mine until about 18 mo. I was about 12 weeks pregnant with DS2 when DS1 stopped. I did it in the daytime first and mainly for my own comfort as lifting my top in a draughty church hall at a toddler group was more of a disincentive than the demands of my DS. I used to just tell him something like "Don't be silly, we don't do that in the daytime!" and giggle whilst tickling him. That usually worked and he ran off to play. The nighttimes took longer as I was just keen to get as much rest as I could and feeding was the quickest way to get us both back to sleep.

I found too that nighttime feeds got more frequent at about 16 - 18 months. I put it down to yet another growth spurt at the time but I'm not sure.

In the end I just realised that he'd slept through, and then he did it again a fortnight later. Then twice in a week and before long he wasn't waking at all. I don't remember our last feed as it was about 4 or 5 days before I realised we hadn't had one for a while!

Good luck with getting the sleep you need and try deflecting the request rather than saying no and having a battle.

Sounds like there might be light at the end of the tunnel then Very occasiopnally DD has slept through, she hardly ever wants a day feed and if she spends the night with relatives she doesn't wake, so maybe we're nearly there. Feel a lump in my throat at thought my baby wont need me in that way anymore but can't wait for nights with no wake-ups!

Oh, I'm sure she'll find a myriad of ways to need you!