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How old was your DC when they self weaned????

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kidcreoleandthecoconuts · 15/03/2009 14:16

My DD is just over a year old and has started to refuse the breast. The only feed she always wants is the night time one
I am worried that if she cuts down too much my milk will dry up completely. If she really doesnt want to bf anymore then thats fine although I did want to feed her for a while longer. But if its just a phase, my milk dries up and then she decides she wants to nurse again and I have no milk I will be gutted!
When did everyone else's DC's self wean? Is 12/13 months an average age??

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Grendle · 15/03/2009 14:31

3 years 10 months here .

12-13 months would be an early time to self-wean on average, but then one feed a day by that age is also quite few. You can go on doing just one feed a day for years, though, and your milk should be just fine. Has anything changed that might have led to this decrease? any chance you could be pregnant?

CarGirl · 15/03/2009 14:38

dd4 cut down to 1 feed of milk per day around 10 months and gave up bf at 11 months she wanted to big like her sisters and eat proper food & use a cup!!!

My eldest also gave up milk feeds at 11 months although she was bottle fed.

The other 2 were milkaholics although I'd switched them onto bottles of formula when I returned to work as I couldn't express. dd2 was disgusted when I binned the bottles when she was 2.2 and just gave her a cup.

kidcreoleandthecoconuts · 15/03/2009 14:41

There's no chance I could be pregnant. I think it's supposed to change the taste isnt it?
It's good to know that if I did only feed once a day ( usually it's at least 2) then my milk shouldnt dry up....that's what I'm worried about really.
She did bite a couple of times and really hurt and gave me a shock so I screamed. This resulted in DD bursting into tears and really sobbing. I felt really guilty for frightening her but didnt do it on purpose obviously! I wonder if it's put her off a bit?

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PinkTulips · 15/03/2009 14:47

dd was 12 months but i was preg and had been struggling to keep things going for a few months (she's cow's milk intolerant so couldn't switch to formula and was determined to get to the year with bf-ing for her sake)

ds1 was 2.6 and lost the ability to latch. we'd just been nursing in the evening for about 5/6 months

ds2 is only 5 weeks so a very long way of yet i hope

Dreamergirl · 15/03/2009 15:03

DD was 11 months when she lost interest in BM

DS unfortunatly I dried up at 5 months think we both missed it. but nothing I could do

duchesse · 15/03/2009 15:03

None of mine self-weaned! They needed "encouragement". I have heard of this happening though. Is she teething at the moment?

kidcreoleandthecoconuts · 15/03/2009 15:48

She may be teething. She has one of her molars on one side so should be getting the one at the other side soonish.

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