Stopping b/f at 15 months

[Babyisaac]

My DS is nearly 15 months. I am happy I'm still bf him as we had such awful problems in the beginning. He cut down to just 2 feeds a day from 9 months - first thing and last thing.

I have always put him to bed at night and really enjoy doing this. However, I'm now in a situation where I need a bit more flexibility in the evening, i.e. for my DH to be able to put him to bed. He has been trying to give DS cow's milk in a beaker but he point blank refuses and just points at the door shouting "mummy". He likes the taste of milk in his breakfast so that's not the problem. He just wants me, which I suppose is understandable after 15 months.

Any ideas how to go about this? Do I have to leave the house?!!! Will crack this first and then work out how to crack the morning feed.

Thanks in advance!!

I can tell you what I did after recommendation on here when I looked for advice on improving DD2's relationship with DH and ultimately him being able to put her to bed.

Basically I moved the bedtime boob to before bath rather than after bath. Then after bath I put her in her sleeping bag and read her some stories and put her to bed. Had to sit with her for a few weeks while she went off to sleep but it wasn't long before I could leave her to it.

Then the way was clear for DH to have a go. Generally if I am in the house she calls for me but if I go out she gets over it very quickly and goes down fine for him.

Having said all of that, I am not sure of your ultimate aim? Do you want to stop BF or do you want to have someone else be able to do bedtime?

My DD also refuses any sort of milk but happily drinks water/squash out of her cup so I have decided to keep bf as and when. Incidentally the before bath boob has pretty much phased itself out.

Sorry I'm a bit higgledy piggledy, it's the wine!

TTT

This might be stating the obvious and sound incredibly silly but do you warm the milk up? I am bfing my 13mo and he will now happily drink milk from a beaker when I'mnot around but we only recently worked out that he likes it warm .
I'd also change the routine so he doesn't have milk immediately before going to bed.
HTH!

I have just started changing the bedtime routine for exactly same reason as you. My DS is 11 months. I have BF in living room after bath for past 3 nights, then go brush teeth and stories and cuddles in bedroom. He has gone off to sleep within half hour ok. i thought would have been bigger fuss. Previously I BF in bedroom and then put in cot drowsy.

I'm thinking of phasing out bfing too now as I have recently discovered I'm pregnant again.

DS is 12 months, and was down to 2 feeds like your DS, Babyisaac. Yesterday and today we have dropped the morning feed and he seems fine - instead of bringing him into our room for a bf in my bed, we just go straight downstairs for a big breakfast. But he won't drink milk from a cup either (water is fine), and he has never taken a bottle. I think I'll try moving the evening feed to before his bath (great idea!) and see if we can phase it out that way.

Now I'm worried though that he won't be getting enough calcium. Will pursue with milk in a cup, and see if he changes his mind!