Toddler will not be weaned from boob

[Toomuchtooyoung01]

Breastfeeding both my newborn and 2.5yr old DD. Planned to wean her when i became pregnant but she is absolutely obsessed with boob and she still would feed about 20.times a day if she could. I literally cant stop her obsession! She grabs at me,will shout booby at me constantly, i have a child on each boob at regular points in the day and its really getting me down. How can i stop this obsession without her feeling pushed aside? Thanks!

I think on the arrival of a new sibling is probably the worst time to try and you may have to tolerate it for a while tbh

I had this. I hated tandem feeding. Felt 'touched out' it just wasn't for me. I had bf the middle child when pregnant but milk dried up second trimester. They bf again for a while when my milk came back/I had my youngest - I managed for 6 months but then I explained how tired I was feeling and how they were big now and big = moo cow milk as that would help me. I probably bribed with presents too Partner and I just pushed the boobs are for babies/you're so big now message (probably unfair but 3 years old was my limit. That's when their eldest sibling had breastmilk til so I used that as well as they liked to emulate them). Good luck

Oh and because tandem wasn't for me, I insisted on separate feeds but explained that baby needed more/pretended my milk would run out - in order for the elder sibling to cut down to twice then once a day. Lots of cow's milk and chocolate milk and juice. You know it's a comfort thing not a nutritional one - when they were ill/distressed it was nonetheless useful. But 3 years old for all three of mine was plenty.

My toddler is two years 3 months and tonight is the first attempt at night weaning! She went to sleep happily enough but I'm sure all hell will break loose when she wakes up asking for 'booboo.' Once we've got the nights sorted we're going to move to day, but like you I have no idea how to tackle this. I would be happy to carry on but my motivation is that I need my cycle to get back to normal to try for number two. Don't know how you manage with two breastfeeding at once, one is more than enough for me. Good luck

Just cold turkey stop feeding her. It will take a few days and then it will be over. Give her lots of cuddles and hugs instead. I think it's easier doing it cold turkey rather than trying to phase it out.

I cold turkey stopped feeding al my kids and I was always surprised how quickly they accepted it. They were younger than your child though.

Touched out for sure. I have repeated the whole "you're a big girl now, your baby brother needs mummy's milk as he's too little to eat all the yummy food you can" etc and shes a bright kid, she understands that but still wants to feed regardless. I think I'm going to go down the bribery route so i feel less guilty.

Its more difficult when you're feeding a baby as well as they can see you still feeding the baby. This was the reason I had to bribe Dd1 with a Peppa pig bike when I wanted her to stop, she was a bit older than your DD though.