Let's talk breastfeeding toddlers reluctantly

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Just thought I'd try going back to this being a parenting site...looking for experiences of weaning toddlers off breastfeeding. I've cut my nearly two year old down to 2-3 feeds a day. I have mixed feelings about stopping altogether but my DH seems keen, says I'm too tired and I guess it is a bit frustrating sometimes. Whenever she gets upset she wants me to whip em out! How have others managed stopping and has it improved your mood at all? Struggling a bit ATM and wondering if it's connected, it was with my other kids but I stopped much sooner and faster.

No? Everyone just want to talk about coronavirus them. Oh well!

If you want people who are still breastfeeding toddlers to respond - that's not a huge pool of people. It might take more than an hour.

Anyway, I'm down to once a day with my 2 year old (at night). I stopped the day ones by telling him "we don't do that anymore" whenever he asked. After a few days he was quite good about it. It didn't impact my mood but if it had I'd have stopped earlier.

Now just to stop the bedtime feed...

I’m just about to wean my fourth toddler (well he’s three, so nearly a preschooler). I have never really enjoyed feeding but my children have!

The way I’ve weaned them all is by delaying and bribing.

So when they ask for a feed, I immediately tell them we’ll do a jigsaw or read a book instead. If that doesn’t work, I offer a glass of milk or, erm, Nesquik. If that fails, we go out of the house and have a walk.

I wear high neck tops and don’t sit on the couch I’d normally sit on to feed, I sit at the kitchen table instead.

Down to once a night with my 2 year old too. He’s extremely reluctant to give it up, doesn’t take a dummy which I think makes it harder tbh. My view is if he’s not stopped himself by summer then I’m refusing to continue after that. I think once they reach the toddler stage it’s harder to make them give it up than it would be under a year!