How to stop breastfeeding 19 month old.

[GreyPanther]

Hello

Does anyone have any tips on how to stop breastfeeding 19 month old?

I typically only feed once in the morning pretty much soon after he wakes because he wakes up screaming for it (I’m not kidding, he’ll shout boobies)

DH has been going in to sit with him as he gets up mega early but he’s still screaming after 10 mins or so so I give in and go give him a feed. DH does take a cup of milk but DS just throws the cup about in a rage.

I don’t mind the feeding, what I mind is the absolute frenzy he gets into if he can’t have it. If he woke up happy then had a feed I don’t mind but I feel like the boob is just fuelling this unhappy waking. He only started acting like this over the past month.

Any tips? Is it better just to send DH in with a cup of milk and hope he gets the picture eventually or should I go in and just be firm and tell him the boobs are all gone now??

It’s so hard because he just gets so upset!

There might be a book you could read together first about it. I read one with my dd for night weaning which helped. I think otherwise distraction or offering breakfast earlier than you usually would.

Why not give him breakfast instead, and then try the cup of milk afterwards?

Thank you both for your responses! The book is a great idea so will look for one!

I will try an early breakfast too and see if this helps. Thanks!

I stopped with DS2 around 18 months, i was only down to one evening feed. I would say going with 'no it's all gone' and 100% sticking with that. I switched to giving 'supper milk' in a cup and then just kept saying it's all gone etc etc if he was pulling at my top. I didn't ask DH to take over bed times, I thought my DS would find that too much - so I think you should straight away bring him downstairs for breakfast, and give him milk in a cup/bottle at the same time or afterwards. Distract and change the routine completely rather than trying to replace bf in the same routine.