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Offline ridingthetrain

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how to wean??
« on: September 02, 2014, 22:47:28 pm »
We are weaning my 10 month old (yes, I know its a little early, but its for some important personal reasons), and he seems unhappy about it. I used to BF him 4x/day, last 2 weeks went down to 3, and this week down to 2x, but he seems way more fussy. I have decided that the two times a day will be in the middle of the day, since I dont want him to wake up in the morning early just to BF (and I feel like that will be the hardest one to wean, so i should start with it now). and I dont want him to BF for his last meal right before bed, otherwise  if I left that for the last one to wean then he would be very upset that Im not feeding him and get too riled up to sleep.

Do I have good reasoning? Should I keep the morning or bedtime feed? How do I make sure I am not weaning him too fast?

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Re: how to wean??
« Reply #1 on: September 02, 2014, 23:02:35 pm »
My daughter was older but was pretty upset about being weaned BUT the upset really only lasted a few days. So honestly I wouldn't stress too much about which order to drop the feeds - do whatever works best for you, and if that means the bedtime feed is the last to go, know that it will only disrupt bedtime temporarily.





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Re: how to wean??
« Reply #2 on: September 03, 2014, 08:08:57 am »
Are you offering formula feeds in place of the breast feeds you are dropping? At 10mo milk (breast or formula) still needs to be the main part of his nutrition.
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Re: how to wean??
« Reply #3 on: September 03, 2014, 10:42:20 am »
^^ yes definitely this