Child-Led Weaning While Tandem Nursing
We have replaced the before-bed nursing session (which is the only one left for more than the past year) with a before-bed cuddle session. The whole thing was kind of weird, because I was afraid she …
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He Was Only Nursing at Night When We Weaned Completely
The first thing I did was stop nursing him to sleep. I found a picture of a baby nursing, and I showed it to him. He knew at that point that he wasn't a baby (I started calling him mommy's big boy as…
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I Was Pregnant but She'd Already Started Nursing Less
We started substituting cow's milk in a sippy cup. She was learning to walk, and everything was incredibly exciting, so nursing wasn't quite as important to her.We cut out one feeding at a time every…
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I Weaned by Taking a Business Trip
The only way I got my boobaholic weaned was to go on a business trip for 3 days. She was weaned during the day, but not at night, and I was exhausted.She asked to nurse when I got home, but I distrac…
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I Weaned Because I Was Pregnant
I went down to zero in about two weeks. I simply started telling her that "Soon booby will be all gone." (We use the word "booby" for breast milk). Shortened all sessions and eliminated them one by o…
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Weaning from the Breast Was Easy for Us
I planned ahead with the night feeding and started reading a book to her before nursing her. Then, I started with the morning feeding; after getting her out of bed, I'd talk to her and hold her, some…
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