Tuesday, March 10, 2009
calling all mothers
Last night I officially deiced it is time. Time to wean Arora. While I know this is the right time for me and for her, it is still difficult to do. SO I am calling all mothers!! Please give me some encouraging words, tell me it will work out and that this WILL help her sleep through the night. Tell me your stories of weaning and how you managed. Thank you!
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When I weaned Carson at a year, I just did it cold turkey. The reason for this was that I had recurring UTI's and the doctors finally told me that in order for me to get over them they had to give me stronger medicine...and that I wouldn't be able to nurse. It ended up working out great as I could just give him cows milk. With Jonas I lost my milk and so I slowly nursed him less and less each day until one day we just stopped. Both ways worked great for me. I guess my advice would be to think of Arora's personality and decide how she would handle it best. I didn't think Carson would do well with just all the sudden stopping, but he ended up handling it well. You never know. Oh, and I definitely think it is easier to stop a year instead of 9 months. It seems like at a year they are getting more independent and are just more ready for it.
You've done AWESOME. 14 months is a long time. Besides teething and ear infections, Rowan has slept MUCH better since I weaned him in Jan. He started drinking more and more out of his sippy cup and the last few days, I only nursed him so I wasn't full. I looks like from one of your last posts that Aurora is doing well with her sippy. Just make sure she's full of lots of solids, and make sure to snuggle her lots. It'll surprise you how easy it is to wean.
Holly, I'm glad you have put a lot of thought into this instead of automatically doing it at a year.
Whatever you do, do it with love. I like getting advice from people I trust, but in the end I just follow my heart. Good luck.
It may or may not be hard. With Jason it was easy I just introduced him to cow's milk and he decided that he liked it better. It was easier for him to play and drink from a sippy then to nurse and play. But, with Matthew I needed Brian's help. Brian would gave Matthew a bath and then afterwards I would nurse him and but to bed. But because I had a UTI and I was pregnant with Gavin we had to end cold turkey. So, we just started giving him water instead after a bath and Brian had to give it to him. It took a while because he would still wake up in the middle of the night to feed, but instead of nursing we just gave him water.(Ellie gave us that idea). It worked. Just remember do it with love and do not feel guilty.Hey you nursed for along time! You are her mom and you know what is best!
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