weaning off the breast

mrsharvey · #1 (**permalink**) 22-04-10, 18:02

I'm still feeding Sophie after 10 months but am thinking about stopping soon. She only has 2 feeds a day morning and night, just wanted to find out how did you ladies swap from the breast to milk in a beaker?

Sophie has water in a tommee tippee beaker which she does drink out but I'm just worried that her milk intake will drop once it is in a beaker. I give her yoghurt and cheese etc so I know she will get calcium that way.

Any advice will be appreciated xxx

iwantone · #2 (**permalink**) 22-04-10, 19:00

A bit different for me as Oliver weaned himself but I just gave him cows milk replacing the feed he had dropped each time and he just glugged it down. I made the mistake of giving him the cows milk in a bottle to begin with and looking back i don't know why i just didn;'t give him a beaker

He switched really easy from the bottle though and loved the Amadeus cow cup that was recommended by a few of our mums here and still drinks his milk from one of those now so maybe just try Sophie with the cow cup. x

carla · #3 (**permalink**) 22-04-10, 21:38

i started giving fraser cows milk in a beaker when he was 10 month old but he never realy drunk it till i stopped BF at 12 months
now drinks up to two beaker in the morning but never realy drinks it at bed time but eats lots off yoghurt and cheese so not that worried

mrsharvey · #4 (**permalink**) 22-04-10, 23:00

thanks for the replies ladies x

annavarricchio · #5 (**permalink**) 04-05-10, 21:51

Hello .... I was wondering if there any other tricks out there to wean my daughter off the breast. She is 22 months old, she drinks milk and eats food, but will not let go of my breast. Please don't get me wrong, I love breastfeeding and it is the best we can do for our child, but I would like to stop.....

Any suggestions ?

LittleMissMe · #6 (**permalink**) 05-05-10, 11:26

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Originally Posted by annavarricchio

Hello .... I was wondering if there any other tricks out there to wean my daughter off the breast. She is 22 months old, she drinks milk and eats food, but will not let go of my breast. Please don't get me wrong, I love breastfeeding and it is the best we can do for our child, but I would like to stop.....

Any suggestions ?

I had to just be stern and stop. My husband went into check on Dylan when he was crying wanting a feed and it only happened for 2 nights. I was sure he didn't need it so kept telling myself that and persevered. You really have to make a clean break i think. good luck xxx