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Weening a toddler from breastfeeding

by ryastar2001

(July 2008) (rank 500+)

It took me months to finally ween my daughter off the breast. I did it a little at a time so that I did not become engorged and to get her used to the idea that she was not going to be nursing anylonger. By cutting out one feeding at

a time with several weeks in between each subtraction of a feeding I allowed my milk supply to naturally diminish without any pain or leakage. After to last nursing I told my daughter that only babies nursed and that she was a toddler and not a baby so she wasn't allowed to nurse anymore. tankfully she accepted that explaination and stopped nursing with little or no fuss.

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	July 2008 \| Izzy

Re: Weening a toddler from breastfeeding

This is how I weaned my first too, at 12 months. I waited a week before I eliminated a feeding and this allowed for a very gradual weaning. Of course I felt extremely full within the first 24 hours, but it was not painful.

I think gradual weaning is the way to go.