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  anonymous | December 2007

feeding...

i don't want to be the cause of another debate on breast feeding but i need to ask for advice, tips and HELP!!!!

i have a 14 month old and she still feeds from me at night, she will take a bottle before bed, but she wakes at least once to be breast fed and doesn't take no for an answer!!!!

i've tried loads of things, but i've run out of ideas....

please help, i want my boobs back!!!!

so how can i stop feeding without causing too much stress?????

ps, she has an older sibling whom i don't want to disturb during the night!



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katierose
5.00 (Excellent) | December 2007 | katierose
Re: feeding...
Hi, I had a determined little "booby" girl!! It is hard, but when she was nearly 2, I got a bottle of milk ready at bedtime and told her that Mummy's boobies had run out of milk as they were for feeding babies and she wasn't a baby anymore, she was getting to be a big girl, so if she wanted milk, she would have to have it from the bottle now. She patted my "boobies" and said, "all gone now!" Grabbed the milk and cuddled up for her story. When she woke up during the night, I gave her a bottle of water and after a bit of a complaint, she grabbed it and went back to sleep. Hope this helps, good luck!!!


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vlooi
5.00 (Excellent) | December 2007 | vlooi
Re: feeding...
Sounds like a "let her cry" situation.  I know from experience this is difficult on you let alone her, but habits are hard to break and sometimes going cold turkey is the quickest least painful method in the long run.  Do what we did when we had one that wouldn't sleep through, prepare yourself for an unsettled night by getting some books/magazines to read, a flask filled with a nice hot drink and settle down.  What happened to us was that usually, that night the little beggar would sleep through!  Good luck.


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lillkatheryn
5.00 (Excellent) | December 2007 | lillkatheryn
Re: feeding...

Sounds like its a habit that she is used too, and unfortunately it's one that may require some crying and distraction.  There have been nights for me where I have had to sacrifice my daughters sleep to settle my baby.  If you have tried everything, maybe you just have to try to let her just cry one night.  If that is absolutely out of the question, have you tried to take her on a car ride to get her to fall asleep?  Have you tried to give it to her less and less each night?  I know it's tough, but at one time or another she will disturb her sibs sleep.  It just happens.  Good Luck!



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