Weaning: When and How to Gently Wean Your Child!

[@justycesimmons6387]

The support and encouragement this brought to me is everything this morning, thank you for this☝🏽

[@paganmom2022]

Just trying to get him to fall back asleep more independently at night since he will be almost 2 when Baby #2 comes! So hard but there is slow progress. We have had a great bf journey so far, but the nursing aversion with ptegnancy has made it hard. I can't imagine having to keep him latched all night just to stay asleep while having a newborn on top of it. I am hoping to just nurse for morning wake up, nap, and right before bed for limited times.

[@abeerakhan99]

Lovely tips for gentle weaning

[@kylierayburn7356]

I am so happy I came across your video, thank you!❤️

[@mamanatural]

I'm so glad!

[@psfour08]

Very helpful, I didn’t want to wean until 18 months but I need to go on thyroid medication so here we are ☹️

[@mamanatural]

You got this!

[@sm2784]

Very helpful video, thanks

[@mamanatural]

Glad it was helpful!

[@TheKillahKyla]

In the UK, weaning has a slightly different meaning. It means the introduction of solid foods.

[@akomolafeanuoluwapo9190]

Thank you so much ma

[@mamanatural]

You are most welcome

[@leilaniz5909]

My baby refused the boob at 6 months old. It was me who was devastated.

[@LadyWillanger]

Thank you so much for this amazing video. I’m gearing up to wean my 2.5 year old and I feel hopeless and stressed. She’s so attached!

[@mamanatural]

Glad it was helpful!

[@Mammabennett]

I've got a little guy who just turned two. He's doing great during the day at not wanting to breastfeed. But, at bedtime it's a very much apart of his routine still

[@saracomrade406]

My daughter is 2 years and 4 month old, she,s very addicted to breastfeed specially when she feels sleepy, I tried every method but didn't work in even gradually,I really hope she withdraw on her own , pray for me

[@arifaibrahim6079]

How about now ?? Did she stop or not ??

[@beautifullthings]

Hahah that's not addiction, modern society just fooled is to believe that. If you still need advice I can help you regardless.

[@joanaoliveira8322]

​@@beautifullthingsHi! I'm in the same "boat". Can you help?

[@sumankashif4291]

same my baby is exactly same like your daughter 😢😢😢😢

[@sumankashif4291]

do they really wean off on their on?

[@gianninaO]

Love this video, all helpful tips. If I am pumping during the day and we are dropping a nursing session, I assume we are also dropping a pumping session. Do I wait to pump until the next scheduled nursing session? Thanks!

[@mamanatural]

If you are intentionally dropping feeds/weaning, then yes, you would reduce pumping as your reduce nursing.

[@sumankashif4291]

Thanks for the tips however i still have some questions! My breast milk supply is very low right now but, it doesn’t seem like my baby is going to wean off! he likes them as much as he liked them before 😢 Do babies really wean off on their own? I am trying to not give him breast during the day at all, but for the naps and the night i will give him for a few days. is it a good idea?

[@hellooli2825]

I have a 2 year old she just turned 2 on Saturday. Honestly she "nurses" about 9 x a day. I am just noticing I really need to drop them all. But also I know she only plays with them. At night time she wakes up and stays on them for about an hour I cant sleep well anymore 😕. How do I drop them all. Do I drop them every couple of days?? Thank you so much!!

[@mamanatural]

Yes I would suggest slowly dropping nursing sessions-when she asks see if distracting with her favorite toy or activity works!

[@hellooli2825]

@@mamanatural ok thank you I will do that!

[@thendralnirmal]

@@hellooli2825 any update

[@thendralnirmal]

Is she sleeping through the night now?

[@hellooli2825]

@@thendralnirmal hi! Yes I found out I am pregnant beginning of August and I started hurting really really bad when I nursed her. I started explaining to her that I was hurting a lot and I would have aggressive reactions. So I told my little one no more because I was hurting a lot. She started dropping them all instantly and she dropped all day only one at night and all of a sudden at night time I told her no more and she just crie a little bit and then 3 nights later we were completely done. She would cry here and there but she knew I was hurting so me stopped.

[@Lovelivefully]

How to stop overnight feeding ?

[@alyciaburtis8182]

My son just turned 4 and I’m so desperate to bring nursing to an end 😞

[@Natasha-tu5qs]

Oy, I sympathise with you mama 😥

[@inetalovenature2920]

Hello. How did it go eventually. Did you find root to the problem. I read it is usually emotional thing in later years

[@rebeccacervantes4392]

My daughter is turning 11 months so is that when I should start to skip one feeding so by one year she can be off completely

[@nataliewilliams5809]

Daughter is 1.5 years old and is OBSESSED with nursing and i tried to wean but she is now not eating because she is so sad i cut on demand

[@inetalovenature2920]

1st one is is most difficult. My kiddo is very persistent. Was ready to stop this half a year ago but my kid is more persistent than I am. For her age she breastfeed very frequently, it was subdued before starting kindergarten but now it is uncontrollable, so I'd love to stop breastfeeding and feeling like a bottle or an object. She is going to be 2 soon

[@nataliechazvemba4929]

Mine is four years she is persistent. Tried aloe which is bitter which stopped her bit she got used to aloe so doesn't deter. What should I do chili powder?

[@shevahauser1780]

that sounds so painful, i got some on my cheek once, and it buuurns!

[@thabisilendlovu8623]

Please help me 😭😭😭😭my 13 month old baby wakes up every 2 to 3 hours at night to breastfeed.how do l wean him off night time feeds.

[@mamanatural]

I have a post at MamaNatural.com all about weaning.

[@Etheliana225]

Its hard for my baby dropping her feeding at night time and napping for the daytime..she doesn't sleep until i feed her..

[@corrijackson]

Thanks ..my 18 month old is putting up a fight lol

[@kayhodson5150]

My doctor says to stop night time feedings now that my baby s 4 months old. Not sure why they would want to suggest that but I searched online that it is ok to do that at 4 months. I think it might be to help my baby sleep through a night, which is good for them to do. I read online that after 13 pounds or so they dont need nighttime feedings for nutrition but I suppose they want them for comfort.

[@daniellefawaz8719]

4months?! I wouldn't listen to that Dr. My son is 14months and wakes 1-2 times to feed still

[@seadragonpirate8195]

​@@daniellefawaz8719they wake up because it's practically part of their routine to wake up to nurse, but they most definitely do not need it, especially at 14 months.

[@fighttheevilrobots3417]

​@@seadragonpirate8195 haha! My daughter is 14 months and if she doesn't nurse 2 to three times a night she freaks out and no one sleeps.

[@bri6316]

At 4 months old that's a big part of their nutrition through the night. Plus a baby waking up to nurse or eat protects against sids. That blows my mind that anyone would suggest that

[@BeefZupreme]

My mother wean me off at 3 months. I now have mommy issues