He bites because he doesnt want the breast. He turns away if I offer, and if I persist in trying to get him to latch he lets me know he doesnt want to by looking me in the eye and doing the bite (then he pulls off and whines till I stop trying to give him the breast). He does not want to have milk from me, but wants it in a bottle. He will drink it from a cup too, but still s still getting the hang of how to do it).
It just seems he has decided that the boob is not for him anymore
He will take the breast during the night if offered, but anytime after we get up in the morning he wont.
I don't mean this unkindly, but children don't always get what they want. If you don't want him to have a bottle, don't give him a bottle - offer breast or cup. If you are happy to wean him, that's another matter, and that is fine. At 12mnths he will be having a well rounded solid diet and will have other sources of dairy (not that I'm meaning to say that breastmilk is dairy) He doesn't need milk in a bottle.
Im not concerned about the bottle, it is more that I did not expect a 12 month old to prefere milk from another source when they have been only breastfeed (on demand). The 'demand' just stopped one day unexpectedly.
Whether its from a cup or slices of cheese and yogart, I just did not expect this and was wanting to know if it was ok. I thought self weaning occured from around 18months, and wanted to know if I could or should do anything. Anyway, he has still refused to take the breast but is getting dairy from a variety of other forms for the past week nearly and I assume he is ok and I just have to accept that he wanted to wean even if I wasnt quite ready.
Maybe he's just too busy to be slowed down by a breast feed during the day. If you want to continue, maybe keep offering during the night to keep things going and just play it cool during the day. Trying to force it will only make him more resolute about not breastfeeding.
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