Booby boy shows no signs of slowing...?

[attc]

Thanks OceanPrincess.

I have left him for a (short) while with my mum or DH. He is usually OK. Although as soon as he sees me he is desperate for booby!

To be honest, I'm not even sure if I'm completely ready to wean. I think I'm just feeling the pressure from others that clearly don't approve of feeding a 'toddler' rather than a little baby (even though he has only just turned 1). I would like to reduce the feeding, but not cut it out completely....especially because I wouldn't know how to get him to sleep without it!

I have tried some cows milk, which he sort of enjoys, but really he just sips on it and plays with the cup etc. And yes, distraction is a fantastic thing!

How does your DD go to sleep now. Can you just put her in the cot and she self settles?

[BhoysGirl]

At 12 months, my DS was also a dedicated BFer, from memory 5-6 during the day, plus a couple of overnighters usually. And fed to sleep. He was also totally not interested in solids so BM was his main source of nutrition. And I'd hit the same point of wondering if it was ever going to end....

I'm am lucky though cos I'm also pretty immune to other people's opinions about how long I should or shouldn't feed for, mainly because I simply can't see how it impacts/inconveniences them, so their opinions don't matter to me - but having said that, after about 15 months I found that there was a reduction in feed requirements in a day, and I could structure things so that mostly we were feeding at home & in quiet privacy, so aside from DH, mostly people don't even realise that it was still something that DS did.


And I was always one who thought I'd do the 12 months-ish, then weaning would happen, cos I also was a bit freaked out by the concept of a walking, talking BFer....but...I have to confess, that for me, it's actually become a really special thing between the 2 of us, not weird or freaky at all. I've found it very different from feeding an infant, but it's kind of turned into a time where DS obviously feels so secure & content, that it's worthwhile. And still brilliant when he's unwell. And he generally doesn't ask for it in public - we have our cuddles in bed in the morning, and that's our time.

But to get to your actual question, OP had some good points about how to cut things back - the ABA also has a booklet on weaning which has some good approaches in it as well. The other thing you might also find is that he could just do it himself, which is what my nephew did - at 12 months he was still regularly BFed, but by 17 months, all done, not interested in it at all.

[Shanti]

My DD is 13mths old and also a boob-a-holic she's obsessed!!! All day says "be be" that's her word for them!

She still feeds 3-4 times during the day and at least 3 times over night (the night feedings are tiring!!!!!) thinking of night weaning her soon but it's helping me to lose weight hehe

Good luck with whatever you decide to do.