Hi all
I weaned my dd at 13 months due to meds I needed to take that I couldn't while bfing. Beth figured it out pretty quickly. The few times she let me know she wanted a bf I handed her a water bottle and she stopped asking.
I was sort of planning to stop bfing ds around the same time, but he really seems to love to bf and I have the feeling will really fight me on it.
I don't want to take this away from him until he's ready, but at the same time I'm just about ready to stop.
He still demands 3 feeds a day, although I've managed to remove night feeds altogether.
What I'm wondering is, if I were to leave it to him, would he definitely self wean at some point himself?
Any thoughts would be appreciated
He will - but when that happens is kind of a "how long is a piece of string" question
A fairly good proportion of toddlers will self wean between 2 and 3. But there are those who will continue to feed into their fourth year and longer. The average age for weaning world wide is four years.
I too am waiting (not so patiently anymore I'm afraid) for my 2.5 year old to self wean. I don't hold much hope that he will do it anytime soon, so I'm now at the point of having to decide whether I'm going to wean him myself or just let him go. I really don't know. I have no reason to wean, I love feeding him for the most part and he has finally stopped waking at night which means I'm getting more sleep than I have since I was pregnant with him....but some days I am definitely over it. I don't know...I guess we're in the same boat. Sorry for the ramble
do all bubs wean themselves eventually?
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