Does anyone have any advice on how to drop the last breastfeed? My daughter is 11 months and has dropped all feeds except the early morning feed. Are there any ways to encourage her to drop this one as well? She goes fine without it when my husband gets her in the morning, but when I do she always seems to want it. She only feeds for 10minutes or so, just to wake herself up almost? She goes to bed at 6pm and wakes early at 5am. She doesn't normally have breakfast until about 6.30am. Should I be giving her other milk at 5am or should she be able to wait for breakfast?
Why do you want to drop it? Just out of interest - I know I loved the morning feed because I could stay in bed and was really upset when DS dropped it himself at about 14m.
I guess one solution would be for your DH to get her up every morning for a couple of weeks until that's the new routine. Or make sure you're dressed when you get her up so she doesn't think it's time for a feed.
I know what you mean. I do really enjoy it as well. My heart is telling me to let her keep going as long as she wants, but my mind is saying it is time to wean. I know it sounds selfish but I feel like I really want my body back - to do things without worrying about whether or not it will affect my milk. Things like trying to loose weight and going back on the pill. Feeling a bit unsure of what to do at the moment??
Well, if you do diet then your supply will drop, so that will help weaning.
If she's a bit "take it or leave it" then maybe she's about ready to wean anyway, so you won't have to push the issue and it will happen anyway. Maybe give her until her birthday and see if she does it herself and then just stop offering and let your DH get her up for a bit. One month won't make much difference to you in the grand scheme of things but it may allow a bit more of a pain-free weaning.
Weaning from the last feed?
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