Comments on: Weaning a toddler while pregnant

By: Alina

Alina — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 13:36:41 +0000

I am currently 5 weeks pregnant and nursing my 27 months old and it has so far been pretty easy to continue. I am so happy to see all of these wonderful mothers proud to be nursing.

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By: Joanne

Joanne — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 02:55:53 +0000

It is good to read these posts. Thanks everyone. I had been feeling like I should wean for quite some time, but really had no idea how to go about it (I don’t think we were ready yet) and then last week, I had a meltdown with lack of sleep. I got some extra sleep in my system and then started changing the way I talked about weaning. I tried not to be wishy washy. We are on the road! My youngster is 18 months old, and I really like the tips you have given about holding the breast. It makes sense and I will try to use it to break the nursing habit at night, although I will leave the bedtime nurse constant. I also want to get pregnant, so this will likely help out a lot! You really go from one cycle of weariness to another, don’t you?

Amazing how you can be so incredibly tired, yet so incredibly amazed and thrilled with life! Have a good one.

By: tamera

tamera — Sun, 07 Sep 2008 05:35:47 +0000

wow ladies! It is amazing how many of us there are. My boys are 7 months and 27 months. I was 8 months pregnant when I started the emotionally and physically draining weaning. It took more will power than I ever thought I had, and countless 4am prayers. Think of it like giving up smoking, drinking, and all the other things we have to let go of when we are pregnant. It is 80% mental, and 20% physical; I didn’t sleep more than 2 hours a night until I gave birth once we started when he turned 17 months. But, now he can fall asleep just holding the breast, and even at times, all alone. The key is to never give in. NEVER. Once you start, you will cry, and cry, and cry some more. I started off letting him sit next to me on the other side of the boppy pillow, and let him hold the other breast while the baby ate. That only wnt on for the first month or so. He was completely over it after he learned how nasty it tastes with just one try, when he was sick, he wanted to nurse and boy, he said, “blah”. That helped him too. It isn’t the same as they remember. Plus, do not feel so guilty that you wean, it allows them to find their independance, and you get to watch them figure out stuff on their own. It is a way to let go of the dependance WE HAVE TOO.

By: Rosemarie

Rosemarie — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 20:59:14 +0000

Dear Tara,
Thank you for the advise on weaning. I am about five weeks pregnant and I am also nursing my 18 month old son. He does not nurse me all through the day but wants the comfort in the night. Since my pregnancy he is demanding it throughout the night and gets up often and ask for it. I told him about the baby and I sometimes tell him the “tea-tea” is gone. He understands but still gets up to nurse in the early morn. I am thinking about letting him sleep with his Grand-ma a few nights in and out since he is very found of her to start the weaning process. Anyway thank you for the advise.

By: Tarin

Tarin — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 18:20:37 +0000

I’m 14 weeks pregnant with my second child and am also still breastfeeding my 22 month daughter. She also wakes at least 3 times a night to feed and feeds at least 3 – 4 times a day. I’m also in the process of trying to wean her, and am trying the distraction technique. She is still quite persistant and seems to need that comfort, so we are taking it one day at a time.

My nipples were also quite sore once I became pregnant again, but have persevered and they are only sensitive now.

All the best with weaning your toddler, hang in there, rest assured that your toddler will eventually not need to feed anymore, and will not breastfeed forever. I do understand your frustrations completely though!

By: Leche, Baby! » Blog Archive » Weaning a toddler

Leche, Baby! » Blog Archive » Weaning a toddler — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 03:55:41 +0000

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By: Nicole

Nicole — Sat, 12 Jan 2008 22:00:01 +0000

Great advice Tara! I also found that the best way to start the process of weaning was to just talk to my toddler about it. I would tell him that we are not going to nurse so much any more and that he can nurse at nap but not before bed. So at night when he asked to nurse I would say (in a very upbeat and confident manner), we already nursed today, you can nurse tomorrow at nap. He seemed surprisingly agreeable.

Congrats to you for getting down to one nursing a day. I am having trouble letting go of the one nursing a day (I think we are both not quite ready)…I tell myself I will wean if I get pregnant again.

Thanks for your post!