weaning.... do you use mustard?

[Anonymous]

I guess some kids are more attached to nursing than others. For my son, at 19 months, I just started offering him a quarter bottle of warm milk instead. He could sit in my lap and cuddle while he drank it if he wanted, but no boobs. It worked pretty easily, no mustard necessary.

[Anonymous]

Just dry yourself up - wear cabbage in your bra to dry up the supply and within 24 hours your milk supply will decrease enough that your child won't have much to suck out.

[Anonymous]

I know that this is an old thread.
But I would like to make suggestion about how I did it.
In my culture, we use bitter melon.
If you can find any Asian market near you, you will find this bitter melon.. It worked wonder for us, my 22 month old hates the taste of it and weaned herself from the boob instantly.. You can google the bitter melon nutritional facts, it's really good for your health...
Give it a try! It really did the trick.

[Anonymous]

Still here at 18 months and going. Today, for the first time in a long time, I thought she might be starting to wean. Not as demanding or interested. A new baby this week.

I couldn't do the mustard. She would love it!

[Anonymous]

I did it and it worked! The first two times my 14 year old got to tasted it and said ewww. The second time I put mustard on a napkin folded it and placed it in-between my breast and my daughter refuse to latch on just be smelling the mustard. FYI it was due to doctors orders that a had to stop bf because of high risk pregnancy.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I did it and it worked! The first two times my 14 month baby got to tasted it and said ewww. The second time I put mustard on a napkin folded it and placed it in-between my breast and my daughter refuse to latch on just be smelling the mustard. FYI it was due to doctors orders that a had to stop bf because of high risk pregnancy.

[Anonymous]

I think that weaning with every child is different. My first two were no problem but my third isn't interested in giving up his milkies. I am confused about how using a condiment to discourage weaning is cruel. Really. It's mustard people. I think it's better than the rejection in just saying no and watching them cry for hours. At least this way weaning will partially be thier choice. I tried vinegar mixed with water and nothing. Mustard made him think twice. Then I offered coconut milk. He chose the coconut milk. Sooo maybe all you cry it out moms should stop casting stones at moms who rather try something different.

[Anonymous]

Their *** (thanks phone)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It's pretty common in some societies to put disgusting substances on the nipple to try to wean babies. Personally, with a toddler I feel that it's kind of a cop-out and also that it probably won't discourage avid nursers. Most toddlers are capable of understanding, "You can nurse later, ____s (whatever you call your breasts) are sleeping right now." And cut out nursing sessions that way. If you get a lot of protest, another time-honored solution is making your breasts unavailable (covering them up very well when you're around your toddler, and trying not to be around him for longer and longer weaning periods-- in our family an older female relative would come and create lots of fun times for the toddler away from mama for the weaning period).

You may get tears, and it's hard, but I kind of feel that the parents who have to put mustard on their breasts because they can't bear telling a toddler "no, not right now" (why put him to the breast if you don't want him to nurse???) are sending mixed disciplinary signals...no, the mustard itself is not the end of the world, but it's worth examining whether you're ready to wean right now if you do feel so guilty just saying "no."

(FWIW it became much easier for me and my DD around 18 months.)

LOL okay, let’s see if you are saying that when your toddler is 3 and has zero intentions of weaning. Okay

[Anonymous]

Book yourself a staycation with girlfriends for 3 days. You deserve it.

[Anonymous]

16mos is too young for this but I successfully weaned all my of my dc at around 2yo by putting bandaids over my nipples and saying I have a boo-boo. Very little crying, I would just keep showing them my boo-boo when they asked. They got it. I don't believe in "dropping sessions." That's confusing for dc and feels like rejection.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My one year old loved mustard on his food so i dont think that would have worked for us.

Was going to say.

[Anonymous]

I didn’t have to use mustard I guess because I had clothes.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My MIL says that her mother put mustard on her nipples to wean the kids off of breast. I dismissed at the time, but now that he is 16 months and boob OBSESSED, I am desperate for a solution. I thought a time would come when he would self-wean, but I am now convinced that he is and will always be a boob man.

Seriously, I work a demanding job and I know he probably uses this time to bond and be close to his mama, but I am ready for it to come to an end.

Help. Tell me how you did it.

Ridiculous. Put a bandaid on nipple and tell kid "broken,".

[Anonymous]

If OPs baby still hasn’t weaned, it’s probably time to try the mustard. Or professional help.