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Anonymous wrote:I can't remember where I heard this, but someone once told me: You either wean your child before 18 months, or when they tell you they're done nursing.

OP you need to be fully committed to doing this, or you're going to fail. The incessant whining, grabbing, crying etc is hard to tolerate, and if you give in once, you've basically taught them to cry until you give in again.

This. Sorry OP, but if you’re still breastfeeding now I don’t see you being the kind of mom who can say no.

Also, your child is likely lower weight because of the nursing instead of eating, which is very selfish of you. If you care about your child’s health you wean ASAP.

Why do people post complete bull$hit like this?

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I can't remember where I heard this, but someone once told me: You either wean your child before 18 months, or when they tell you they're done nursing.

OP you need to be fully committed to doing this, or you're going to fail. The incessant whining, grabbing, crying etc is hard to tolerate, and if you give in once, you've basically taught them to cry until you give in again.

This. Sorry OP, but if you’re still breastfeeding now I don’t see you being the kind of mom who can say no.

Also, your child is likely lower weight because of the nursing instead of eating, which is very selfish of you. If you care about your child’s health you wean ASAP.

You’re an idiot, PP. None of what you wrote is remotely true.

I had to wean my breastfed-on-demand 23 month old suddenly because of medication I needed. We were still nursing about four times a day and I rarely refused. I explained to her that I had to start a medicine that would make my milk bad for her and we both cried at our last session. The next day she asked to nurse a couple times and I told her we couldn’t and she was sad but not crying. I gave her a special treat (milkshake) instead and she was done.

Nothing changed! She is still petite and still wakes up at 5:30 AM ready to start her day.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I can't remember where I heard this, but someone once told me: You either wean your child before 18 months, or when they tell you they're done nursing.

OP you need to be fully committed to doing this, or you're going to fail. The incessant whining, grabbing, crying etc is hard to tolerate, and if you give in once, you've basically taught them to cry until you give in again.

This. Sorry OP, but if you’re still breastfeeding now I don’t see you being the kind of mom who can say no.

Also, your child is likely lower weight because of the nursing instead of eating, which is very selfish of you. If you care about your child’s health you wean ASAP.

This is total BS. Child is probably at a higher weight than they would have been without BF. Wean if you want to but it is also not selfish not to. A middle ground is to set some time limits around breastfeeding like not doing it at 5am, not doing it before dinner etc. Those limits are reasonable first steps for weaning.

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We don’t do grabbing or whining before weaning why would we do it afterward? First step to weaning is boundaries around nursing. In our house at 18M it went to wakeup, weekend nap, and bedtime. At 22M we dropped nap— her dad put her to bed for two weekends of naps and she didn’t seek it out again. Bedtime went to 10min, followed by 10min of cuddle. Then 5min followed by 10min of cuddle than 2min followed by 10min cuddle. Then one day you just cuddle. Wake up was the last one to end because DH and I were using it as a snooze button, but it started going wake-up/potty/nurse instead of wake up/nurse/potty and then she got distracted by other things after nursing and, again, stopped seeking it out. She was fully weaned at two and no dramatic change other than I miss my 15 minutes of sleep in the morning…

People who act like it’s a huge deal haven’t actually nursed/weaned a toddler they just want an excuse to shame you. Ignore it.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I can't remember where I heard this, but someone once told me: You either wean your child before 18 months, or when they tell you they're done nursing.

OP you need to be fully committed to doing this, or you're going to fail. The incessant whining, grabbing, crying etc is hard to tolerate, and if you give in once, you've basically taught them to cry until you give in again.

This. Sorry OP, but if you’re still breastfeeding now I don’t see you being the kind of mom who can say no.

Also, your child is likely lower weight because of the nursing instead of eating, which is very selfish of you. If you care about your child’s health you wean ASAP.

This is total BS. Child is probably at a higher weight than they would have been without BF. Wean if you want to but it is also not selfish not to. A middle ground is to set some time limits around breastfeeding like not doing it at 5am, not doing it before dinner etc. Those limits are reasonable first steps for weaning.

Anonymous wrote:I can't remember where I heard this, but someone once told me: You either wean your child before 18 months, or when they tell you they're done nursing.

OP you need to be fully committed to doing this, or you're going to fail. The incessant whining, grabbing, crying etc is hard to tolerate, and if you give in once, you've basically taught them to cry until you give in again.

This. Sorry OP, but if you’re still breastfeeding now I don’t see you being the kind of mom who can say no.

Also, your child is likely lower weight because of the nursing instead of eating, which is very selfish of you. If you care about your child’s health you wean ASAP.

I finished weaning at 15 months but noticed no changes. We do give cow’s milk though.

I can't remember where I heard this, but someone once told me: You either wean your child before 18 months, or when they tell you they're done nursing.

OP you need to be fully committed to doing this, or you're going to fail. The incessant whining, grabbing, crying etc is hard to tolerate, and if you give in once, you've basically taught them to cry until you give in again.

I found weaning much easier than I anticipated and did find my toddler's appetite for table foods increased as I started dropping nursing sessions. Not sure what everyone else is freaking out about.

I found weaning much easier than I anticipated and did find my toddler's appetite for table foods increased as I stropped dropping nursing sessions. Not sure what everyone else is freaking out about.

NP here. Please! What bad things happen when you wean a toddler from the breast?!!!

Anonymous wrote:They’re were not good changes and I bf until age 4 for my dc2.

What were the changes? OP here.

Anonymous wrote:The only changes I've noticed aren't positive ones.

What were they? OP here. I really want to know what to expect.

They’re were not good changes and I bf until age 4 for my dc2.

The only changes I've noticed aren't positive ones.

I’m going to wean my 22 month old this month. Did you see any positive changes in your child after you weaned? I’m hoping she starts sleeping past 5AM once she realizes there won’t be breast milk and really hoping her appetite increases. Every night at dinner all she wants is to nurse. And she’s very small (4% in height and weight).

Weaning her is going to be hard so I’m really hoping some positive will come from it!