weaning from breastfeeding

[Anonymous]

Hi,

My daugter is ten months old now, and my husband and I are starting to talk about how we are going to wean her off breastmilk at a year…any input would be great! Also, to moms with MSPI babies…how did you trial the whole milk?

[Anonymous]

First of all, way to go on still breastfeeding. Most peds recommend that if your baby has reflux not to breastfeed. Our ped. for last child and Gi for Justice both told us not to breastfeed. UGH!!!!!!! I have had so many people tell me I should just put him on formula.

Sorry, I know that has nothing to do with your question. I would check out ask dr sears .com. Just put ask dr sears in your search and it should come up. Also there is a breastfeeding reflux forum. It is a yahoo groups if you want that address just let me know.

[Anonymous]

WOW!! you’re my inspiration! I’m just starting. and along Justice’s moms post, Lucy is doing better than Henry ever did. Maybe because I am breastfeeding???

This is a great question. I always wonder what we’ll do if I can’t BF for years

I saw this on another board if noone can find the info for you.

[Anonymous]

When I needed to wean Myles from breast milk I began by giving him 2 ounces of Good Start formula per day for two weeks. When he seemed to be doing fine with that, I gradually increased the amt of Good start over a period of several weeks. Good Start has the broken down, easier to digest proteins. That’s why I started with that. If she has no dairy issues you could probably start with whole milk. Just an ounce or two a day for two weeks and then gradually increase it.

Great job on the nursing.

[hellbennt]

by 12 months, I was nursing Jonah 2x a day…he was weaned by 15months…

he didn’t really drink milk until he was about 18 months old

BUT he did eat foods high in calcium (he was not MSPI) & the ped said this was fine…

[Anonymous]

So my daughter is 10 months and has been breastfeeding 4x/day…does that sound like too much? Laura, I know you said that Jonah was only at 2x by then. I was thinking about trying to cut her back to three and then see.

As for the breastfeeding…it has been hard, especially because Brianna has been to three GI Drs (we had to be in another state for a bit of time when she was first born) and two told me no way on MSPI and one said he thinks she is…ugh! I guess I am somewhat lucky becuase the only think I have noticed when something has dairy or soy and I don’t realize it and eat it, is that she seems to wake up more at night. Not fussier or anything, so I am not sure if she even has it, but it is worth it to me to aviod it, just to be safe. We are going to try her on dairy at 11 months, and see how she does with the butter and yogurt and stuff.

I will try ask dr sear.com…thanks everyone!

[hellbennt]

4x a day doesn’t sound like too much at 10 months…

there is no ‘certain amount’ to nurse, I don’t think…

I was planning on going back to work when Jonah was 1yrs old, so I wanted to be ‘down’ to just morning and night…it was at 10 months that I started to try & cut down. I remember it being a very difficult concept to try & wrap my head around and, my sister kept laughing at me as I kept asking her about how to do it…

you could try different milks like enriched rice milk (and there’s potato milk- I keep waiting for someone to try it & report back, LOL – I read about it once upon a time here on this board…) and add flax seed oil to it or to her food to add extra ‘good’ fat (you can also investigate avocado oil- another thing I’m waiting for someone to investigate)

as I cut out a breastfeeding session, I replaced it with a snack

also, are you making a sippy of water available at all times? Jonah always had a sippy nearby to drink water (still does now, for the most part)

edited to add: blackstrap molasses has a lot of calcium and iron…and there are calcium rich foods like broccoli…

hellbennt2006-10-14 18:1:44

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