I was going to keep going twice a day indefinately, but DD bit me really,
really hard two nights ago and then did it again yesterday morning and again
last night. I tried the usual ways to stop her, but she got hysterical when
I unlatched her and wasn't even interested in going back on. She's nearly a
year and think she's self-weaning. Regardless, I'm not willing to walk
around with scabs on my breasts, so we're weaning.

The problem is that she's never been great at taking a bottle (except from
her nanny). DH can't get her to take even a drop and it took me ten minutes
to get two ounces into her. What's happened the past two nights is that we
get a few ounces into her at bedtime and then she wakes up a few times and
puts herself back to sleep (e.g. bedtime at 7 p.m., awake at 8:30 and
10:00). Then she's down until 4:30 a.m., when I nurse her and she doesn't
bite me. When she wakes, we just give her breakfast instead of trying to
nurse. Although this seems to be working, it means she's hysterical at
bedtime and we're waking at 4:30 a.m., which we haven't done in months
(she's been sleeping from 7 p.m. - 6 a.m. for quite a while).

What makes things yet more challenging is that we're leaving for the east
coast (three hour time difference) on Thursday where we'll be staying at two
different places. Daylight savings starts/ends on April 4, while we're away,
which should mess up her times further. On top of all of that, we're in the
process of moving. We're leaving our house on April 23 and will be living in
a hotel for a week before we move into our new house on April 30. Every book
I've read says that this is not the time for weaning, but I'm not sure what
other choice I have.

Any ideas?

We're thinking that we might try giving her milk from her straw cup tonight
rather than a bottle and, if she takes enough milk, let her CIO at 4:30 a.m.
Thank you in advance for your help. I'm feeling like whatever I do is wrong
since she's been so unhappy with the process, but she also can't keep biting
me.

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Melissa (in Los Angeles)
Mum to Elizabeth 4/13/03