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14mth Self-weaning?
Hi everyone,
I firstly want to thank everyone on this group for all of the great advice that is always available at times of need. I have gained so much info off this group by lurking! I now have a problem though, and wondered if anyone had some advice? A very similar problem to Cathy's who has recently posted. My DS is 14mths old, and over the last 3 days has just suddenly refused to nurse. We are down to 2 feeds a day, 1 morning and 1 bedtime. It's been like this for quite a while. About a week ago we had a few dodgy feeding sessions, where he bit me a couple of times. I took him off saying no (I was a bit stressed at other things at the time, so I shouted a bit more than I should have.....), he screamed at me, then latched back on again. Since then he has nursed fine, until Tuesday evening. He just didn't want it. There is nothing wrong with him - he's just not interested. No tears, no fussing, but mouth closed and no way is he latching on. I'm not sure how to feel about this. Part of me says it's too early to wean, and the other part of me says he's had 14 mths of the good stuff - now is as good a time as any. I think overall I want him to continue feeding, so any ideas on getting him interested again? TIA, Jacqui |
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Jacqui C wrote:
Hi everyone, I firstly want to thank everyone on this group for all of the great advice that is always available at times of need. I have gained so much info off this group by lurking! I now have a problem though, and wondered if anyone had some advice? A very similar problem to Cathy's who has recently posted. My DS is 14mths old, and over the last 3 days has just suddenly refused to nurse. We are down to 2 feeds a day, 1 morning and 1 bedtime. It's been like this for quite a while. About a week ago we had a few dodgy feeding sessions, where he bit me a couple of times. I took him off saying no (I was a bit stressed at other things at the time, so I shouted a bit more than I should have.....), he screamed at me, then latched back on again. Since then he has nursed fine, until Tuesday evening. He just didn't want it. There is nothing wrong with him - he's just not interested. No tears, no fussing, but mouth closed and no way is he latching on. I'm not sure how to feel about this. Part of me says it's too early to wean, and the other part of me says he's had 14 mths of the good stuff - now is as good a time as any. I think overall I want him to continue feeding, so any ideas on getting him interested again? TIA, Jacqui Hi Jacqui, Boy do I know how you feel! We were down to 3 feeds, but the middle of the day one was dodgy sometimes - a token suck was what I called it. One thing I am going to do tonight is to try nursing in the bath. I did it when DD was very young, and I needed her to unplug ducts, but we haven't done it since. I just want to try and take her mind off what she is actually doing. I got a small reaction last night - she had her favourite fluffy toy, and I got as close as her mouthing the nipple, but that was it. And my usually no-fail method of getting her to keep still long enough to nurse, where she 'reads' a book, is not working either. Good luck with things, and please let me know what happens. Cathy |
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"Jacqui C" wrote in message
... I'm not sure how to feel about this. Part of me says it's too early to wean, and the other part of me says he's had 14 mths of the good stuff - now is as good a time as any. I think overall I want him to continue feeding, so any ideas on getting him interested again? Why do you want him to continue? (I'm asking seriously, not trying to say you shouldn't.) -- Cheryl S. Mom to Julie, 3, and Jaden, 6 months Quiet down, cobwebs. Dust go to sleep. I'm rocking my baby and babies don't keep. |
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"Jacqui C" wrote in message ...
Hi everyone, I'm not sure how to feel about this. Part of me says it's too early to wean, and the other part of me says he's had 14 mths of the good stuff - now is as good a time as any. I think overall I want him to continue feeding, so any ideas on getting him interested again? TIA, Jacqui In my experience, once they make up their minds at this age, it's hard to change it. DS#1 quit cold turkey on me the day after his 1st birthday. I tried for a week to get him to nurse again, but he clearly sent the message that he was done. I know how hard it is emotionally. Good luck. ~ Sher |
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14mth Self-weaning?
Thanks for everyone's info (to Cathy's post as well).
I think I'm just going to go with him doing a sudden self-weaning. Oh well...... Jacqui "sher" wrote in message om... "Jacqui C" wrote in message ... Hi everyone, I'm not sure how to feel about this. Part of me says it's too early to wean, and the other part of me says he's had 14 mths of the good stuff - now is as good a time as any. I think overall I want him to continue feeding, so any ideas on getting him interested again? TIA, Jacqui In my experience, once they make up their minds at this age, it's hard to change it. DS#1 quit cold turkey on me the day after his 1st birthday. I tried for a week to get him to nurse again, but he clearly sent the message that he was done. I know how hard it is emotionally. Good luck. ~ Sher |
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