How to stop breast feeding for baby?

Question

baby is 1.8 years old

like to stop breast feeding plz post some ideas

thank you

Answer 1

Cold turkey. Try Similac Go and Grow formula with a bottle for comfort, I did that up until age 3. But also if you haven't introduced a sippy cup I would use that as well with juices/other drinks. Is baby eating normal adult food yet? If you haven't tried Gerbers lil Entrees, you should try those.

Answer 2

Wean gradually.  If baby isn't taking a cup, start offering a cup with water, diluted juice and milk. Once baby is comfortable with the cup, gradually reduce nursing sessions.  You can try 'don't offer-don't refuse' where you nurse when toddler asks, but never offer, or you can try various methods of distraction. (At times when baby usually 'asks', try starting a different, fun activity first, or offer a solid-food snack.)

Go gradually and gently and don't try to force it. (I would not introduce a bottle at this age.  A toddler can be weaned directly to a cup.)

Answer 3

I moved my son to only nursing in the morning and at night.  I then went to only nursing at night.  One day I just stopped all together and would not let him nurse anymore.  I told him that his milk was in the cup and he was OK with that.  It might have been easier because he went to daycare and took a bottle during the day.  Each child is different.  

Answer 4

cut out the mid day feeding, and give him a cup instead.  Still breast feed in the morning and night.  After two-three weeks cut out the night feeding (give a sippy cup instead) and only breast feed in the morning.  After two weeks replace the morning breast feeding with a cup.  Your child will be persistent and won't want to take the cup, but he won't starve, and will eventually take it.

don't move him from the breast and to a bottle, this will cause you to have to repeat the process to remove him from the bottle.

Answer 5

You have to slowly wean off.  For your sake as well.

If you just immediately stop, your b*****s will become engorged and this hurts extremely bad.  Not to mention, almost every time you hear a baby cry-doesn't have to be your own...you will start leaking like a siv...

Start by your normal schedule...cut out one feeding, but give the baby breast milk PUMPED in a bottle.  After a few days, cut out another feeding, until you are just doing maybe a night feeding and a morning feeding, or a middle of the night feeding-then just slowly wean from that as well...give the baby a bottle, and if the baby doesn't act hungry, and is just fussy, nurse for a few minutes, until baby falls asleep or calms...

As for the breast problem....wean yourself slowly too!!  Pump like 3 times a day...then after a few days, 2 times, then after a few days, 1 time...then just pump until your b*****s feel a little more comfortable...this may be just a few mins now and then.

Good Luck...it is a difficult time.

Slowly break to a sippy as well-though this is not necassary-because with my daughter-at a year old, I took all the bottles and threw them in the trash and started giving her a sipper.  My son was at 6 months, because he was chewing the nipples off the bottles...lol  Needless to say I broke him from nursing at 7 months-which that last month was only 1 feeding a day!  lol

Answer 6

start giving him a bottle. If you feed him a regular intervals, start by giving it to him once or twice a day for a few days, and hold him while he uses it. If the milk or juice comes out of it easy enough, he may start to ask for it. After a few days, give it to him more often. He's getting a bit older, he may also like the freedom of being able to toddle about while holding his drink.Within a week, it will be harder for him to get milk from you (you'll be drying up!), and will turn to the bottle more.

Answer 7

The best way is to try and get them using a sippy cup. You can do it gradually instead of quitting all at once. Night and morning feedings are usually the last to go.  

Answer 8

I tappered off. Skip a breastfeeding session and offer a cup or bottle. I started with a feeding that she wasn't crazy for. I kept the night feeding till just before I stopped. It is a little hairy in the begining, but finally your supply will decrease and make stopping easier. I was told to  plan a quit date, and figure out how many breastfeeding you do, and start cutting them out. If you know you have 2 weeks, make a schedule that works for you and try it out.