I need Help weaning my 9 month old son quick?

Question

My 9 month old son will not wean. I try to give him a sppy cup with formula everyday, and it takes him the whole day to drink up to 3oz. My problem is that he nurses when he wakes up, and he can only nurse himself to sleep for his nap and expecially at bedtime. I am having a surgery done in a month and will not be able to nurse. How can i wean him in a month without upsetting him too much. I have tried taking away a feeding and anothr, but i dont know how to do it for the bedtime an nap feedings, he is very stubborn! Does anyone have any advice?

Answer 1

Just go cold turkey--it'll be a week or so of crying and whining, but if it's for a medical necessity, then you don't have much of a choice. You don't want to wait and leave your hubby, relative, or sitter with a screaming baby.  

Answer 2

stay away during those feedings out of sight all together. let some one else do the feeding

Answer 3

why dont you just put him on a bottle, 9 months is way too early to wean in my books. The sippy cup is harder to suck out of than what it is to suck off the breast, the bottle would be easier.  

Answer 4

i agree with the first answer - put him on a bottle - one feed first just to get him used to it.  Shop around for formula if you can't b/f due to the operation.  My daughter wouldn't touch SMA but took Aptamil which tastes a lot less chalky and I hear good things about Enfamil in the USA.  My husband fed her the first few feeds - she point blank refused with me.  But it only took a few feeds before she stopped fussing.  After that feed by feed we weaned her to the bottle until morning and night were the last to go.  I mixed breastmilk with formula in scales over the week it took to wean her so I wasn't engorged and she got used to the formula.  And we chose really wide teat 9 oz bottles with a anti-colic opening because she refused hard, smaller, teat bottles.  The sippy cup I use for meals and drinks through the day - she spits half of it out but is getting better & I'm in no hurry with teaching her that.  Hope this helps.