What did you do to wean your baby from breastfeeding?

Question

How old was the baby?

What did you do?

How long did it take?

Anything special that you did to make it easier on yourself?

Did you get engorged?

Answer 1

well lets just say, when i couldn't breast feed anymore i cried for days. thank god i had alot of help from loved ones but.... i took the little milk i had left and mixed it with the formula only a few times then i gave him all formula,he hated at first but soon he got used to it and we haven't had ant problems since and he's 8 months old.

Answer 2

My son was 5  months old.  I had been back at work for 2 1/2 months, and was having trouble keeping up my supply.  He was used to taking bottles already, and was getting a little frustrated with nursing.  I had to take a 2 day business trip, and figured that would be as good a time as any to wean him.  He took bottles while I was gone, and didn't really seem to mind taking a bottle rather than nursing when I got back.  I did get engorged, much to my surprise, and I wore sports bras and used cabbage leaves to help with that.

Answer 3

I got pregnant with my youngest daughter when my oldest was 2.5 years old.  My milk went away.  I told her I had no more milk.  It was pretty easy.  Its much easier when you wait until the child is ready themselves.  I did not get engorged.

Answer 4

My daughter was 14 months when I weaned.  She was already eating a good variety of solid foods and drinking from a cup, and only nursing 4-5 times a day by then.  I just gradually dropped feedings, one at a time.  She weaned easily, and I didn't get particularly engorged.  It took, IIRC 2-3 weeks from the time I decided to begin.  (I wasn't in any huge rush.)