Need to Wean My Almost 2 Year Old Son!but I Keep Giving In

Hi there,
When i weaned my son the bedtime feeding was the last to go also. We tried to change the routine by having dad take over but he wouldn't go to sleep cause he was just so used to mommy putting him to sleep. So i would cuddle him up close and give him his comfort things (like a blanket or pacifier or animal) and then we would just rock. I was making it harder then it had to be. He did a lot better with it then i thought. Really you just have to set your mind to it and do it.
Good luck
J.

Well, he is going to have to go to something else. Stick to your guns. You need to take care of yourself now, so it's obviously not an option. Change the bedtime routine, go potty, brush teeth, a lovey of some kind, a book. You can do it. It sounds like you need to do this, just pick a few nights you are off the next day and go for it! Kids are very resilient, he will do fine, and will not remember this later. It may take a couple of days, but you can do it. You go mama!

Have dad take over the bedtime routine for a few nights (or longer) and don't be in the room or even in the house.

I completely feel for you, S.! I just managed to wean my 21 month old son and the best thing that worked for us was a change in routine. This might be a good time to move him to a big boy bed if you haven't done that already. We found with our son that this small change was so exciting he occasionally forgot to ask to nurse when he woke up (for us it was the mornings that were the last to go). The other thing is to change the bedtime routine. Maybe having your husband read him some extra books before he puts him to bed, or something else where YOU are not in the picture (say goodnight to him, but then leave the room and let dad take over) would help?

With us we were able to skip every other day or so for a while, then a few days in a row, and finally, after about 3 weeks of having stopped, he stopped asking. We still do not get our morning in-bed snuggle because he associates that with nursing and I don't want to remind him of it. But I found that as long as he wasn't put into a situation where he thought "oh, I get mom's boobs now" he didn't really think of it because there were more interesting things to do.

Good luck!

I found that weaning my children from the breast was easy once I found a bottle nipple that closely resembled the shape of a womans nipple, I had a majority of my breast exposed and help them inthe same position but had the small 4 o bottle ready there for them instead. The transition was quick and easy, it seems they just like having Mom cuddle them close.
Good luck, I think it is more difficult for us..

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