Please Help Me Wean Him!

One of the moms on here, I think it was S.H. said she put bandaides on her nipples and told her children they were out of milk..

Very clever woman.

Try giving him milk that is not so cold.
Give it to him in a big boy cup since he is now 2.

Also I had a friend that had to go on a trip for a week, so her husband was the one that weaned him by just telling the truth.." No more mommy milk. "

I would just cut him off cold turkey - if he asks for it, just tell him there's no more milk and then try and distract him. You could take him to pick out a super-soft stuffed animal and tell him that his new friend will comfort him at night and for naps.

Set limits, nursing manners, start during the day. When he asks say "okay, but only to the count of 20". When you reach 20, stop and tell him that time is up. He will get mad, but you haven't deprived him, as he get's used to that rule start lowering the number.

Also limit where and when you will do it. Meaning pick a spot that is for nursing and unless you are in that spot that is the only place he can nurse during the day or night...not sure of your sleeping arrangement. Once the day time is under control, off the same rules at night until you can finally say " when the sun is sleeping so are the boobs/ milkies (whatever your term is". It won;t be easy but if you gradually ease him there it won't be god awful, just a little trying at times.

I vote cold turkey too. In a week, you will see a huge difference. It will be a lonnnng week, but when you're done you're done!

Good luck!

Yes, you're ready ; ) And you've done marvelously!

Use Bandaids, "They have owies and there's no more milk" and a new lovie for him to snuggle with. It will be hardest the first 3 days or so, hang in there.

I just stopped nursing my daughter, and she was 26 1/2 months when we weaned. A couple of things stand out to me about your post. First, I will say that I never cut out caffeine while I was nursing either of my kids, and neither did most of the nursing moms I know. Secondly, I think you need to separate the sleep training from the nursing. If you can get him to sleep through the night, the weaning will probably be much easier. It will be hard, but you know that you have to do it. Can Dad help? Maybe have him wake up with your son when he wakes in the middle of the night?

As for actually weaning, what I did was every time my daughter asked to nurse, I asked her if she would rather have A. M&M instead. She almost always chose the M&M. I gave her exactly one, so I didn't think it was that bad. If she really insisted she wanted to nurse (usually if she was upset), I would let her. Pretty soon she was just nursing once or twice a day. I will say that I did it this way knowing that she was going on a five-day trip with her dad without me. I nursed her right before she left, and we haven't nursed since. She has asked a few times since she's been back (it's been about a month), but I just tell her that there isn't any more milk. It was much easier than I was expecting it to be.

I weaned my son at exactly 2 years. In his case, he bit me pretty hard. I made a big deal about how much it hurt and put band-aids on my nipples. I think it freaked him out so much that he didn't really want to nurse any more after that. With him, it was pretty much cold turkey.

Good luck. I was a little sad when it was over, but it is really nice to have my body back.

He may be a little young for this or stubborn but could you just tell him, " no more boobs" I did that with potty training ( no more diapers) & weaning off pacifier ( no more pacifiers). The pacifier thing , was hard for a few nights but he got over it.

Cold turkey is the only way. But there's a hard way and and easy way.

The hard way: Tell him "no" every time he asks. Bandaids, no bandaids, whatever works for you.

The easy way (for you): Go on a trip for a few days alone, with your mom, with a friend, whatever suits you, and let Dad have the joy of being with your son while he's getting used to the new arrangement. Come home with the requirement of no milk from mommy. Daddy may need to keep putting him to bed for a few more days after you return to cement the "no mik from mommy" arrangement. Using this method you can do what you need to do for your own comfort, to start the drying process. Plus you can have a little fun.

Ha I feel the same way. I need to get my 15 month old off the boob. He leaves teeth marks and sits facing me and dives for them. lol
I'm a single parent to 3 and using the boob to get him to sleep is my go to. I tried weaning him, but then he got sick and nursed all day. So I'm back to the easy way. Plus in the middle of the night, im so tired i just put him on the boob and try to go back to sleep and put him back to bed A. hour later or just sleep with him.
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