Comments on: The Heartbreak of Weaning

By: MrsH

MrsH — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 21:18:37 +0000

We’re officially weaned. *Sigh.*

By: Monica

Monica — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 19:43:31 +0000

Unfortunately I know how this feels. My son is only 7 months but he has decided to wean himself. All his night-time feedings were by breast but one day he just decided he didn’t want to anymore. He kept turning away and refusing it. I tried all kinds of things, even upped my supply with fenugreek and he still decided it was a no-go. I find it really weird though that he would grab onto my breasts and tell me he wanted to feed (still does) but when I’d offer them he’d just look at them and do this strange little laugh as to say “Why would I want those things”. and then a couple times he even bit me. It really saddened me. I almost felt like he didn’t like me anymore. My husband totally didn’t understand and just said it was time for him to stop obviously. Blah

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By: Nicole

Nicole — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 03:40:00 +0000

I know just how you feel. My daughter self-weaned in favor of the bottle around 6 months of age. The day that I tried to nurse her to relieve my plugged ducts and she turned away from me, I was heartbroken. I nursed her when she woke that night at 4 a.m. and haven’t since. I still miss that closeness, but what can you do?

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By: Stacy

Stacy — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 16:03:45 +0000

I just came across this blog and wanted to comment. I definitely understand your sadness over the weaning issue. I agree with the other comment about your baby really being quite young to already be weaning herself. I hope you ended up seeing a lactation consultant and got things figured out.

My daughter is now 13 1/2 months old and she is still nursing about 3-4 times a day. I always thought I would end nursing at a year but once the year approached I realized that my daughter was not ready to wean. The more I have read and researched nursing and weaning I have definitely realized I am going to let her self wean as I strongly feel this is the best for her. Nursing is not always easy or comfortable but as parents our babies are our priority now and ourselves come second. I wish you all the best and I truly hope your nursing relationship works out and can continue. I would love to hear an update from you. Take care!

By: Yvette

Yvette — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 21:21:45 +0000

Firstly, I applaud you for getting your little one off to a wonderful start! I wholeheartedly empathize with you. While many of us embrace the commitment to breastfeed for nutritional reasons, we are often unprepared for the phenomenal relational aspect. I could have never imagined how robust an emotional experience breastfeeding would be for my son and me and I never imagined we’d still be nursing (on demand including night-nursing). We celebrated his second birthday on the seventh of June. I am committed to a child-led weaning process. I relish the nursing sessions with my older nursling because I don’t know how soon this season will come to an end. It’s difficult to imagine our lives without nursing; it’s been such an integral part of our relationship, but I am reminded of a quote, “There’s just too much good in living to use up very much of life trying to stay where we are.”

I will add for you, however, that it’s probably less likely that at one year old (still quite young) your little one is ready to self-wean. There is much statistical evidence to substantiate this. As my son grew into toddlerhood, our nursing relationship continued to evolve and even after periods of waning interest, today he is still an avid nurser by his own volition.

I hope for both of us weaning will be a gradual and natural process that leaves both us and our babies feeling fufilled and happily equipped for the next phase of parenthood/childhood.

Best wishes!

By: Keirra

Keirra — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 18:04:05 +0000

I was breastfed for five years

Get in contact with a breastfeeding councellor/professional ect, if you wish to breastfeed, most babies do not wean at the age of one on their own so maybe try to get a bit more help.It will only do your daughter good.

I now have my own son who is eleven months old, he breastfeeds about eight to ten times a day.He doesnt feed for as long as he used to and he also has solid foods now.He has bigger feeds at night time which is very normal for a baby his age.

We are doing child lead weaning/ full term weaning here

Also, look up kelly mom.com on informative information on breastfeeding toddlers.

Have a wonderful day

By: Melissa Haynie

Melissa Haynie — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 03:12:48 +0000

My little one is 8 months and she is still going strong with nursing. I can totally relate though to the heartache that you must feel. I am so attached to nursing my daughter, I feel like it is OUR special time. I also planned to wean at 1 year and as that time looms nearer and nearer… I have pushed it to 18 months. So far my little one is still on the same page with me. I just hope that it stays that way.

By: brit

brit — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 20:31:04 +0000

My son seemed to loose interest in nursing at about 10 months. He was nursing at night, and maybe twice during the day. He loved solid food, he was crawling and exploring, and there was so much to do. But then he totally got back into nursing and continued until 18 months, and weaning was pretty much a mutual agreement by then.

By: Lauren

Lauren — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 19:58:41 +0000

I can relate. My son started self-weaning around a year, and we lasted breastfeeding until about 13 and a half months. The weaning process was one of the hardest, saddest things I’ve ever had to deal with. I cried and cried and cried. You are not alone.

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