Don't want to wean; New pregnancy.

[megrenade]

DS is 14 months and I am newly pregnant (5 weeks tomorrow); the nipple pain is HORRENDOUS and DS wants to nurse almost the entire night!

How do you go about weaning? I wanted him to self-wean, but I find myself pushing him away at night and getting irritated because it's so painful now.

What's a good way to transition weaning? Would it help to have him in his own bed or what?

So confused. Sad to end our breastfeeding relationship, but I know I will feel a lot better and less exhausted if we wean.. I'm at the lowest weight I've been since being pregnant (pre-pregnancy weight) and I feel like I'm losing even more and I know that's not healthy.

Any advice would be GREATLY appreciated. Thank you!

 

[LegoHouse]

I stopped at 14 months with my daughter. I stopped feeding her to sleep, and gave her cuddles instead, and she stopped feeding completely. I took the comfort side of it away, and it turns out that was all she was using it for x

 

[daneuse27]

Legohouse, could you tell us how you went about stopping to feed her to sleep? My daughter is 10 months and nurses to sleep for naps and bedtime, and I don't know how to get her to sleep without nursing.

 

[TheNewMrs]

Were the same. I'm almost 9wks pregnant with 15 mo DD. I just stop feeding her to sleep. I will feed her awake when I can say "ok, nice and WIDE!" and she will. It's not sore then, but her sleepy, shallow latch kills me!

 

[LegoHouse]

Lots and lots of cuddles and distraction x

 

[kalyrra]

Legohouse, could you tell us how you went about stopping to feed her to sleep? My daughter is 10 months and nurses to sleep for naps and bedtime, and I don't know how to get her to sleep without nursing.

I had been nursing to sleep for awhile, but now I only nurse LO before bedtime to sleep and even then, he doesn't really depend on it now. What I did was to start to feed him when he woke up from naps, instead of before them. It takes a few days, but he eventually adapted. I still rock him to sleep though.

 

[Dk1234]

Late on this thread but my mik dried up while pregnant but in the earl6 days I got him to sleep without nursing by watching Mickey Mouse clubhouse on my phone. Never wanted to be big on tv with him but it worked and after a bit we didn't need it. I started rocking him some after that and putting him down sleepy. I still do that for naps but at night now that he doesn't have a boob or bottle I can put him down awake after his sippy of milk and he babbles hisself to sleep

 

[snowfia]

My LO was nearly 15 months when we stopped due to me being pregnant and I felt the same with LO at night. She'd feed so much through the night and I started hating it cos it was so sore.
I made sure at least once a night I'd get her to sleep without feeding her, gradually increasing this as it got easier (she was in our bed at the time). I sang to her, rubbed her back, stroked her head and cheek until she went to sleep. Not gonna lie, it was hard sometimes and I would give in just because she would scream and just refuse to go to sleep without boob.. But, it only took a couple of weeks for her to sleep through without wanting feeding in the night at all. And then she didn't want it in the day either as she was too busy. Then we moved her into her own room in the cot and goes to sleep easily without feeding and sleeps through

I still am upset that I stopped it but I do feel so much better getting a full nights sleep and can have a break before this one's born.

 

[JessPape]

The nipple pain, I heard does go away for some people, but it does get bad, i'm 4 weeks 1 day right now, and starting to notice nipple pain more too. We have been talking about weaning, but im so not ready. Whatever choice you make will be the best

 

[SarahBear]

Posts like this scare me. I'd really like to let Violet wean at her own pace, but I do want to have another kid in 2 years.

 

[Dk1234]

The pain was very annoying but honestly manageable for me. But then again I had thrush for 7 weeks so nothing compares to that.

 

[JessPape]

The pain was very annoying but honestly manageable for me. But then again I had thrush for 7 weeks so nothing compares to that.

Yea, right now I would compare it too.... Getting your nipples pierced! Which for me is just annoying (but that's all I got to compare it with).. As long as it doesn't get worse I think I can manage. Have yet to notice a reduce in my supply, but I could see it happening, as we only nurse 1 a day, most 3 times a day (rarely). So if it happens, it happens!

Can't believe your Due date is almost here, I remember when you announced your second pregnancy, didn't seem that long ago!

 

[Dk1234]

The pain was very annoying but honestly manageable for me. But then again I had thrush for 7 weeks so nothing compares to that.

Yea, right now I would compare it too.... Getting your nipples pierced! Which for me is just annoying (but that's all I got to compare it with).. As long as it doesn't get worse I think I can manage. Have yet to notice a reduce in my supply, but I could see it happening, as we only nurse 1 a day, most 3 times a day (rarely). So if it happens, it happens!

Can't believe your Due date is almost here, I remember when you announced your second pregnancy, didn't seem that long ago!

You're telling me!!!!! It is gonna be here before I know it! I just started packing my hospital bag and funnily enough I hadn't even unpacked my toiletry bag from my first delivery a year ago ha ha

 

[gardenofedens]

The nipple pain does go away or at least become WAY more manageable. My DD is going to be one in two weeks and I'm 22 weeks pregnant. My issue is my milk has turned to colostrum and has almost dried up since then. I really wanted to continue nursing through pregnancy and then tandem nurse until DD turned 2 but I haven't found anyone with suggestions of how to increase my supply now.

 

[snowfia]

A lot of LO's want to start up BF again when they see their little brother or sister doing it. In a way I'm hoping LO will, would be nice to tandem feed them.

 

[JessPape]

The nipple pain does go away or at least become WAY more manageable. My DD is going to be one in two weeks and I'm 22 weeks pregnant. My issue is my milk has turned to colostrum and has almost dried up since then. I really wanted to continue nursing through pregnancy and then tandem nurse until DD turned 2 but I haven't found anyone with suggestions of how to increase my supply now.

Really once it changes the most u can do is keep nursing, if you keep nursing and your DD doesn't have an issue with it, once your milk comes back after birth you should be able to continue no problem.

It may come back on its own, but there isn't much studies on this.

 

[xxxjessxxx]

Its good to see a thread like this, as Im pregnant (due March 22nd) and have a nearly 9 month old daughter who feed so much during day and night, don't have a clue how to go about it or if I should do or change anything even so be nice to see some suggestions xx

 

[megrenade]

I haven't had much luck, ladies. DS has been teething and extra clingy.. I assume he has a feeling that mommy will be pushing him away soon

We're getting a crib/toddler bed, hopefully transitioning him soon.. he'll still be in our room, I just want him to get used to napping in there at least..

It's going to be so difficult to hear him cry and protest, but what else can I do?

 

[JessPape]

Its good to see a thread like this, as Im pregnant (due March 22nd) and have a nearly 9 month old daughter who feed so much during day and night, don't have a clue how to go about it or if I should do or change anything even so be nice to see some suggestions xx

We're doing the same time! Congrats!

 

[gardenofedens]

Thanks for your reply jess, she's nursing less and less as the milk decreases and colostrum increases anhas now taken to biting me so I'm trying to muscle through but our nursing days seem numbered.