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giving up nursing

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I am not ready to give up just yet but i would love to hear from moms who have already weaned at the stage where babies don't need milk anymore, how they did it. which feeds they dropped and how long to phase it out for.

thanks!
 
With Kaya I took the stance of don't offer, don't refuse at first (except at night where I would refuse). I then started offering a snack or a drink when she asked to nurse, if she still wanted to nurse after that I would let her.
 
at what age was this? did she just stop asking?
 
I started to cut down at about 12/13 months (though my milk started decreasing anyway due to pregnancy), but she didn't stop asking until about 15/16 months
 
it's happening for me right now and that's partly due to 3 meals a day and partly he's been refusing when offered. Initially it was just the day time feeds when offered so last week we were down to 2 breastfeeds, one first thing in the morning and one late afternoon but this morning he nursed for all of 5 mins both sides combined (when i know in the mornings he always has much more) and so I offered another 4oz of bottle which he drained. So he's stopping me. Over the first few days and in the morning my bb's have been really fully twice a day but now, last night when i expressed at 6:30 to make sure, only 2 oz's came out and this morning the same (albeit he had fed a bit this morn). So it looks like my supply is going down dramatically now. I would love to still feed but he's such a pain to now and I know he's not getting enough because he's refusing to eat properly so I'm having to stop.
 

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