Weaning off Breastfeeding? Need Advice!!?
I am interested in weaning my 9 month old son off of breastfeeding and on to formula. I was just looking for some advice on how to go about doing this and how long it takes to wean them off completely. He is eating solids. He eats rice cereal and fruit for breakfast and for dinner he eats Meat, Veggies and Fruit. He is on the stage 2 baby foods. I know they recommend breastfeeding for a year but he doesn’t seem to like breastfeeding as much anymore and he drinks formula just fine now, he actually used to not take it at all which was worrisome but now he actually likes it. So i just need some advice on how to wean!
each baby is different.
my oldest weaned no problem at 18 months, he was eating solids but was just hanging at night.i just decreased his comfort feeding gradually over a 3 week period and then he was done.
my middlest nursed(down to comfort nummies at waking and bedtime) until she was 2 weeks and 3 days from her 2nd bday, she was eating solids but still needed to hang out and that took almost 3 months of gradually letting her down.
my youngest is 13 months and eats 3 full meals a day, snacks through out but won’t use a cup or bottle for anything; no juice, water, etc so she quenches her thirst with me and that is ongoing all day and all night. even though she took an interest to solids much earlier than her sibs, she nurses more at this age than they did.
hang in there and be patient, don’t force it or it could drag out longer and be more painful for your baby and you.
good luck!
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