Anon has asked: Hi there :) I wondered if I could post a question for me anonymously, about weaning my 2 year old from the breast. My son is an avid breast feeder, he feeds several times throughout the day and at night as we co-sleep. I have recently split from his father, and he will be spending some nights with his dad here and there, and I have to travel sometimes for work. So I feel our breastfeeding journey is going to have to come to an end soon. Its increasingly difficult for me to pump during work travels as the schedules are intense and they’re not so understanding now that my son is 2, privacy is also a challenge, and now my son will be spending nights away at his dad too. I know my son is OK to go without it when I’m not around to give it, as he has shown when I am at work during the day, or when I have had to travel away before, but when he is with me its all he wants to the point he sometimes refuses other food. I don’t know whether to just take something to let my milk dry up and hope that when he tries and no milk comes out he will eventually realize and accept it without too many tears, or if I should take the gradual route. I have already started trying to say no some of the time but he gets upset, and I honestly don’t know how I will do this – the daytime is not what I am worried about, it’s the night time. He has no substitute either, he wont take a bottle / dummy. He has sippy cup with water during the day, but he won’t take it at night and he refuses to drink ANY milk substitutes. He turns his nose up at everything. Need ideas on how to wean him without causing him stress, would it be better to let the milk dry up or take the long route of saying no to him when he wants it? The latter I’m already trying but struggling with. Any ideas would be great. TIA x
Posted on: Mon, 08 Dec 2014 05:03:42 +0000
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