Some methods take a little longer, and every mother and
childs weaning experience is unique to them.
Not exact matches
As they grow,
children encounter many large and small crises both expected and unexpected: birth itself,
weaning, toilet training, separation from parents, illness, accidents, the birth of a brother or sister, bad dreams, starting school, learning to read, making friends, adolescence — these and many other
experiences provide the potential for problems of varying intensity.
There is no parent -
child relationship that survives the
weaning experience.
Do you feel like, based on your
experience with previous
children or with your own needs, it may be time to start your baby on the
weaning process?
If you have a baby who takes well to the baby led
weaning experience, this can be a very fun and exciting time for you and your
child with none of the distress that goes along with more traditional
weaning methods!
This can be a great way to reward your
child for cooperating with the
weaning process and make it a pleasant and positive
experience for everyone involved.
We've got plenty of tips for first - timers as well as safety suggestions to improve the baby led
weaning experience for you and your
child right away.
Share a breastfeeding story, discuss breastfeeding products and books, explain how long you think a
child should breastfeed, share
weaning experiences, talk about the benefits of breastfeeding, etc..
With sudden
weaning, you may not have the time to prepare yourself and your
child for the physical and emotional changes that you're likely to
experience.
Heating milk before serving it to your baby may seem a lot more difficult than just pouring it into a sippy cup and serving it, but it may make a big difference in the success of your
child's
weaning experience.
With the right amount of patience and willingness to help your little one through the process,
weaning onto cow's milk can be a great
experience for you and your
child both.
No matter where you are in the
experience of
weaning your baby from formula to cow's milk, you should be able to find something that can help you improve the situation and overcome any obstacles that might be present for you and your
child.
With my next two
children, I let them decide when to
wean and it's been a much more pleasant
experience.
This is a link to the"iVillage.com» Parent's Place message board, for one parent who had mistakenly bought a Gerber breastpump which led to early
weaning of her first
child (similar to my own
experience with the Evenflo breast pump).
By this time, Gabriel had
weaned (never a comfort nurser, he was pretty put off by my lack of milk during pregnancy and only nursed occasionally after Lily was born and my milk returned), so I never really
experienced tandem nursing in the true multiple - feedings per day for both
children sense of the word.
Nursing a
child is a positive
experience for both the mother and
child, and it can remain that way through
weaning by using a gentle process.
Gentle
weaning allows for mothers to
wean children without creating a negative
experience.
Actually, in my
experiences working with mothers and babies and also my own personal
experiences breastfeeding, the older your
child gets the easier it gets to night
wean them.
, although by that time I'd mostly stopped telling people she was still «doing that» — except for my sister, whose two biological
children both nursed past their fourth birthdays:D One of the things I'm happiest about is that she nursed long enough to really remember the
experience — when she's old enough to nurse her own babies, I hope she'll still remember, and be encouraged to let them
wean on their own terms.
«
Child - Led
Weaning» by Sara Waldecker We'd love to hear your moving breastfeeding tales so all new mums can benefit from positive
experiences of breastfeeding.
As for the
weaning ages of your
children, it's hard to draw conclusions from one person's
experience.
If you find yourself searching for the perfect set of bibs to use throughout your
child's baby led
weaning experience without having to upgrade later on down the line, check out these 3 Pack Soft Silicone Roll Up Baby / Toddler Bibs set and you're sure to be pleased with the results!
Keep in mind that
child - led
weaning rarely occurs before 18 months, so if you
experience breast refusal before then, it's most likely due to a nursing strike that will pass in a few days.
If you are not comfortable with tandem feeding, try to
wean your
child while you are still pregnant to avoid any feelings of jealousy or overwhelming amounts of change the
child will need to
experience when the new baby arrives.
It is hard to
wean children off picture books when pictures have played a major part throughout their formative reading
experiences, and when there is competition for their attention from so many other sources of entertainment.