Sentences with phrase «self weaning»

Although having to go through IVF and gestational diabetes and 2 c - sections and Joey's NICU / nursery stays and both kids self weaning were all huge emotional and physical traumas for me (and my husband), now that they're in the past and I'm a mommy to two amazing toddlers, I can see that it all worked out how it was supposed to.And my advice to all new mothers who hope / plan to nurse take a breastfeeding class when pregnant, have a breastpump in the house before the baby is born, buy nursing bras that have front panels that you can open easily (and bring some to the hospital with you when you go to give birth), don't be afraid to pump and let someone else give the baby a bottle of your milk when you need to sleep, hold off on introducing baby food until much closer to 1 year old than 6 ohtnms, and be prepared for it to be hard and possibly painful at first (think cracked, bleeding nipples and breasts that are so full of milk you think they will explode so also have lanolin and / or nipple cream in the house, and nurse or pump well before you let yourself become engorged and in pain).

My daughter nursed for three years before self weaning.

I am nursing a 28 month old who shows no signs of self weaning and I keep hoping she will be ready soon.

I personally believe in self weaning and am still going strong with my 2 year olds.

I had liked the idea of self weaning especially since I thought he was my last baby.

He is no longer a very heavy wetter, as he is currently self weaning and not nursing as much.

While I love the idea of self weaning, I can't honestly say I want to be breastfeeding him when he's 3 or even older.

DD4 is well on the road to self weaning, nursing only once or twice most days and missing the odd day here and there.

My 7 month old began self weaning about a month and a half ago.

I have 2 other children and have gotten pregnant while each of them were very young they ended up self weaning at around 13mo, far earlier than I had ever wanted.

I am new to your blog, I am currently breastfeeding my 17 month old daughter and would very much like to continue until she self weans.

I really want my lo to self wean soon as I have been having a hard time distracting him with unfortunately not alot of help!

I nursed my son till he self weaned at 5 years and 9 months.

I am very much looking forward to nurse her until she self weans.

we still nurse, i was very adamant about letting her self wean.

My first self weaned at 14 months and it broke my heart.

I was ok with tandem nursing but after a few weeks of pregnancy he self weaned saying it didn't taste yummy anymore.

Kaya self weaned at 15 months when I was pregnant with Lana.

I'd have been happy to still be feeding Lana now, but she self weaned at 14 months.

She self weaned at 14.5 months.

I didn't feel ready to stop, even though the babies had pretty much self weaned off of bottles completely at this point.

Mt daughter was breastfed for 13 months until she self weaned when I got pregnant.

Our son self weaned at 2 1/2 years of age, right after he potty trained himself.

We were able to get back to nursing after I was healthy again, and he self weaned at 14 months.

Until she self weans, I'm cherishing these moments of nursing.

Okay... this comment is coming from a person who breastfed until her child self weaned at 4.5 years of age.

Right now, in this moment, I wish he would just give up: self wean.

I breastfeed and will be until he self weans.

So I decided to let DD4 self wean, BUT had she not weaned herself by age 3 I would certainly be encouraging her to do so and as for tandem nursing, ahm no thank you.

I breastfed him until 11.5 months, goal was a year but he self weaned when I was 8 weeks pregnant 4.

My daughter self weaned at his age too and I wasn't even pregnant at the time.

Letting your baby self wean is the way to go.

He's my 3rd to self wean.

I know it's not everyone's cup of tea but it's a real treat for me and I hope my little one doesn't self wean before I'm ready.

I don't need a copy of the book, but would love to have an extra to give friends who are first time moms... I loved nursing Anna who is now almost 3.5, she self weaned after Evan was born in january, I guess after 7 + months of nursing with no milk, she just really wanted the pacifier effect with no milk!

He had self weaned to night nursing, but I was still sad to stop.

DD2 nursed for 13 months and the self weaned.

I wish I could have done this... but my baby decided at 11 months to self wean..

I have planned (and still am) to let me son self wean, but what if he chooses to wean sooner b / c I am pregnant and milk supply / taste changes?

I can tell you though that I am not as near as tired as I was with my first son (12 weeks now) and that my son is showing NO sings of self wean any time soon.

I fully planned on letting him self wean.

I guess there is a certain wisdom for not tandem nursing if you want your child to self wean.

I have been wondering if I should be thinking about weaning, but this article has validate my natural instincts to keep on going until they self wean.

A lot of woman these days are doing the «self wean» approach basically it's letting the child breastfeed until they are ready to stop, basically not forcing the issue.

Especially if the mother is breastfeeding a toddler or has plans on letting her child self wean.

My 10 month old daughter has just self weaned unfortunately, but have breastfed both my daughters.

«We stopped when she self weaned over 18 - 20 months.

I had to wean my 2 year old to be able to conceive again I'd had a really lovely breastfeeding relationship with my first daughter and had planned on letting her self wean, but I ended up having to wean her just...

I am a Christian and had natural births, breastfeed on demand and self weaned and slept with my babies so not all Christians fall for his lies.

The younger daughter I successfully fed until she self weaned, at around nine months.