Can't get baby to stop BF!

withabix

Once famous news reader (and now only on Border TV) Fiona Armstrong, breast fed at least one of her children until the age of 5 or 6 YEARS.

daphne_descends

withabix wrote: »

Once famous news reader (and now only on Border TV) Fiona Armstrong, breast fed at least one of her children until the age of 5 or 6 YEARS.

Wow - she must be a very dedicated woman. Well done to her. No problem is there as long as she and the children are happy with it

nadnad

yeah withabix - you're original! my OH says i'm going to be a "bitty" soon too, but i'm married to him so i get too beat him over the head for it! lol.

i'm not in a huge rush to wean him off, but I just think if i don't make a conscious effort, its going to drag on! I got made redundant from my job so i don't have a job to go back to but I want to be able to start looking for something confident in the knowledge that LO will be fine.

clairec79

My son sounds like yours when I went back to work - dh admitted after about a fortnight that for the first day he wouldn't take a bottle and fell asleep out of frustration and tiredness about an hour before I got in. Within a week he would take a bottle (not a huge amount admittedly I think 2-4oz) but he'd feed from me before I left, have 'breakfast' about 10am (milky porridge), his bottle at noon and then another 'solid' in midafternoon - then attach back to me for an hour when I got home.

If you want to use a cup then fine stick with it, but just because he wouldn't take a bottle when you tried it last time doesn't mean he won't if you try it again

McKneff

Nicki wrote: »

I'm sorry but I don't agree with this advice for a 7 month old baby. It might well be true for a 2 year old, but my experience and that of many other parents is that it is possible to mix feed a baby, and if a parent wants to continue to part breast feed, then there is no good reason why she shouldn't at least give it a damn good try.

It wasn't clear from nad nad's post whether in an ideal world she would like to go completely on to formula or whether she'd like to keep the morning and night breast feeds for a bit longer. If she does want to stop completely, I'd recommend that she gets the daytime feeds on formula established first, and keeps the breastfeeding going for the first few weeks she is back at work (as baby will have enough to be adjusting to at that time). After a few weeks, and safe in the knowledge that baby is coping with the formula, she should be able to drop first the morning and then the night breastfeed and replace it with a bottle. If there are problems, then certainly she could try going away for a weekend, but that seems quite draconian as a first resort for a still very young baby who is adjusting to the weaning process and who has never been separated from mum for more than a few hours before.

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shirlgirl2004

The World Health Organisation recommends breastfeeding (along side solid food) for at least 2 years so don't feel guilty about feeding your son. It is possible to do both and you have already been given some good advice so I won't repeat it.

Good luck and enjoy your LO will you can they grow up far too quickly.

fernliebee

my DD is 7 months and she is on 3 meals a day, and has between 4-6 breastfeeds a day. At each meal she has water to drink and she has this from a normal adult cup at home as she likes the novelty and so drinks more. If we are out she either uses a straw (good to introduce while they still have sucking reflex!) or a normal cup. She can use a sippy cup but I find them more hassle as she likes to spit the water out as she drinks but as she concentrates more with a 'big' cup she doesn't do this.

I have only ever spoonfed her breastmilk (when she was really poorly) and have never tried milk from a bottle/ cup, but she seemed fine with water. Does your LO take water at all? Maybe try water, water with a bit of milk, milk with a bit of water then just milk? Might get them into it. I agree with the putting it into their food- gets lot's in without them having to sip it. Good luck with it, hope you get it sorted soon.

squashy

Another mixed feeder just letting you know that it is possible! DD is 15 months and I went back to work when she was around 9 months (although I didn't really want to, but that's a whole other thread!). She has one beaker of formula during the day then I feed her first thing in the morning and in the evening/night (she's reverse cycling a bit). She has water sometimes too, also from a beaker. (When I say beaker, it's a boots lidded cup with a soft-ish non-spill spout)

fernliebee

I'm not going to post again as this is detracting from the thread but IMO your post's were immature and negative when someone is looking for help with something- if you were in fact trying to help and I have missed the point then I apologise!

You post on a thread that is about breastfeeding/ weaning where others are either b/feeding or have done, we're probably not going to appreciate your 'jokes'.

I did over react and I am sorry if I caused offence but I get so fed up of people saying "are you STILL breastfeeding" when my DD is only 7 months old!

shirlgirl2004

fernliebee wrote: »

I'm not going to post again as this is detracting from the thread but IMO your post's were immature and negative when someone is looking for help with something- if you were in fact trying to help and I have missed the point then I apologise!

You post on a thread that is about breastfeeding/ weaning where others are either b/feeding or have done, we're probably not going to appreciate your 'jokes'.

I did over react and I am sorry if I caused offence but I get so fed up of people saying "are you STILL breastfeeding" when my DD is only 7 months old!

It gets easier as they get older and don't need to feed so much. Most people don't know I still feed DD because at 21 months she rarely needs a feed when out and about.

Breastfeeding is a very emotive subject and one which you can't truly understand until you have done it for several months (past the inital hormones flying around time). Even then everyone's experience is different. When people say negative things just smile in agreement knowing that you know the benefits your DD is getting, not just nutritional but emotional too.