Weaning Question

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Hi! I'm currently nuring my 4 1/2 month old, and trying to wean my older, 2 year old son. Eli is a devoted nurser, was almost weaned a month or two before Simon was born, got very sick and could only tolerate breastmilk for a couple of weeks, and then was back to nursing regularly. We didn't want him to associate weaning and Simon's birth, so we decided to wait to wean him entirely until he'd had a chance to get used to the baby. So we've been tapering down, and he now nurses 1x per day, for about 5 minutes in the morning. I'd like to end this nursing session too, but am looking for positive ways to do it, ie, things to offer him instead, or ways to suggest that not nursing is a good thing. Does anyone have any ideas?

-- Sharon in NY (astyk@brandeis.edu), April 10, 2002

Answers

I had this same dilemma, and when the older one saw that the baby was nursing she just quit!!! She said it was for the baby, and that was the end of it. She was just over 2, and I was really wondering how I was going to solve the situation, but she must have been ready to quit anyways!!! So maybe you can talk about this with your child and it might help...

-- Melissa in SE Ohio (me@home.net), April 11, 2002.

I always gave my older child a "special big kiddo" cup of warm milk to drink when it was time to nurse the baby and made it a point to have a special cuddle time with the older child too....stressing that the baby can't have a cup, and that ALL can have cuddles with Mom...it worked for them...they knew they were always welcomed to cuddle...

-- lesley (martchas@bellsouth.net), April 11, 2002.

ha ha ha

For a second there, I forgot that I was on the Country Families Forum and not the Dairy Goats forum, and thought the subject was about weaning baby goats.

Oh Sharon, I can't offer any advice on this one. Sorry. But I did have a laugh at myself today. Thanks.

-- Charleen in WNY (harperhillfarm@yahoo.com), April 12, 2002.


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