weaning reasons for DS and regression...

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adon

Discussion Starter · Jun 19, 2007

i've recently help DS wean.. he's almost 3yo and only nursed 1-2 times a day. i've have posted this a couple times before. it was a very very hard decision, but i could not ignore what my body was telling me.

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anyways, he was doing great for the past couple weeks, but now he is regressing. he screams for "ba bas" at bed time. i'm not really sure what to tell him. i didn't really have to do much from the beginning, when it came to weaning. i tell him "ba bas" are empty, but i don't want to tell him mama's getting ready for new baby. i don't want him to associate the bad feeling of no ba bas with the new baby. does anyone have any suggestions on how gently and kindly help him thru this regression? which i have heard regression happens a lot. not to mention the guilt i already have from weaning in the first place

but i won't get into that whole story again.

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Libelle

· #2 · Jun 19, 2007

First off, I have no first-hand experience with this, so I might be off track. Maybe it would help to substitute the comforting function of nursing before bed with some other comforting ritual that involves touching/singing/reading etc. Other than that, I have no ideas.

Good luck!

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adon

Discussion Starter · #3 · Jun 19, 2007

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Originally Posted by Libelle

yea, that's what we do already

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Libelle

· #4 · Jun 19, 2007

Hugs.

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lizabird

· #5 · Jun 20, 2007

Whenever I dropped ds from one nursing (cut out the night time nursings, cut out the naptime nursing, and just cut out the 1st thing in the morning wake-up nursing), I give him another snuggly cuddly alternative. So now instead of nursing, if he needs some mama comfort (he's now 3.5 and did nurse 3x/day throughout my pregnancy with ds2), he can touch my belly instead, we sit and snuggle up together and read his choice of stories... and we talked alot about it too. It is WAY harder than I thought it would be to wean a walking talking young child. DS is still nursing once/day, right before bed, but every time we cut out one of his usual nursing sessions, it is quite difficult and very emotional for both of us. Actually the substitutions have gone pretty well so we both get to enjoy lots of snuggle time.

Good luck to you.

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Jenlaana

· #6 · Jun 20, 2007

We substituted a bottle for breastmilk and the transition was super smooth, but my DD was much younger (about 17 mos or so). Although the downfall of this is that she still drinks in the middle of the night (I'm awake at 4:30am because she wet the bed and me bleh)

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