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Originally Posted by Madigan
Are any of you mamas still nursing your '09 LOs or am I the only crazy one out there? Truthfully I just can't figure out how to wean her in a positive way. I would really like to avoid the tantrumming and negativity that ensues when I even try to avoid a nursing session. She only breastfeeds 2x /day.
(I am nursing my 9 month old as well.)
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Um....get pregnant again?
That's a tongue-in-cheek solution, obviously, but I know that's the way that Charlie weaned. During my pregnancy, it hurt to nurse him, so I would cut most of his sessions off early (like just let him wean for a few minutes and then tell him he needed to stop). Also, my milk dried up, so by the end of the pregnancy he had mostly lost interest. After Beau was born and my milk came in, Charlie tasted it once, said "No," and then never nursed again. It was a very smooth transition for us. But if you're tandem nursing, you probably have tons of milk, and if Lola is really used to it then it might not be so easy.
If you are ready to parent-led wean, there's some good advice here I think:
Leche, Baby! Blog Archive Weaning a toddler I like the idea of asking your husband to help step in with Lola whenever possible, and of offering her substitutes (like a sippy cup) whenever she asks to nurse. I also think that Zoostergirl's suggestion about dropping the nap was a really good one.
Do know, though, that you're
not crazy for still nursing her if that's what you choose to do! There are lots of studies that show that the natural age of weaning for humans, if there were no societal influences at play, would be between two and seven years. So Lola is well within the norm. It's really totally up to you whether you want to wait for her to self-wean or begin the process yourself. You know what's best for her (and for you).
