Steps in Weaning Baby from Nursing

my daughter is 14 mos and I'd be very interested in whatever you find out!! she's only had milk from me up to this point. thanks

Hi S. - I am also a Christian and the mother of 2 beautiful boys. I had to wean both of them at about 5 months due to milk drying up. I had help from a wonderful lactation consultant who helped me through trying to increase milk production and dealing with the clogged ducts, etc. She said to try sage tea to decrease production and to also drop a feeding. It took me about a month to stop my milk and I weaned VERY slowly. I dropped one feeding then another every few days, depending how it was working. I would go with the flow (sorry about the pun). I also took warm showers and massaged my breasts if I felt they were getting clogged. I also tried cabbage leaves to soothe, which I think actually helped. Hope this helps some. S. S

I am the mother of 6 and nursed all but 1 of them. I weaned them by dropping a feeding every cple days until they were off breast milk with the exception of one. My second child decided at 5 months that he no longer wanted to nurse and had to give up nursing completely without dropping feedings. He wanted absolutely nothing to do with it. I had to just let my milk supply dry up on it's own. I got a little engorged the first day or so but was able to releive things in a hot shower, or using warm compresses. It took about a week to stop producing milk. If you can wean by dropping feedings slowly then I recommend that. If not then you may or may not end up with some engorging depending on your body and milk supply. Either way, good luck!!

Hi S., My name is Mary and I Nursed all of my 5 children. I did not have blocked milk ducts (is that painful?) but the only way I know to wean is to cut out one feeding a day for a week and then 2 and so on. Your body should respond to the decrease in milk consumption and produce less. Nothing is fast, easy and painless and you will miss your baby as much as he misses you. You might also want to wash your nipples with warm water between feedings to loosen up any dry milk. I too have a beautiful relationship with Jesus and enjoy His many Blessings each day. I hope this helps you.

the easiest way to wean is to give up a feeding every few days...you will still feel a little sore and in the end may nurse/ pump every other day once or twice but for the most part just take it slow and cut out a feeding every 5-7 days (for least amount of discomfort)...I nursed 5 kids and that's how I weaned them all.Good Luck!

I would contact your local Le Lache League leader. Also there are a couple of books on the subject. One I've heard a lot about is called "How weaning happens".

I weaned my son slowly, giving up a feeding every couple of days. I was nursing him 6-8 times a day and after he started eating solid foods at 6 months, his willingness to nurse became less and less. He wanted to eat real food like mom and dad! I would switch him to a bottle for that particular feeding, and I would be sore but nothing too terrible. Your body learns to adjust when you drop a feeding as long as you don't pump or give it reason to produce milk. It will take a couple of weeks to fully wean, but it should prevent you from getting blocked ducts. I've heard that putting cabbage leaves on your breasts helps with the soreness, as well as taking hot showers.

I think there are lots of ways to do it, but when I weaned my daughter, She was about 7 mos. and she fed about 6 times a day. I started substituting formula at one feeding a day and then after about 5-7 days I added another formula feeding. This slow progression gives the baby time to adjust and gives your body time to quit producing milk.

You have to wean little by little, cutting one feeding at a time every 3 days or so. Your body will get the hint that less milk is needed and will produce less as a result.