I am a bit 'disgusted by how little information is available on the internet about breastfeeding.
Oh, yes, there is a lot about how great breastfeeding, tips, tricks, and statistics about how horrible your mother if you do not. Yes, our children are going to be delinquents because we're not the art of breastfeeding are dedicated for life. Give me a break!
I could not do anything to stop breastfeeding in the Internet. This issue is quite important, because manyThings must happen by the end of breastfeeding for a smooth transition. I did my own experience, so you can exchange information with other mothers. Consolidated down, my approach is to stop breastfeeding in three easy steps.
1. Start by eliminating one food a day. I started with a snack after dinner, then lunch, then dinner, night snack, then breakfast. Give the baby a bottle or a cup with whatever breastmilk alternative feel at ease. Iused watered down goats milk in a cup NUK. My son was almost 10 months, so I do not think formula was necessary or desirable.
2. Do not be confused themselves. If you sit on both nurse continue to do so in the normal course. This will help your child feel comfortable and secure. Do not give your child a cup alternative in your typical nursing place or position. This creates confusion and shouting, wild roots result, and it felt like a heel (or something).
I foundSeated, with my son out (with your back to my stomach) worked really well. He has never met in this position (how could it?), So there was no confusion. The added distraction of a book on his knees, helped him entertained while he drank his milk.
It can also be helpful to have someone who is not in the morning to feed the baby. This was the hardest to take for my son because he is accustomed to my bed for breakfast and a cuddle cuddles. My husband does not stinklike milk, so James was not confused with a hug and a cup of it.
3. Stay comfortable. Feel your breasts how to delete feeds. If you feel very full, leaky, or hard, then you may need to pump or express some 'milk. Do not pump as much as resolve abandoned. This will keep your milk supply is not what you want. To ensure that you are comfortable and do not leave within dynamic gallons.
One thing I started doing was a breast massage. I would be hardLump in my breast, where milk was in the channels. I would gently massage the lumps in the shower until they softened and removed. I took a shower because my breast often lost while I was here it was.
Generally my breasts were sore and tender for about three weeks. My son has gone very fast and now shows no confusion or disappointment of being handed a cup instead of a breast. I increased the amount of time mother and reading books, do not feel cutfrom me.
He is a bit 'more than a mom now, and boy, sometimes I am the only one who can relieve pain or put him to sleep. I doubt that this has nothing to do with the end of breastfeeding, but more to do with just the general mother-child bond.
Honestly, our end to breastfeeding was much less traumatic than I was led to believe it would. It 'was amazing how little James to ensure that he now seemed to be in milk from another source. The smell took a bit 'stronger, but apartI see no difference in behavior or health.
Happy Freedom!
Leah Day
