weaning

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Kristi

since i have made several attempts at drying up the milk i doubt that she is

getting any milk but she will suck for few minutes until she is asleep

i took parsley gelcaps for days and weeks in hopes that i would be completely

dry, when i squeeze i get no milk but there are times that i think she appears

to be swallowing but i am not sure

since she has only slept that way for 4 years 7 months and she tends to be

ritual and routine driven what do you think will work best?

i am a big Dr Sears and family bonding type of mom but i have also reached my

limit, i keep waiting on hr to understand that she is too old for this and i

explain every night that none of her friends nurse, that only babies do that and

that its time to sleep without, she appears to understand and then we get in bed

for reading time , then she cant sleep or calm herself to sleep and then its

fighting me for the " Bobbie "

i think she understands that she is too old but like me is stuck with her need

to calm down, and i am stuck offering it to her

it has always been my belief that a child weans when they are ready, i think she

is but does not know how

weaning

hey girl I just went through the same thing but the second time over my

daughter wanted to nurse when the new baby came and I went ahead and

let her but there comes a time to wean night time is the hardest does

she sleep with you? If so you may need to break that first .oh I wanted

to let you know Iam a rn and am international board sertified lactation

consultant.Is she just suckling or actually nursing for nutrition?-- -

feel free to email me with?---krisit

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Kristi

since i have made several attempts at drying up the milk i doubt that she is

getting any milk but she will suck for few minutes until she is asleep

i took parsley gelcaps for days and weeks in hopes that i would be completely

dry, when i squeeze i get no milk but there are times that i think she appears

to be swallowing but i am not sure

since she has only slept that way for 4 years 7 months and she tends to be

ritual and routine driven what do you think will work best?

i am a big Dr Sears and family bonding type of mom but i have also reached my

limit, i keep waiting on hr to understand that she is too old for this and i

explain every night that none of her friends nurse, that only babies do that and

that its time to sleep without, she appears to understand and then we get in bed

for reading time , then she cant sleep or calm herself to sleep and then its

fighting me for the " Bobbie "

i think she understands that she is too old but like me is stuck with her need

to calm down, and i am stuck offering it to her

it has always been my belief that a child weans when they are ready, i think she

is but does not know how

weaning

hey girl I just went through the same thing but the second time over my

daughter wanted to nurse when the new baby came and I went ahead and

let her but there comes a time to wean night time is the hardest does

she sleep with you? If so you may need to break that first .oh I wanted

to let you know Iam a rn and am international board sertified lactation

consultant.Is she just suckling or actually nursing for nutrition?-- -

feel free to email me with?---krisit

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Autism is full of routines. Routines are mean't to change at times also. Yes,

having an autistic child is a struggle, but there are times we have to literally

bite the bullet to make things change, for their good as for our good. I know

with my daughter, especially when she was younger, if i knew a significant

change was to come, i would sit down days before hand and explain it to her

until she understood, so when the day finally came there was no big shock to

her, no tantrum, no tears.....it mostly worked. Now she is alot older, she takes

to change much, much better for which i am very thankful for...........for your

daughter its a routine, she has always had........you need to make it different

somehow so she can move on and replace it with something different.

Cheryl S [chez]

To: Autism_in_Girls@...: nshiblie2002@...: Wed, 14 May

2008 19:22:58 -0700Subject: Re: weaning

Kristisince i have made several attempts at drying up the milk i doubt that she

is getting any milk but she will suck for few minutes until she is asleepi took

parsley gelcaps for days and weeks in hopes that i would be completely dry, when

i squeeze i get no milk but there are times that i think she appears to be

swallowing but i am not suresince she has only slept that way for 4 years 7

months and she tends to be ritual and routine driven what do you think will work

best?i am a big Dr Sears and family bonding type of mom but i have also reached

my limit, i keep waiting on hr to understand that she is too old for this and i

explain every night that none of her friends nurse, that only babies do that and

that its time to sleep without, she appears to understand and then we get in bed

for reading time , then she cant sleep or calm herself to sleep and then its

fighting me for the " Bobbie " i think she understands that she is too old but

like me is stuck with her need to calm down, and i am stuck offering it to herit

has always been my belief that a child weans when they are ready, i think she is

but does not know how weaninghey girl I

just went through the same thing but the second time over my daughter wanted to

nurse when the new baby came and I went ahead and let her but there comes a time

to wean night time is the hardest does she sleep with you? If so you may need to

break that first .oh I wanted to let you know Iam a rn and am international

board sertified lactation consultant.Is she just suckling or actually nursing

for nutrition?-- -feel free to email me with?---krisit[Non-text portions of this

message have been removed]

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when she is completely ready she will wean but if there is still milk

in there which there probably is she is still getting some .my Freddie

is 2 and still nursing and Sophie who is three yrs and 5mo and has

autism still needs lots of time with mom and I still let her I guess as

moms we necessarily do not want to break the close bond that nursing

brings---Kristi