Re: OT - Weaning breastfeeding co-sleepers

June 26, 2006

If she doesn't eat well when you are gone but makes up for it at night - if you

wean her, how will she get enough to eat?

In this situation you may need to put her in to her own bed to accomplish the

weaning. Is there some reason you feel the need to wean? Sorry, not to be

nosey, I guess I just wonder if there is a rush or not because it kind of made

me sad when my babies weaned and went to sleeping in their own quarters. I sort

of believe in letting them set the time table on those things themselves.

s.

OT - Weaning breastfeeding co-sleepers

I know that some of you co-sleep and breastfeed and I'm hoping some of

you may have experience and advice for me. How do you go about weaning

a co-sleeper? Sierra has never really taken well to a bottle - I'll be

at work for 11 hours, and at maximum she'll drink 4 ounces.needless to

say, she makes up for it at night and nurses throughout the night. I

want to start weaning, but don't know how/what to do.Have any of you

done this before? Do I need to move her to her own bed first? Any

advice is greatly appreciated.

Thank you!

Jescie and Sierra (6-13-05)

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June 27, 2006

ciao Jescie,

I think it isn't necessary weaning Sierra only because you have to

come back to work.

I came back to work when my older son alessandro was 9 months and I

breastfood my him since he was 3 years old.

anyway you can find someone who can help you to find your solution

here http://www.lalecheleague.org/home_intro.html.

anna from Italy

June 27, 2006

Have a curren nurser and co sleeper whom I am not trying to night wean so I

don't have personal experience but wanted to ask a clarifying question. Are you

trying to wean totally or just night wean? Maybe I can pick what's left of my

brain for you after you answer that question since I have weaned three babies

previously.

Carol

OT - Weaning breastfeeding co-sleepers

I know that some of you co-sleep and breastfeed and I'm hoping some of

you may have experience and advice for me. How do you go about weaning

a co-sleeper? Sierra has never really taken well to a bottle - I'll be

at work for 11 hours, and at maximum she'll drink 4 ounces.needless to

say, she makes up for it at night and nurses throughout the night. I

want to start weaning, but don't know how/what to do.Have any of you

done this before? Do I need to move her to her own bed first? Any

advice is greatly appreciated.

Thank you!

Jescie and Sierra (6-13-05)

June 27, 2006

Jescie,

Has she been using a sippy cup? A lot of kids who won't take a bottle

will use a cup easily. My daughter also would not drink out of the

sippy with the seal in it - she wanted to guzzle it! Does she eat

much as far as table food?

I think it kind of depends on the child - I thought for sure that

Jenna would not want to give up nursing when she was 1, but sure

enough when I didn't offer it to her, she just forgot about it and

filled her little tummy with milk from her cup and table food. She

quit the bottle cold turkey at the same time. Since she sleeps with

you it will obviously be harder, but I think it depends on how much

she needs the milk and how much she is doing it for the closeness.

Have you tried wearing a thick bra and t-shirt/pj's to bed so she

can't get at the boob? If you try this and she absolutely hates it

then you'll at least know that she's going to be more challenging.

You may also be able to use this strategy to reduce the number of

nursings in a night if you can disuade her a couple times because of

no access and keep putting your " protection " back on after each time

she does nurse.

Although I guess the one thing to keep in mind is that if it just all

seems incredibly difficult it may well be that she is just not ready

to give it up, and at 1, I wouldn't be too worried unless YOU are just

really ready to give it up.

>

> If she doesn't eat well when you are gone but makes up for it at

night - if you wean her, how will she get enough to eat?

>

> In this situation you may need to put her in to her own bed to

accomplish the weaning. Is there some reason you feel the need to

wean? Sorry, not to be nosey, I guess I just wonder if there is a

rush or not because it kind of made me sad when my babies weaned and

went to sleeping in their own quarters. I sort of believe in letting

them set the time table on those things themselves.

>

> s.

> OT - Weaning breastfeeding co-sleepers

>

> I know that some of you co-sleep and breastfeed and I'm hoping

some of

> you may have experience and advice for me. How do you go about

weaning

> a co-sleeper? Sierra has never really taken well to a bottle -

I'll be

> at work for 11 hours, and at maximum she'll drink 4

ounces.needless to

> say, she makes up for it at night and nurses throughout the night. I

> want to start weaning, but don't know how/what to do.Have any of you

> done this before? Do I need to move her to her own bed first? Any

> advice is greatly appreciated.

>

> Thank you!

>

> Jescie and Sierra (6-13-05)

>

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June 27, 2006

Thank you to those that have responded. It has been a doozy of a

week for me, last Tuesday I noticed I had a deer tick, failed to

remove the head – went to the doctor to have the head removed and

they couldn't give me the antibiotic for Lyme diseasea because I'm

nursing, so now I'm just watching for symptoms. And today around

11:30 I was at a grocery store, slipped on a wet area carrying Sierra

and fell and broke my foot! (Sierra's fine – made sure to self

sacrifice) Broke the 3rd, 4th, and 5th metatarsals. I see a

specialist on Friday, and may need surgery…ay yi yi. Can't take pain

meds because of nursing – Tylenol's good but it's not that good...And

to top that off, I'm supposed to be going on vacation to Canada this

weekend. Anyway, enough of my venting.

Thank you for your responses, and to answer your questions: I am

wanting to wean totally. My `plan' is to switch her from getting

milk straight from the tap to drinking it from a sippy cup, and am

hoping she will evolve and adjust and get enough via the cup. I have

enough frozen milk to last about 4 – 5 months. I don't really have a

rush to wean, I'm expecting it to take a couple of months, and know

it will be very sad. I cried like a mad woman when she ate her first

solid food at 6 months. I'm not trying to wean because of going back

to work, I actually went back to work when Sierra was 2 weeks old,

which allowed me to stretch my maternity leave out for 7 part-time

months. I haven't attempted to wean yet, was going to start trying

once we got back from our vacation. She does use a sippy cup to

drink water from, and doesn't eat too much table food, she's

gradually eating more and more. I have a daughter that has a serious

fondness for breastmilk, and I have a feeling that if I let her wean

herself she'll be in kindergarten or first grade…Thank you for the

advice thus far!

Jescie and Sierra bcf 6-13-05

> >

> > If she doesn't eat well when you are gone but makes up for it at

> night - if you wean her, how will she get enough to eat?

> >

> > In this situation you may need to put her in to her own bed to

> accomplish the weaning. Is there some reason you feel the need to

> wean? Sorry, not to be nosey, I guess I just wonder if there is a

> rush or not because it kind of made me sad when my babies weaned and

> went to sleeping in their own quarters. I sort of believe in

letting

> them set the time table on those things themselves.

> >

> > s.

> > OT - Weaning breastfeeding co-

sleepers

> >

> > I know that some of you co-sleep and breastfeed and I'm hoping

> some of

> > you may have experience and advice for me. How do you go about

> weaning

> > a co-sleeper? Sierra has never really taken well to a bottle -

> I'll be

> > at work for 11 hours, and at maximum she'll drink 4

> ounces.needless to

> > say, she makes up for it at night and nurses throughout the

night. I

> > want to start weaning, but don't know how/what to do.Have any

of you

> > done this before? Do I need to move her to her own bed first?

Any

> > advice is greatly appreciated.

> >

> > Thank you!

> >

> > Jescie and Sierra (6-13-05)

> >

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June 27, 2006

--- jesciesierra wrote:

> Thank you to those that have responded. It has been a doozy of a

> week for me, last Tuesday I noticed I had a deer tick, failed to

> remove the head – went to the doctor to have the head removed and

> they couldn't give me the antibiotic for Lyme diseasea because I'm

> nursing, so now I'm just watching for symptoms. And today around

> 11:30 I was at a grocery store, slipped on a wet area carrying Sierra

> and fell and broke my foot! (Sierra's fine – made sure to self

> sacrifice) Broke the 3rd, 4th, and 5th metatarsals. I see a

> specialist on Friday, and may need surgery…ay yi yi. Can't take pain

> meds because of nursing – Tylenol's good but it's not that good...And

> to top that off, I'm supposed to be going on vacation to Canada this

> weekend. Anyway, enough of my venting.

Wow. That doesn't sound like a good couple of days!

I would err on the side of conservative for the lyme's. I wonder if they

didn't prescribe abx moreso because you weren't displaying symptoms. Hopefully

none show up. I hate ticks. *shudder*

Ouch! You poor thing!! I hope you don't have to have surgery. As for pain

meds, here's a link:

http://www.kellymom.com/health/meds/index.html

If you go to pain medications, there is a list of different ones that are

compatible while nursing. You don't have to suffer.

http://www.kellymom.com is a wonderful site about breastfeeding.

> Thank you for your responses, and to answer your questions: I am

> wanting to wean totally. My `plan' is to switch her from getting

> milk straight from the tap to drinking it from a sippy cup, and am

> hoping she will evolve and adjust and get enough via the cup. I have

> enough frozen milk to last about 4 – 5 months. I don't really have a

> rush to wean, I'm expecting it to take a couple of months, and know

> it will be very sad. I cried like a mad woman when she ate her first

> solid food at 6 months. I'm not trying to wean because of going back

> to work, I actually went back to work when Sierra was 2 weeks old,

> which allowed me to stretch my maternity leave out for 7 part-time

> months. I haven't attempted to wean yet, was going to start trying

> once we got back from our vacation. She does use a sippy cup to

> drink water from, and doesn't eat too much table food, she's

> gradually eating more and more. I have a daughter that has a serious

> fondness for breastmilk, and I have a feeling that if I let her wean

> herself she'll be in kindergarten or first grade…Thank you for the

> advice thus far!

I found that weaning at that age was tough (Sierra's a year, right?), but if

you do, just take it slow like you mentioned. I have four kids, who were

deliriously in love with their breastmilk, and weaning broke my heart everytime

even when I wanted to! They were all done nursing well before kindy. Well,

I'm still nursing number four, so he doesn't count yet.

Joy

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June 27, 2006

around here we'd trade two ticks for a chigger.

s.

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