He did it! Dash just took his first step! While getting ready for bed, he was holding onto daddy's leg then took a step over to me while I was reading them scriptures. He then shrieked and cried. We think he thought the celebratory whoops were negative. Who knows, they were both easily set off today. Hurray for my little Dashiell Spouts! Be on the look out for the Leema Bean!
Now, a simple question about weaning:
Wean gradually?
Or completely switch over at once? (which the doctor told us to do)
Or completely switch over at once? (which the doctor told us to do)
I always did it gradually, but my kids weren't as old as yours so I don't know if it makes a difference or not. I would think for your own comfort gradual would be best though. I guess you could pump some even if you wean them in one shot. Now I'm rambling :-).
ReplyDeleteI don't have experience here, but I always thought quitting cold turkey was traumatizing. And for your own comfort, gradual would be easier. But I don't really know, since I never had to worry about it.
ReplyDeleteI tried to go cold turkey, but I guess I'm too big of a wimp because I thought I was going to die! It was extremely painful. I think it's easier for the kids though. When we switched from a bottle to a cup, we had to do it cold turkey otherwise Addie would hold out because she knew the bottles were never too far away. Anyway, you could totally pump to make it more comfortable if you do make the switch all at once, that way you could also mix your milk with whole milk so they can get used to the new taste. Blah, blah, blah. Sorry for the rambles and scattered thoughts! Hopefully it was semi-helpful:)
ReplyDeleteFirst of all, my kids never seemed to mind/notice when I switched them to whole milk instead of breastmilk. Even suddenly getting it cold instead of warm didn't seem to faze them.
ReplyDeleteI just recently weaned Bennett (3 months ago or so) so it's fresh on my mind. And I say GRADUALLY. Every few days I would take out a feeding. At the end, people told me just to stop and not do ANYTHING to express, not even in the shower, but I couldn't handle it! I was getting physically ill and my body couldn't take it so I decided to sit down and nurse him (it had been like 3 days). After that, it never came back, my body felt 100% better and I was great. So I would recommend even doing every other day and then every three days until your body stops producing. Why be in pain when you can do it gradually? Maybe there is something I'm missing here :)
Also, maybe for you it would be different (I don't know how crazy it must be with twins!), but for me probably the most difficult part of it all was emotional. Just thinking of not having that time with my little guy anymore was really hard. So gradual was good for that, too. I slowed down and enjoyed it a little more while it lasted :)
I went cold turkey and it worked out just fine for us. I thought it would be really hard for Nathan but it wasn't at all- he could have cared less (he had just turned 1 as well).
ReplyDeleteI didn't really plan ahead for the uncomfortableness but pumping just a little bit till it isn't painful anymore is the best way to go. That way you stop making anything but you're not in pain either.
I stopped all at once because I didn't have the patience to do it gradually, and I heard sometimes it's harder to gradually take it away because they still know it's there...but whatever you do, Good Luck! You'll definitely love the freedom of not breastfeeding !
Well, Noah was my longest. He held on to 13 months. But, by then it was once in the morning, once at night. Then it was once a day. Then, really, I was ready for it to be over and skipped one night. And he was fine. And that was that. So, it ended up being a gradual (unplanned) weaning.
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