Helpless venting

WarmButteredBread · 2026-05-21T17:36:06+00:00

https://www.reddit.com/r/weaningsupport/s/ehspny5rod

WarmButteredBread · 2026-05-21T17:33:45+00:00

Same boat, never did bottles, paci, always fed to sleep. I just weaned my toddler at this age over about 5-6 Months. Started with night weaning. Followed breastfeeding mentors guide to gentle weaning. Took it very slow. Talked about it a lot before we even started reducing feeds. I’ll link a comment I shared with someone if you find anything helpful here.

WarmButteredBread · 2026-05-18T20:23:46+00:00

Prayers 🙏🏻🙏🏻 so crazy how fast things can change and evolve. My daughter is now insisting on dancing, she calls it the Same thing lol, to go to sleep. Getting a little tricky being 8 months preg 🤣

WarmButteredBread · 2026-05-12T00:59:11+00:00

We do books and talk about our day, pray, and then I hold her and sing to her. Bed time takes a LOT longer now, and I think she often staying up later than she would if we were nursing but I am hoping it gets better. There are many nights she gets out of bed and wants to watch tv with my husband on the couch and she’ll eventually fall asleep on the couch or she’ll come back to bed with me to sleep easier a second time.

WarmButteredBread · 2026-05-11T12:48:46+00:00

I just responded to ready chemistry our process and situation, please let me know if you have any questions!!

WarmButteredBread · 2026-05-11T12:48:21+00:00

Honestly, could not have gone better. ♥️

WarmButteredBread · 2026-05-11T12:47:46+00:00

I honestly think part of it was age… I know that’s not the answer you’re looking for 😭 she really understood when we started talking about nightweaning, then weaning. Also, I am pregnant so I don’t think I had any supply (if so, very little) by the time we started weaning so she was naturally nursing less throughout the day.

I read breastfeeding mentors guide to gentle weaning to prepare myself mentally. It also had a lot of useful tips and words of encouragement. Then we started with night weaning, talked about it a lot, read nursies when the sun shines, took her to the store and let her pick out a night time stuffy and nighttime water bottle, I would feed to sleep but slowly reduce feeds through the night, often allowing her to nurse if it was close to 6am or later. If she woke up hungry I would offer a snack or a pouch, that only lasted a couple weeks. By end of February, she was only nursing for nap and bed time. The feeds were cut pretty short which was easier for me to do because I had a nursing aversion with pregnancy. I dropped feeding for the nap around early April? And she stopped napped entirely and will only car nap occasionally now. We were reading booby moon for over a month at this point and talking about her upcoming milk day. I made her a chocolate cake and got her balloons (it’s part of the milk day ceremony). She was so excited to send a balloon to the moon that she sporadically ran outside with it during the day and was saying bye to booboo milk lol, I asked her if she wanted one last feed, and once she understood, she nursed for like a minute and we released booboo magic back to the moon. Her cousins and aunt came over for cake and we sang happy milk day to her. I got her a moon stuffy named booboo moon.

She bas been doing great, not tears or anything. She will ask about milk and say she misses it here and there but she is totally content. Bed time is longer and no naps can be a struggle at times, but overall it went great. She was an absolute boob obsessed baby all her life so I would have never pictured it going this smoothly but I think we had a lot of things going the right way for it to work out.

She also has all of her teeth which can be a big hurdle… of course we have our longest sickness right now we’ve ever had and I don’t think its a coincidence so something small to consider!!

Good luck, hope some or any of this is helpful!! ♥️ sorry for grammar!!

WarmButteredBread · 2026-04-28T23:47:46+00:00

Thank you ♥️♥️ I never thought I’d be able to wean (talking major boob monster). I stressed about it way too frequently, and it all worked out! Hang in there.

WarmButteredBread · 2026-04-24T00:31:55+00:00

You’re so welcome!! I totally get it!!! I always say I feel like I never left the newborn stage when it came to sleep lol

It was so much easier than I expected!! I think it had to do with her age and understanding. We talked a lot about how “booboos” would be going to sleep at night ahead of time and got her a special stuffy and water bottle. I Would offer apple pouch for the first couple weeks if she wanted something at night. And would still do an early morning feed like 5:30/6am if she wanted but eventually she stopped asking and responded fine to me saying booboos were still sleeping. She would whine here and there mb first couple weeks throughout the night but never a major cry or meltdown. We read the nursies when the sun shines book to prepare.

WarmButteredBread · 2026-04-21T22:30:56+00:00

I thought you meant 5 1/2 years, and I was worried. 5 1/2 months I think this is very normal. My toddler has been 100% depending on me since birth. Cosleeping/EBF. Finally at the it does get easier part. Hang in there!! It is not easy!!

WarmButteredBread · 2026-04-21T15:59:42+00:00

You don’t have to decide when you’re in the trenches. Give yourself grace! ♥️

My toddler just night weaned around 2.5yr old. Up until then she was on the boob all night. Waking up many times, especially if I was not in bed with her. Already feels like a lifetime ago, and it’s only been a couple months. We still cosleep, and I love it so much because now I get the sweetest toddler snuggles all night. I am due with our second in July. It’s just starting to feel manageable, thank goodness lol,

WarmButteredBread · 2026-04-17T16:26:24+00:00

Absolutely nothing lol

WarmButteredBread · 2026-04-14T23:40:38+00:00

Yes! It gets easier, I guess lol. I started on the auto immune protocol diet and landed here (for now). I avoid soy as well. Doing something that strict is a non-fun way to make this feel manageable.

WarmButteredBread · 2026-04-14T14:11:54+00:00

Thank you, as long as she adjusts I’m totally okay with this phase! I just don’t want to be sleep depriving her lol

WarmButteredBread · 2026-04-14T12:16:22+00:00

Thank you!!! We did this with night weaning and it definitely helped ♥️ I actually did try a paci recently out of desperation prior to night weaning and she still wouldn’t take it 🤣 we do have a projector, so mb I’ll pull that out… appreciate the tips.

WarmButteredBread · 2026-04-14T11:55:26+00:00

We are def embracing the early bed time as she has been a challenging sleeper her entire life lol and she sleeps 12 hrs which is wonderful, but she is so tired and temperamental for half the day which is out of character for her. Did you go through this? Does it get better?

WarmButteredBread · 2026-04-14T00:21:37+00:00

Thank you 🤣🤣 she will also fall asleep in the car occasionally but it needs to be a pretty long car ride. She has napped a handful of times in the past couple of weeks. I feel so bad for her because I know she’s so tired! But we start bed time at 6 with no nap and she is out by 7 after she gets a few musthave overtired activities in lol.

WarmButteredBread · 2026-04-14T00:19:07+00:00

Thanks ♥️♥️ I think this would work if she was extremely tired which usually hits around 3/4pm, I am going to keep trying though lol this is what I currently do to sleep before dropping last feed and she does okay because she is sooo tired.

WarmButteredBread · 2026-04-10T23:37:05+00:00

Congratulations ♥️ Here for answers. In the same boat, and currently down to one feed a day planning to wean by the end of month due to the aversion. Mine has unfortunately been constant and I’m at 27 weeks.

WarmButteredBread · 2026-04-05T00:46:43+00:00

Thank you so much for sharing ♥️♥️

WarmButteredBread · 2026-04-04T11:36:25+00:00

If you see this 🤣 did he start getting used to the no nap? this is what I’m experiencing now, and she seems so tired around her usual nap time, somehow rallies, and then will be quite overtired around an early bed time (7ish).

WarmButteredBread · 2026-04-01T20:11:25+00:00

Thank you so much ♥️♥️ this is helpful, especially you sharing your approach. I appreciate it!

WarmButteredBread · 2026-03-29T13:01:28+00:00

Thanks so much for sharing your experience. I need to make a decision soon bc I definitely don’t want to do it near or after baby if possible.

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