https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sat, 16 May 2026 11:51:33 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-wean-at-6-months-partially-or-fully#post-1445465 Mon, 24 Feb 2014 11:40:52 +0000 Smurfette 1445465@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@daniellemybelle: Surprisingly, I don't think it ever phased my boobaholic. She would nurse for an hour if I let her. But she transitioned fine. She was used to bottles during the day at day care, so it made that easier on the weekends when I started weaning. But she never went for the boob when I gave a bottle.</p> <p>Give solids after nursing/bottle. We started with solids around 5.5 months. She would get a bottle around 4/430 at day care, would eat dinner at 530, and then nursed/bottle at 630. Some nights if we were stuck in traffic, I would skip solids and just nurse/bottle. Her main source of food and nutrition is BM/formula so you don't want to offer solids before so they fill up on solids. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-wean-at-6-months-partially-or-fully#post-1445426 Mon, 24 Feb 2014 11:33:54 +0000 daniellemybelle 1445426@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Smurfette: Thanks for sharing that! One a week sounds like a good gradual way to do it. We are at 5 daytime feedings right now &amp; I am hoping by 6 months she will be down to just one MOTN feeding. </p> <p>How did your LO react? Do you feel like she noticed or missed it? Even though S prefers the bottle I think not nursing before bed especially will throw her off.</p> <p>And how did it work with solids? Did you feed her the same amount regardless of the fact that you were introducing solids? I have often heard to nurse before offering solids to "take the edge off" but then I have heard of moms nursing after solids... How did you do it? Did you nurse or give a bottle? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-wean-at-6-months-partially-or-fully#post-1444523 Sun, 23 Feb 2014 22:33:45 +0000 Smurfette 1444523@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I weaned at 6 months because that was my goal. No supply issues but I was over pumping, and it was never a bonding thing for me. I started by cutting a pumping/nursing a week. We were at 5 a day then, she was STTN when we finished weaning the first week. I started with the day time. 3pm, then noon, then 9am. Then I nursed two weeks just morning and night. Then I just didnt nurse in the morning. I was a little sore for two days but as bad as I was expecting. Then after a week, I started cutting out the night. Over a week, I just cut back nursing time on each boob. Then gave a bottle. The last night I did a min on each side. Then the next night nothing. The following night I hurt a little but not bad at all. Couple weeks later I had some leaking but it seemed to do it after we had sex really. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-wean-at-6-months-partially-or-fully#post-1444490 Sun, 23 Feb 2014 22:02:29 +0000 daniellemybelle 1444490@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I have low supply &amp; we supplement with formula. It comes &amp; goes but LO also has a pretty strong preference for the bottle, at least when she's hungry. She will comfort nurse at night but we are sleep training soon so I imagine that will be a thing of the past for the most part. During the day it can be hard to get her to nurse without fussing. My goal has always been 6 months &amp; I think we may switch to formula then. Breastfeeding has been a bittersweet struggle &amp; I am sad to think of weaning but also ready to move on from what has been a very trying challenge. </p> <p>Anyway, if you weaned early, what did you do? How did it work with introducing solids? I want to try to keep a morning &amp; evening session at first but I don't know if my supply will cooperate. </p>