https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Tue, 05 May 2026 21:12:15 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/to-wean-or-not-to-wean#post-1799242 Tue, 05 Aug 2014 12:21:37 +0000 treepeony 1799242@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Like you I have mixed feelings. On the one hand I am ready to be done on the other I have always enjoyed the snuggle time. I thought I was golden when at about 18 months LO started dropping feeds on her own. Over a month we got down to 3 feeds daily: Morning, post-nap, and bedtime. We are now at 26 months and still having 3 feeds a day. They are small volume; I have no problem not pumping at work. But she still consistently asks to nurse and looks forward to nursing... I had really hoped that she would wean on her own but it doesn't appear that that is going to occur anytime soon! Good luck to all of you and please follow up here with any tips that worked for you! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/to-wean-or-not-to-wean#post-1760229 Tue, 15 Jul 2014 13:15:58 +0000 Maysprout 1760229@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I was pretty much in the same spot as you. We did a really slow wean. I also talked to her a lot about the new baby and how the new baby would need to nurse too, as the months went by and my belly got bigger it started to sink in with her. She probably nursed till I was 6 months, but it was very rare by that point. I'd think she was done then she'd ask so I'd nurse her. So it was a very slow slow wean but that worked best for me. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/to-wean-or-not-to-wean#post-1759974 Tue, 15 Jul 2014 11:57:52 +0000 MoonMoon 1759974@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>No advice, because we're a year behind you, but I empathize, and am interested in hearing others' experiences. Good luck! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/to-wean-or-not-to-wean#post-1759958 Tue, 15 Jul 2014 11:54:11 +0000 Boheme 1759958@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@LulaBee: I have no advice since I am feeling the guilt as well, but I want to wish you luck! Congrats on #2 :happy: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/to-wean-or-not-to-wean#post-1759941 Tue, 15 Jul 2014 11:49:22 +0000 birdofafeather 1759941@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>good luck! i'm feeling the same bittersweet feelings! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/to-wean-or-not-to-wean#post-1759506 Tue, 15 Jul 2014 09:36:51 +0000 LulaBee 1759506@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Thanks, mamas.... I'll wait it out to see if she ends up doing it herself... if not, the goal is September. I'll just be present and enjoy it until then. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/to-wean-or-not-to-wean#post-1759466 Tue, 15 Jul 2014 09:23:04 +0000 regberadaisy 1759466@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@LulaBee: I was in pretty much the exact same spot as you. Pregnant with #2 with no desire to tandem nurse. We were already down to one session. </p> <p>Weaning was a lot easier than I expected. It was harder on me. me than her! </p> <p>Good luck! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/to-wean-or-not-to-wean#post-1759454 Tue, 15 Jul 2014 09:21:15 +0000 Adira 1759454@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm sorry you're dealing with this. Weaning is such an emotional time. I was so sad to be done nursing because it was really the only time that Xander was willing to snuggle me, but it was also really freeing and it's so nice that I can now sleep in while my husband gets up with Xander and I don't have to worry about that morning feed.</p> <p>If you're not sure, you might try waiting a couple weeks. Pregnancy I think affected the taste of my milk and my supply and Xander ended up weaning himself when I was 10 weeks.</p> <p>Good luck to you, whatever you decide to do. &lt;3 </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/to-wean-or-not-to-wean#post-1759445 Tue, 15 Jul 2014 09:19:33 +0000 californiadreams 1759445@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>no advice based on experience, but i sense i will be in your exact situation in a few months (hoping to actually if TTC goes well and so does nursing until then!). </p> <p> We are on the same nursing routine now as you described. Sometimes I think if i stopped offering, he would barely ask, it is hard to say. Could you have LO's dad go and get her in the mornings and put her to bed a few times. It might help to break the habit. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/to-wean-or-not-to-wean#post-1759362 Tue, 15 Jul 2014 09:00:52 +0000 Mrs. Bee 1759362@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>i weaned at 26 months and though i was definitely sad for a couple of weeks, i got over it and it was so freeing. olive handled the transition way better than i ever expected... they can surprise you.</p> <p>you deserve the break. i have no regrets about weaning then! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/to-wean-or-not-to-wean#post-1759318 Tue, 15 Jul 2014 08:52:52 +0000 LulaBee 1759318@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Help! I think I want to wean but am having some MAJOR guilt as I always thought I would let DD lead the process.... </p> <p>DD will be 2 on August 1, and I am 5 weeks along with #2. If they had been closer together, I would have been fine with tandem nursing, but they're not, so...</p> <p>DD loves her milk, wakes up and that is the first thing she asks for. We have dropped all feedings except for morning/night (and occasionally once during the day on the weekends). But I'm just kind of over it at this point, it hurts due to pregnancy, and I would really like to have my boobs to have a break before #2 comes along in March. That being said, it makes me so sad to think about her not nursing any more... it's so special and it's always gone so great for us, and I just don't know what to do about it. If I do wean, I will wait until after her 2nd birthday. But I don't really know what to do- she is so persistent and LOVES milk so much, I hate to disappoint her and not give it to her (especially because it's comforting, etc.). I know I should be proud of how far we have made it (and I am!! Really and truly!) I just always thought we would stop when she was ready to stop, not me. </p> <p>I think I'm done rambling now. Any encouragement/advice would be much appreciated! </p>