Breastfeeding Mnara.
It was a very sad
story to me and for a moment I thought, it’s amazing how easy it has been for
me to stop the whole breastfeeding process. Well, let me qualify that and say
that my children have not breastfeed for long , I am not sure why they think breastfeeding is a boring affair, they stop at some point around
7 months, but it is usually a process.
Once I sense that the baby does
not want to breast feed any more, I start reducing the times they are on the breast.
This might even take a whole week of reducing supply. And since breastfeeding
is a question of demand and supply, the milk production starts to gradually
reduce. Anyway, the fact that they are not even interested as much, helps a lot to reduce production.
I also make deliberate effort to
take a lot of coffee, which I have had helps to reduce milk production. This has
worked for me with all the three babies and I have never had a problem with stopping
the whole breastfeeding process. I think it must be hard and painful to stop abruptly.
So my advice to mothers is that, we need to appreciate that this is s a process.
Just like the beginning of breastfeeding was a process, so is the ending.
Thanks to my friend for sharing
with me, I would never have known that Mums can struggle with this. Therefore I
decided to share about it today. Anyone else who has had a different experience that we can learn from? Please share.
Hey, yeah my baby girl is today 1year 10 months and it has and is a struggle to stop her from breast feeding. I think its more of a soother or form of security for her, especially now after undergoing surgery.
ReplyDeleteI have tried all stunts and of late even applied colgate and lemon on my nipples but she sucked it all , of course complaining its 'kali' i.e bitter but moves on with the breastfeeding.
Am open to ideas on how to stop her from breast feeding.
I have been lucky.. I have 3 kids.. My first one weaned himself at 7mth..food taste dbetter then this.. My second one a girl weaned her self too at 11mth and now my 3rd one is still going strong.. I think BF is health for the baby and also having your body back feels great! So I would not let me baby use it just for their own toy :)-
ReplyDeleteSome good news, baby gal has stopped breast feeding and am very excited. She had a hole in the heart and we had surgery a month ago,hence the extended breastfeeding.
ReplyDeleteHow did she stop? I asked the Lord to help us and He did. She cried a bit the first night but now when she asks, I give a polite NO and she lets that topic go. So am thankful to God and yes its great to have my whole body back.