My 11 month old has been almost exclusively breastfed the whole time. only recently has she started eating a little bit more on a good day she will have a small/ medium breakfast lunch and dinner. on a bad day only one solids.
She is breast fed to sleep every single sleep. and co sleeps. she sleeps through about 4 times a week. other 3 She is quickly breast fed back to sleep. sometimes not even really waking me.
I was open to feeding until a year and a half , and even up till two if the process was slow for her.
HOWEVER> she has become difficult recently to go down for her night sleep. I have her on one sleep a day now and that has helped only she wakes at about 10 now wide awake and it can take 2 and a half hours sometimes to get her back down.
all of this was tolerable until this week…. the biting started.
AND to top it off I want to fall pregnant again and I still haven't got my period back and I think breast feeding is a major contributor to that.
I want to begin the weening process.
please no advise to just keep going I'm done I want to be finished breastfeeding in around 3 months time
BUT how do I get her a) to sleep without feeding (I tried a bit of controlled crying but gave up on the 5th day and NO improvement and I have the worlds most stubborn baby.
b) she's not a great eater of solids, and won't take a bottle well.
HELP! I feel lost and no idea.
sorry for the long winded I just wanted to give all the facts.
oh I forgot to add trying to get her in the cot all the night but she rolls everywhere, if she's on her mattress on the floor she rolls of it if its in the cot she wakes up cos she hits the side or has he leg sticking out the side and waking up in our bed is usually cause by hitting the wall or me blocking her from rolling where she wants. Im in such a pickle
stopping breast feeding
stopping breast feeding
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I understand, my daughter did exactly the same around that age, biting, not going to sleep, waking to play etc. I breastfeed and co sleep also. I have also had the no period thing when wanting to fall pregnant (when my son was little). You might find it easiest to cut out the feed before her nap first, don't be too cut throat, it can be an emotional stress on you and the baby. Then slowly cut night feeds. You may find that you want to keep 1 feed a day and that is great and won't restrict you falling pregnant. Continue co sleeping if you can, it is a massive thing cutting out your babies 'security' boob let alone putting them in their own bed too. I found rocking my son and singing was the best thing to get him back to sleep. Good luck :) P.S with my son, I fell pregnant when he was around 13 months, before I even got a period. I had my first proper period in 4 years (to the day) on boxing day and my daughter is 17 months old this week.
I could have written this with my second dd. she hardly ate solids. I bf until 18months. it took her until 20months to get to 10kg. she was also stubborn, co slept, bf to sleep. I set my limit at 18months. I had hubby on hand to help that weekend. weaning hadnt worked (I had tried several times). I just cut her off. During the day I gave her lots of cuddles & played etc. come night time so cried for 40mins. I just layed down next to her and cuddled her. she fell asleep and slept through for the first time ever! the second night she cried for 10mins and never after that. you can do it. your will power is stronger but also have backup for you. good luck!