re: Gentle weaning of a tandem nursing toddler... Any takers?

Quoting ☮Scarlet Begonia:" <blockquote><b>Quoting Mommy☠Kate:</b>" it definitely is! But so worth it! I ... [snip!] ... him. That way, even if he remembers, hopefully you'll be in a better position to nurse him by the time he asks again."

He ALWAYS remembers lol. We started practicing patience before I went back to work with him (17 months) he's decent about waiting (though he would get upset if I ask him to wait for bedtime) but he's always reminding me. "After I/you/Nora ____, then I can have your milk?" We've been doing pretty well with just the bedtime these last few days but if he falls asleep without for some reason he will wake up really upset and ask, to the point he will fight sleep so he doesn't miss out  

I also wanted to add that once we got down to nighttime and morning, I told him that he had to breastfeed before he brushed his teeth. So he would breastfeed, brush teeth, read a book then I would put him down to go to bed. He would ask but eventually got into the routine of not breastfeeding to sleep and that made it wayyyyyy easier to eventually ccut the nighttime one oout.

Quoting ☮Scarlet Begonia:" I also wanted to add that once we got down to nighttime and morning, I told him that he had to breastfeed ... [snip!] ... got into the routine of not breastfeeding to sleep and that made it wayyyyyy easier to eventually ccut the nighttime one oout."

That sounds like something straight out of no cry sleep solution   Take the association out

Quoting MellowMania:" That sounds like something straight out of no cry sleep solution   Take the association out "

Lol well I never read that but it did work  

He also got cavities on his top front teeth from breastfeeding to sleep so I kinda had to lol

<blockquote><b>Quoting MellowMania:</b>" Just out of curiosity, why did you have to wean him because of the cold? My son nursed a lot like yours ... [snip!] ... home). I think if his sister wasn't constantly reminding him that nursing rocks lol he'd only be nursing a few times a week."</blockquote>



I was terrified of giving it to my newborn.. I got it though lol