MERGED: All about Weaning

[DV]

^Thanks for the reply!  I just read an article that says bottle feeding may hinder oral cavity and crano-facial development.

[wkt]

parang 6 y.o. na ako when i stopped drinking sa bottle.  grade 1 na yata ako nun or more and since half-day lang ang school nagdedede ako usually after lunch.  i think tumigil lang ako when i finally chewed out the nipple of my dede then at 'nululunod' na ako sa milk haha.  id probably have the same expectation sa daughter ko.  i'll let her keep her bottle basta sa bahay lang siya dedede.

dilemma ko talaga is weaning from the breast, pero lately medyo nabobola ko na siya na sandali lang mag-feed sa akin, telling her "tama na, bukas naman".  siguro she complies din kasi wala naman na talaga siyang milk na nakukuha, more of comfort sucking na lang talaga.  isa pang dilemma ko is she has this habit of twiddling which is quite annoying. sinsasaway ko lang lang pero after a few minutes ayan nanaman...

[grumpybear]

how old is your daughter na, wkt?
maybe you can teach your daughter nursing manners na kung nakakaintindi na sya

[wkt]

she's now 1 yr and 9 mos. old.  nakakaintindi naman na pero when she's in half-sleep mode, nagwa-wander yung hands nya.  i take it off the mamaya andyan nanaman.  when she's awake sumusunod naman pag sinaway ko, kaya lang i think she *forgets* kaya later on andyan nanaman yung hand nya.

[tiggerlily]

@wkt: parehas tayo. my baby does twiddling too. nalilimutan nya palagi. at ang result, arm wrestle. bakit nga pala ang lakas na nila kahit tulog?

anyways, i can't possibly wean my kid from nursing since we're not together most of the week. Half of the week he's not with me because I have to work. even if i work at home, he tends to be clingy kasi. kaya i send him off to my mom 3-4 days of the week. and then we nurse when we're together. i want him to be the one who will not want my milk anymore. pero ang sakit pala nun. i was nursing him one time sa bahay ng mom ko. and then he said he wants milk. shattered dreams ako nun. sobrang heartbroken. parang mas grabe pa nga yata e. it's bittersweet kasi in a way, iniisip ko nagmamature na talaga ang anak ko. nasanay kasi ako na ako ang nagpapaalala sa kanya na kumain ng food instead of nursing. and sometimes hindi nya na itutuloy magnurse. minsan gusto nya talaga. so i guess he's just comfort nursing. pero i still get a lot of milk when he nurses e. kasi in the middle of a nursing session, i would try to manually express milk and nag-spray pa rin naman.

[DV]

My daughter is now weaned off the baby bottle. My problem is, she stopped drinking milk altogether. Won't drink it from a glass, or any cup. Even bought a spout for her old Avent bottles. Ayaw. Won't drink milk from tetra packs either. Any other tips you can share to get her to drink her milk?

[kiz_me1109]

My son is 2 years and 5 months old. Dapat ko na ba siya i wean from drinking from the bottle? We are trying our best na masanay siya uminom sa baso na. So during breakfast, we give milk sa baso niya pero hindi niya nauubos. Then, we give another 4 oz of milk at nap time and another 4-6 oz of milk during sleep time sa gabi. Binawasan narin namin yung milk intake niya para mas madami siya nakain. It worked naman.

Pwede ko na kaya siya i wean sa bottle? Gusto ko sana na 2 times nalang siya mag drink ng milk pero isang baso talaga/drink.

[sweetham]

i'm trying to wean my 2years and 5months old daughter from her bottle...share naman kayo mga mommies ng tips...although sa morning 1 bottle then eat sya ng meat and rice tapos 1 bottle sa nap time...ang malakas e yung sa gabi...sana makapag cup na rin sya since matakaw naman sya sa solid... lalo na meat,fish,rice,chicken...

[enjey]

Mga sises, OT yata pero did you use sippy cups bago turuan mag drink sa glass si baby? 4 months pa lang naman baby ko pero nakita ko kasi sa avent kanina, may sippy cup na 6 months up.  Hinde bantoo early pa yun?

[vanj19]

tips naman mga sis on how to wean my son, 1 year and 1month na kasi and still ayaw talaga mag bottle...  he has teeth na pero good think di sya nag bite kasi sabi ko once mag bite sya di ko na sya breastfeed hehe...

[Dacian]

@vanj19
sippy cup na lang kesa sa baby bottle.  mas okay daw yun.

[vanj19]

ayaw din sippy cup playtex...  how about avent kaya?  appropriate pa kaya soft spout 6m+  even if 1 yr up na baby?

[sachism]

^ my daughter used the soft spout up to 18 mos sya, I noticed though na kinakagat kagat nya madalas parang pinangigilan kaya nag swtich na kami doon sa green spout.

do you put spout sa mga  bottles? ayoko kasi sa sippy cup ilagay milk kasi baka maconfuse sya between water ang milk. now kasi water for her yung nasa sippy cup and milk ang nasa bottle. may tendency pa din sya machoke pag tubig iniinom nya yung last gulp. pero kung tuloy tuloy na gulp, hindi naman.

[marose17]

^ Try a straw cup or the Ikea Kalas cup.

[sachism]

thanks marose, ill introduce straw cup again. sana din makadaan kami sa ikea

[vanj19]

sachism, thanks sis for confirming pwede pa soft spout.  i was adamant before in buying kasi baka maliit na masyado ang butas...

marose17, pwede na ba straw cup sa 1yr old babe?

[SnowBall]

My daughter is now weaned off the baby bottle. My problem is, she stopped drinking milk altogether. Won't drink it from a glass, or any cup. Even bought a spout for her old Avent bottles. Ayaw. Won't drink milk from tetra packs either. Any other tips you can share to get her to drink her milk?

Hi sis, same problem ako sa daughter ko dati, 3 and a half siya tumigil sa bottle noon, then ayaw ng mag milk, kahit saan ko pa ilagay LOL, so I consulted her pedia, and sabi ni pedia, bigyan na lang daw ng vitamins supplement na may calcium, so that's what I did.

Now, same problem ko sa anak kong bunso, he's turning 3 years old sa sept., pero problem ko, sa lakas dumede kahit natutulog eh palaging sumusuko yung diaper niya, kahit kakapalit ko lang, I am worried baka magka pneumonia, kung palagi siyang mababasa.

So, ang ginawa ko, today, as in today, tinapon ko lahat ng bottles niya, pinakita ko talaga sa kanya, and explained to him na he's already a big boy, na kung gusto niya ng milk, sa glass na siya iinom.

Naku ayaw uminom, kaya ayan pinainom ko na siya ng clusivol for kids, para may calcium, then sana mahilig siya sa cheese and other dairy products kagaya ng ate niya.

Ang hirap talaga magpalaki ng anak.

eto iyak ng iyak, palaging hinahanap ang dede niya, pero paninigasan ko na to, pag naka survived kami today, at least tomorrow, hindi na maghahanap pa, hanggang sa makalimutan na niya talaga.

For me kasi, mas maigi ang biglaan, kesa sa gradual, knowing my son, yun ang best for him.

[sachism]

Biglaan din kami. I just told her tomorrow, there'll be no bottles and told her to say bye. Then her milk intake was reduced to 2x a day. Ayaw din nya ng tetra pack, cheese, etc. But eventually she drank from the glass na. I bought her a glass with her favorite cartoon character. Hehe. She was 2.5 at that time. I am planning to do the same thing for my second baby para before 3yo weaned na from bottle and diaper.

[glamorosa_09]

My daughter completely weaned from my breast just last summer, she was 3 years old. And then for the milk bottle naman, I never introduced 'tsupon," baby bottle with straw agad when she was 1 y/o, she had a primary complex kasi non, kaya napabili tuloy ako ng mahal na formula till now... dun kasi siya hiyang... whew...