I'm both happy and sad my daughter is self-weaning

She turned 12 months last week and girlfriend looovves food. Over the last several weeks she's been less interested in nursing and more interested in just regular food. She does well getting in 3 full meals plus snacks (some days I feel like she eats more than my big kids!). I found some straw cups she is good at so she's been using those to drink whole milk at meals. Today she only nursed after lunch and before bedtime. Our breastfeeding time is slowly coming to an end.

I'm this weird mix of sad and overjoyed. She's my last baby so I'll never be doing this again. But in the last 10 years I've had 6 pregnancies, 4 births, and breastfed for a combined total of over 3 years. I'm so ready for my body to actually be mine again. Idk why I'm writing this, just thought sharing may help me sort out my thoughts.

Posted Oct 13, 2022, 4:33 AM UTC

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Snoo98049•

Hi change is hard! Always happiness and sadness. My only thing is not to serve milk with meals, it should just be water. Milk will block absorption of some nutrients that she's eating and also fill her up more than needed. If you wanted to encourage nursing again (up to you) that would be my first step. Good luck

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