Is this weaning? (Longish)

[justjen]

M is 9 months. He's been combo fed basically from the beginning and I've always had supply issues.

A month or two ago, he basically stopped nursing at night. At the time, he wasn't taking that much at daycare, so by bedtime he was starving. My supply at night is at its lowest, so he would take a few sucks on each side, and then basically pound an 8-oz bottle.

Lately he's back to taking a lot of bottles at daycare, but is still not nursing more than a minute or two at night. However, he's always been a good morning nurser, and usually gets around 6-7 oz.

This morning he had no interest in nursing. He was playing--poking at the nipple with his finger, blowing on it, trying to bite, smiling, having a grand old time, but not nursing. I just brought him downstairs and gave him some Cheerios and cheese cubes like I do most mornings.

Right now our schedule is morning nurse, 2 daytime pumps yielding about 6 oz, and the night situation described above.

L didn't wean until 23 months, so I don't really know what it looks like in a baby. On the one hand, it makes me a little sad, but on the other, I've been wanting to try to lose weight, but I simply can't do that without killing my supply. So early weaning would let me try that.

I'm not giving up yet, but I was just wondering of this is how it starts...

[soozy87]

My first acted like that around 8 months. I was not really enjoying nursing and didn't want to force it on him, so I figured it was an easy way to painlessly be done.

[Deleted]

I could write this almost word for word. She still nurses well in the morning, but I don't know how much longer that will last. The rest is the same including the nighttime nursing story and pumping output, oh and the weight loss thing!

Induced on the same day, weaning around the same time. Soulmates?

[Deleted]

DD acted like that for a while. I was struggling to get her to nurse. I was only doing morning and night. Night was a crapshoot and morning was a tiny bit better.Finally one day I yelled to my husband "Why wont she just nurse" and he said "I dont think she really cares too. Why are you still fighting with her" And I stopped. I would give him some time of you trying but dont get frustrated. He either is having a small distracted period and in a week or so will get back on the wagon or he is done. Truthfully I love the way we stopped because she didnt miss it. She just kind of grew into the next phase of her life. It was pretty painless.

[VillainV]

Could be teeth. C had a lack of interest in nursing when teeth were coming in. Then once they cut he would bite for a few days until he figured out how to adjust his latch for new teeth.

If you're ready to wean, you might be able to take advantage of his lack of interest right now. If you're not ready, then just keep offering and try to keep your supply up as much as you can.

[justjen]

Thanks, guys. It's actually really helpful to know others are going through something similar. I'm much less emotionally invested in nursing than I was with L (where I was a bit crazy, admittedly), but it's still a bit of a mindfuck. I didn't think of teeth, so that could be. I'll keep at it for awhile and see how it goes...