breastfeeding weaning

If your toddler (over one year) nurses at night and you are OK with this, go with the adage, ‘if it’s not a problem for us, it’s not a problem’. However, if you are feeling that you would like to stop night feeds or if your toddler is nursing what seems like ‘non-stop’ all night, there are kind ways to night wean, gradually, with love.

It’s perfectly normal to have feelings of grief and self doubt when weaning from breastfeeding happens earlier than you have planned. But there can be other, strong emotions, including vicious mood swings that can be related to weaning, whatever the age of your child or if this was a ‘natural’ weaning decided by your baby or a gradual ‘mother –led’…

“My right breast just felt a bit fuller, perkier, it didn't really seem ‘empty’ after feeding, There were no lumps, no redness, no dimpling, no nipple changes, it just didn't feel right, “ says Kati Kuusisto. As a new mum who was finally enjoying breastfeeding after a traumatic birth and a rough beginning, Kati says, “ it was such a tricky time,…