my son turned 2 in april and im struggling with weaning him. He wakes up so much at night to get the boob and im drain exhausted please any tips would help!!!
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I went 19 months w my daughter I was gone before she was I had to wear shirts that covered me up to my neck and we snggled w a bottle I tried everything else and a bottle was all sheād take it took like 3 months. For her to fully get over it and if she saw my breast shed freak out n want them good luck momma
I put bandaids on my nipples and told my son the milk was all gone. Took about 3/4 days to get him to stop asking
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Give him lavender baths or something calming before bed to get him to sleep through out the entire night. Once he is able to sleep through out the night he wonāt want to be comforted by the boob. Heās using the boob as a comfort more so than being hungry. Work on getting him to sleep the night through.
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My daughter breast fed until she was three and my son was one (he just didnāt want it anymore after 1) she is 5 now and asks to breastfeed!! She comes up and smells me and lays on my chestā¦ if I made milk I think she would still drink or at least try for comfortā¦ I did the bandaid thing when she was 3ā¦ it worked but it was horribleā¦ she cried 
It will take a week. Put some bandaid on it. He will cry and throw tantrums but he will settle down. Keep yourself strengthen i was in the same phase i know how mother heart is.
I picked either day time or night time feeds and stopped those cold turkey. One at a time though. Itās rough and you suffer a bit extra for a few days but just console your little and rub their back as they go through it. Then it becomes easier
As long as the bar is open 24hrs heās gonna drink. Close it. Heās gonna cry first couple nights but just comfort himā¦ thereās a difference in crying it out alone vs crying it out with you. I had to do this with my 2 yr old to prepare for when i was having twins. It worked!!! Good luck mama
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Most of these responses make me sad my baby is 1.5 and sheās my last baby and Iām still loving breastfeeding I donāt want to stop but I know the day is coming. Question: how do you stop without feeling guilty? Mind you not all my babies were breastfed for an extended period of time but this time is just so different
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My baby was 2 and some change 
she only wanted it for comfort at that point not nutrition as she was eating 3 meals a day with snacks in between. When I saw her rubbing them little eyes ready for her next nap I had me a Poly-V-Sol bottle I had cleaned out and filled full of apple cider vinegar. I put a few drops on each breast. When she finally crawled up in my lap and latched on she quickly pulled off and said āMommyās muck is nastyā I said " yes baby it has gone bad but I can still rock you" she went right to sleep. She did still have her hand in my shirt holding one as she dozed off but she never asked for it again. Felt cruel at the time but it worked for us. I had to return to school in personā¦not just online
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My daughterās son was 2 1/2. She cut him down to first thing in the morning and at bedtime. During the day she would just say, no boob, when he would try. He resisted this at first lol. Then one night, he nursed for a very short time on one side, sat back, pulled down her bra and shirt and never asked for it again. You can do it, donāt stress. 
I stop breastfeeding my son when he was 2 years and 1 month old. He is very clingy and demand more breastmilk even if he eat and drink a lot. I tried this techniques my mom told me and I hope it can help you too. Cut a lemon,squeeze and put it on your nipples each time he wants your milk. Tell him it tastes sour because your milk has already expired!
You can also put red lipstick on your nipples.
The day after my Daughter turned 3, I tried everything from band aids, to saying āno thank youā, nothing worked. Untilā¦ I tried lime juice! I squeezed some on both nipples on May 12th, and that was the end of her breastfeeding journey. I had to squeeze lime juice on my nipples for the first 3 nights, and then she just stopped trying. Every now and then she asks, so I go to the kitchen to squeeze juice on them, attempt to give it to her but she smells first then refuses.
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My daughter refused to stop but i was sooo done i told her my boob broke put a bandaid over my nipple told it broke it worked had her weaned off in less then 2 days
Youāll just have to let him cry it outā¦ my son was super clingy to me and after 3 days of not goving him my boobs, he stopped crying. I stopped breastfeeding him when he was 1.5yrs oldā¦
Apply some salt over the breast and nippleā¦
Iāve tried this and was successful without much pain.
I moved to once in the morning and once at bedtime and told her the milk had to sleep and so did she. Then when she stopped waking up for it we only did in the morning and did a count down of when the milk would go to help other babies
can you pump and use a bottle that resembles the boob?
Hands down cabbage leaves ace bandages and sport bra with benadryl to dry you up.
Bandaids! Put them over your nipples and keep showing him throughout the day. Ask him if he can drink from a sippy cup because you have an ouchie, keep it going for about 3 days. At 2 itās mostly for comfort so continue to cuddle him or rock him, soon heāll be sleeping throughout the night.
Girl Iām in the same boat. My son will be 2 In less than a week and Iāve been trying to get him off my boob but he just wonāt. If you figure out how lmkā:sweat:
Give him a cup an deal with him crying till he finally gets it.
Can he stay the weekend with grandparents?
Stop breast feeding?
Say no offer milk in a beaker or cup as long as you let him feed heās gunna you just need to say no n be firm xx
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Tabasco sauce should work
My daughter was super clingy, she absolutely refused to stop, finally@ 2 1/2, I bought same fake fur at the fabric store and double sided sticky taped them to my breasts. She was mortified! It only took a couple of days before she altogether stopped even checking on them.
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