Weaning Sandy

I deserve a pat on the back for weaning Sandy before my scheduled date. More importantly, Sandy deserves a medal for not pushing anymore. I dreaded the time that I will have to start weaning Sandy from her day time nursing. I was expecting a lot of drama and crying but all it took was a couple of days without me during day time and voila, she doesn’t need my dede anymore. It has been three months since I weaned her from her night time nursing. It started like this:

Stage 1

Me: Sandy, no more dede okay. Just carry like a baby while Mommy sits on the bed.
Sandy: Why sit only?
Me: Because I have aw-aw, I can’t stand up and carry you at the same time.
Sandy: Why no more dede?
Me: Because I have aw-aw, I have blood.
Sandy: Okay, carry like a baby please.

Stage 2 After a couple of days, she will now be used to sleeping in my arms. I will then start to introduce another method

Me: Uh-oh, Mommy has a headache. Can we please lie down instead and I’ll just sing to you?
Sandy: Okay, mommy. But why no carry on the bed?
Me: Let’s just try lying down okay?
Sandy: Why no more dede here? (pointing to my breasts)
Me: When it’s night time no more dede.
Sandy: But when it’s day time, dede pa!!!

We will try to lie down for 30 minutes. But if she really can’t sleep, I will do my best not to force her. Kawawa kasi especially when I see her sad face in the dark. After three days of doing this, she will learn to sleep without being carried at all. The only difference is …

Stage 3 Massage, sing, story time until she falls asleep. This is our routine up to now and I swear, she sleeps longer and doesn’t even ask for my dede at all.

I still allowed her to nurse in the afternoons because I need her to sleep so I can get back to work. And before I nurse her to sleep, I always say, “Sandy after your birthday, no more dede from Mommy okay?“. I say that for like 10x a day so she will get used to the idea.

When The Husband got sick last week, I had to stay in the hospital for three afternoons. Sandy slept on her own either with her yaya or my mom. When I came back, she wasn’t asking to nurse anymore. I just give her milk in the bottle and then put my arms around her so she can sleep. It was a very smooth transition, I’m telling you. For the last two days, she didn’t want her bottle for her afternoon nap. I’ll just put her in my lap while I relax on the bed, reading my ebook, and in a couple of minutes, she’d be sleeping like a log.

I am so happy and still unable to believe that Sandy is weaned. My deadline is up to her third birthday, which is September 18 so I wasn’t even ready to let her go. But thank God, she now longer asks for my breast. I didn’t know it was going to be this easy. I’m tempted to buy disney world tickets as a treat actually.

It’s really true what they say in baby books. When they’re ready, the weaning process will be a breeze.

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August 21, 2008 | Filed Under being a mom, parenting, princess sandy 

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7 Responses to “Weaning Sandy”

  1. Mai on August 21st, 2008

    Congrats to you and sandy..thanks for sharing. I’ll keep this in mind para come weaning time with Asher (which is matagal pa naman), may idea na ako. :)

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  2. maybelle on August 21st, 2008

    hi joy! thanks for sharing hope when my turn comes it will be this easy

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  3. marie on August 21st, 2008

    hi, joy! thanks for sharing your tips on weaning. i’ll try to do that too to iñigo. i hope it will work. one personal question though… don’t you feel sad now that sandy is already weaned?

  4. ree on August 21st, 2008

    hey joy. thanks–this is very encouraging. i’m still breastfeeding raine at 17mos and my original idea was to wean at 12mos! next goal is 2 years, but i don’t know if i have the heart to stop if ever…:( i also work at home, so BF is sort of worked into the day’s activities. when i leave (i’ve stopped pumping) raine’s fine to eat solids and drin juice and wait till i get back for milk. i’m hoping that raine will wean herself eventually, sana at 2 years nga. but i’ll keep this in mind. thanks again :)

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  5. alpha on August 21st, 2008

    di ako maka-relate hehehehe..

    ni-tag kita http://alphadf.11penguin.net/2008/08/21/random-preggy-tag/

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  6. Vannie on August 22nd, 2008

    congrats joy!! *pat-pat* hehehe
    sana i can be like you in a few months..hopefully weaned na si baby boy ko, he’s more dede mommy dede!! {wild} if i don’t let him nurse, we were talking kanina, i said big boys don’t dede anymore, only babies. ikaw..are u a big boy or big girl?
    sabi nya BABY!
    ahahahaha

  7. Mich on August 22nd, 2008

    congrats mommy joy and sandy! galing! galing! lapit na pala bday ni Sandy!

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