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Family Forum / Pregnancy / Breastfeeding / January 2007What to drink at night after weaning?
Hi, I'm in the process of weaning. I'm down to morning and night (before bed). I'm close to dropping the morning feeding (which I think he's ready, since he points to the door when I come in and fights my nursing him). After that, I'll only have the nighttime one. My son WON'T drink anything other than water. I've tried EBM, Milk, Goats milk, Soy milk, combos of EBM/other....nada. My question to the group is what do I give my son at night in place of the nursing? He's soo close to not wanting to nurse anymore...do I not offer anything else? He eats so little at meals, I feel like I should offer something. But he won't take anything to drink... Any thoughts? Thanks! maureen I forgot to add that my son is 1 year old. Thanks. maureen > Hi, > [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > Thanks! > maureen >I forgot to add that my son is 1 year old. > [quoted text clipped - 20 lines] >> Thanks! >> maureen what i did with my son was give him some fresh fruit juice that i juiced myself and added some water to it and thats what he drank could help its good for them and not full of sugar and the natrual sugar in it will be less if u add the water to it but i would not give juice bought from a shop if u can just juice some urself if u can let me know how it goes natasha Is it that he doesn't want anything? If so, no reason to drink anything. If he's fussy because he's thirsty, there's nothing wrong with water, it's very good for you. Sometimes my kids drink water, sometimes milk, sometimes nothing. After they're potty trained you will be happy if they don't want anything to drink right before bed :-) Kids will not starve themselves, if they are hungry enough they WILL eat. My daughter eats like a bird (she is 4, and her 2 year old brother eats loads more than her, just different metabolisms/appetites). Sometimes she eats one small meal a day and other days she eats alot. Just depends on how hungry she is. Don't forget their tummys are much smaller than ours. Plus they haven't learned to ignore their instincts that tell them when they are full, and we don't want them to :-) As for the milk, my 4 year old didn't like it at first, but I think she just preferred b/m. I tried warming it up and that seemed to help, now she loves milk. After we switched to organic milk I stopped warming it up because I hated wasting it if she didn't finish it, so she just got used to drinking it cold. Good luck! Leann > Hi, > [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > Thanks! > maureen He'll drink water until he floats away... I was just curious what others have done after finishing with the night nursing. Thanks!! > Is it that he doesn't want anything? If so, no reason to drink anything. > If he's fussy because he's thirsty, there's nothing wrong with water, it's [quoted text clipped - 36 lines] > > Thanks! > > maureen > He'll drink water until he floats away... Clever little boy -- it's the best drink you can give him!  SignatureChookie -- Sydney, Australia (Replace "foulspambegone" with "optushome" to reply) "Parenthood is like the modern stone washing process for denim jeans. You may start out crisp, neat and tough, but you end up pale, limp and wrinkled." Kerry Cue > I'm in the process of weaning. I'm down to morning and night (before > bed). I'm close to dropping the morning feeding (which I think he's [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > > Any thoughts? Water is fine, and is better for his teeth than the rest of the options you listed. I give my daughter a sippy cup with water at night. Works just fine. Amy > My son WON'T drink anything other than water. I've tried EBM, Milk, > Goats milk, Soy milk, combos of EBM/other....nada. Water is perfectly fine. You don't need to worry with other liquids. Marie hehe I read the header and thought Ooooh, I've got lots of great things to drink after weaning... ;) but you were talking about the *kid*. hehe Anyway, I left sippy cups of water in the crib with Micah. Em mama to Micah, 11/14/04 > Hi, > [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > Thanks! > maureen |
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