Breastfeeding

As-salaam-alaykum,

Please does anyone have any advice on how to STOP breastfeeding. My daughter is coming up to 2 years old and she loves to still feed. If I tell her that the milk is finished she cries and cries. She will not take a bottle and I just don't know what to do. Is it correct that under islamic tradition, I have to stop when she is 2 years or can I feed a bit longer? Does anyone have any good advice?

Thank-you

I wouldn't do what semar did

It is fine if you go a bit longer but wean your daughter off at the same time, limit her feeding and widen the time gaps. (This will lessen your production of milk) If your daughter will not take the bottle, then get one of those toddler cups, with sprout and two handles and also a non spilage one. Give her drinks that way - water, juice and milk. Also a good tip is to have it on a coffee table where she can reach and let her take it when she feels like it.

My cousin when she was a baby never took to the bottle, we tried but she just never wanted it, so she went straight to the cup and at night it was left in her bed close to her reach, so when she woke up thirsty she could just grab the cup and drink and not disturb her mum , If you have a non spilage cup, which you can get, works better at night.

I don't think its all that necessary to have a bottle when you can go to the cup, normally by the age of 2 they can hold a cup (much better with two handles) as they can hold the bottles by themselves already  

semar wrote: But it worked very well Angel, just one time my kids gived up. Now they are 7 and 9. When we told them how we did that recently, they said we are so funny and smart guy and they laugh.

I know, probably one day i will try, who knows

Assalamu alaikum, Sister Kane,

Whichever method you use to wean your daughter, keep in mind that a lot of what she craves from the breastfeeding is the closeness she experiences with you.  Try to increase these nice moments of closeness with her doing other activities such as reading together, colouring, playing and other activities that can be done with her cuddled on your lap.  By doing so she is less likely to miss that "me and mom" time together that the breastfeeding gave her.

Peace, ummziba.