My daughter is 1 year and 4 months old. She eats all foods now but at night when she has to sleep she refuses to do so without without me feeding her for some time. Only if I feed her she goes to sleep else keeps wailing . Also in the middle of the night if she wakes up she wants me to feed for a minute before she drops back to sleep . I wish to stop feeding her. Any suggestions ? Meera replied. Hi Bharati,
I feel that it is a bit early to wean. Doctors suggest to breast feed the baby till 2 yrs. My daughter is 19 months. I breast feed her in night before she goes to sleep and then I usually give her bottle if she gets up in mid night. It took me sometime to make her use to of bottle, but now she doesnt mind. I have observed one more thing, if my daughter is full, she wont get up in the night. So, make sure she has her dinner properly. Jasmine replied. I agree with Swati, the child is only looking for comfort at night and is not hungry. Let daughter cry at night when she wakes up. It will be difficult but you have to control yourself to not go, beleive me it will take at least 1 week or a little longer but you will see the difference and it will make your life easier.

As for the remainder of the day, pump the milk if you want to continue giving breast milk and start your daughter with a bottle. Let her cry for a while, when she realizes that she is only going to get a bottle she will take it.

It will work, this is what I did with my son. Good luck. Swati replied. Bharati

Rule # 1 : Wean yourself off the baby 1st. I had the same problem and it will be impossible weaning her off later, The worst part ofcourse was that the baby would cry in the middle of the night and my husband would say just feed her because the others in the building will get up. But one day I just put my foot down and let her cry. She cried this way for 1 week every night but gave up after that - You see sleep is so important that the baby finally gives in. She will understand that there is no milk to be had. My little one would tug at my clothes and make a big hue and cry but learnt in a week that there is nothing she is going to get from here. This is more comfort sucking than drinking milk.