Well I caved! I really didn’t want to wean my daughter from breastfeeding just to put her on a bottle, but I’ve been really wanting to wean her for the past little while.
It doesn’t make sense to me to wean a child from something, get them using something else, just to have to wean them from that later on. For example a breastfed child is usually weaned to a bottle or a sippy cup, and then weaned from that on to a regular cup.
Don’t get me wrong, Cali has taken a bottle when I am not available but up until now it has not been consistent. I introduced a regular glass at the same time she started eating solids and have also introduced a water bottle type container for when we are on the go. And she drinks fine from both.
However the other night when I was putting her to bed and offered her the breast, she bit me. Not just a little bite. She bit as hard as she could and pulled. I know I didn’t handle that situation as good as I should have. I screamed in pain, put her down and left the room. She bit so hard I was sure she drew blood – it felt like it anyway, but all she did was leave some really good teeth marks.
So she is now weaned to a bottle. I tried getting her to use the water type container for before naps & bedtime but she refused, so it’s a bottle. I’m not sure if she will really get attached to the bottle or not. She doen’t seem to really like or want the bottle too bad anyway. I might decide not to offer anything before sleeps – that’s actually probably the best thing to do.
Write a Comment