Weaning

Weaning Your Baby Baby Doctor If you breast-feed your baby, the gradual, one-meal-at-a-time reduction of her sucking will reduce the supply of milk produced in your body without causing as much discomfort. But be sure to wait until your breas...

Breaking Away From BottlesI always dreamt that my babies would go directly from breastfeeding to drinking out of a cup, with no bottles in between. Well, it never happened that way. Tom and I were left with the task of weaning three children, all...

Nursing Your Older Baby and Weaning For many women, weaning their breastfed infant represents the first among a host of developmental transitions that characterize childhood. The long journey involved in transforming a totally dependent newborn i...

Common Myths About Weaning MYTH: My baby weaned himself at an early age. FACT: The full natural course of breastfeeding was designed to continue a year or more. Yet, it's not uncommon for a woman to report that her baby "weaned himself" at four m...

Breast-feeding is generally recommended for the first 12 months of life. ...

Great tips on how to gradually transition a child from the baby bottle. ...