016 When to Wean From Breastfeeding

Badass Breastfeeding Podcast

Dianne Cassidy & Abby Theuring

Education, Baby, Lactation Consultant, Nursing, Parenting, Attachment Parenting, Motherhood, Breastmilk, Kids & Family, Breastfeeding, Formula, Babies, Infant Feeding, Infant

4.8 • 815 Ratings

🗓️ 20 November 2017

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Submit your question and we’ll answer it in a future episode! “Honey, the baby is two now and my mom said it’s time to wean. I really don’t want to, but I think I should because that’s what people are telling me. When do I need to wean?” “Well you never need to intervene to wean! The choice should be totally yours!” “Honey, that’s great to hear from you!! You are so supportive!! How did you know that?” “I heard Dianne and Abby talking on that podcast you...

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0:00.0	Hi and welcome to the badass breastfeeding podcast. Co-hosted by Abby Thuring, the badass breastfeeding podcast.
0:21.6	Co-hosted by Abby Thearing, the badass breastfeater, and Diane Cassidy, IBCLC.
0:28.4	Hey, welcome to the badass breastfeeding podcast.
0:30.9	We are up to episode 16.
0:33.4	This is Diane.
0:35.1	And this is Abby.
0:36.5	And you guys probably already know that that but we're going to talk about
0:39.1	when to ween so i can tell you when not to wean when people tell you when to wean like that's
0:44.6	that's pretty much my contribution for this whole thing today is or yeah or on a bad day yes
0:53.1	that's the other thing do not wean on a bad day because how many people
0:55.9	do you hear from that say i'm over this today i think i'm done i'm gonna ween and it's like day three
1:01.8	or something and you know yeah and you're often i mean like i'm over like my job sometimes i'm over
1:07.1	my i'm over my marriage i'm over being a mom like but you you don't just quit. You don't just like quit your job or get divorced or whatever when like things are bad. You just you have to wait. You got to wait it out a little bit. And other things that you're going to do with your child. Like I remember I had this amazing lactation consultant that I worked under when I was first starting, and she was hilarious.
1:28.7	Like, she would just put things into, she would just put things in a way that were just hilarious.
1:36.3	Like, they were just like, oh my God, I didn't think about it like that.
1:38.8	It would just be funny.
1:40.1	But she would be like, and we worked in the hospital setting.
1:42.1	So, you know, sometimes we'll get people in the hospital that were like, it would be day two and they'd be like, this is too hard.
1:46.8	I'm just going to quit.
1:47.8	And she'd be like, so I guess those same people are going to carry their child around forever because they're not going to be able to tie their shoes the first time they ever do it either. So like your child, no matter how amazing and brilliant they are, they don't get everything the first time you try to do it.
2:07.9	No, that's right.
2:08.9	I mean, well, yeah, that happens with everything.
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