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Short Answer: No, but the mother's needs are highly important, and it's safe to wean if she feels it's time. At a certain point, somewhere between 6 and 12 months, breastfeeding is no longer providing everything nutritional the baby needs. From around 12 months, it's no longer nutritionally necessary to breastfeed, as the baby will be getting everything ...

You can start by eliminating the feedings that are of least interest to your child (you can figure this out by how long the child nurses). Drop one feeding at a time and then wait a few days for your body to catch up with the signal to not produce milk at that time. Eliminating night feedings first may give you and your child better sleep. At the ...

My wife mixed breast milk in with the formula for awhile, eventually increasing the formula until it was all the baby was used to. At some points she had issues and also had a small bottle of all breast milk, so when the baby refused the formula she would start one bottle then switch. Our kids mostly refused formula, and my oldest wouldn't take the bottle ...

My wife's interests aside, is there any real need to wean a child from breast milk or infant formula on purpose? No, there is no real "need" to wean a child from breastmilk on purpose if Mom is okay with prolonging breastfeeding and the child is developing fine. (Aside: after they are 12 months old you may offer an alternative milk - goat's milk or ...

It may be natural for children to lose interest in breastfeeding once they start on solids, but if they don't lose interest you do not need to be worried. I think our first child was about 18 months old before we completely weaned her. By then, of course, she was eating meals with the family and could eat most foods on her own. But she still had her daily ...

With two children now 3 and 21 months we had two different personalities to contend with but got it done. What worked for our children was transition to a different routine at the time we wanted the nursing to subside. The first step was to transition to bedtime only feedings. This pacified both children and was the single biggest step we took. When it ...

Interesting that she was happy with it for about 2 weeks. Are you sure or have you checked if it has caused any irritation to the stomach? If everything is OK, what if you try to slowly introduce the formula with expressed milk, for example half expressed milk and half formula and decrease the expressed milk while increasing the formula until she ...

I'm not sure where you have gotten this information but it doesn't sound right. There's no reason you can't give milk before 1 year, in fact as you wean your child you should introduce milk unless they show signs of intolerance as they need the vitamin D, Calcium, and fat. As for salt children need some salt in their diet, but they should get what they need ...