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fefer, so you are just bf'ing at breakfast lunch and dinner now? I am able to get Ava to take a bottle but she doesn't like it especially when I give it to her. I have to coax her a lot. I gave her one after breakfast this morning and my plan is to do lunch and dinner the same, but I don't know if she'll go all day without nursing. We'll see. Then I'll nurse her before bed. She finally fell asleep for her nap without nursing so that was a plus. I'm going to cold turkey tonight on the 4am feed. Last night it was at 2am and she FREAKED when I tried to just rock her. Then I tried a juice bottle and she was arching her back, pushing it away and screaming. I was nearly in tears so I pulled the boob out and she instantly stopped, started sucking furiously and then fell asleep. I felt so defeated :( I don't want her to learn that screaming gets her way you know??? I started worrying "maybe she IS hungry?" so today I'm trying to make sure she eats plenty solids AND bm/formula along with snacks. If I know how much she is taking in I'll feel more confident letting her cry tonight when she wakes that one time. I am so worried that I'm pushing this too soon but I really want it to be done and her weaned before we move when she is 12.5 months old. I don't want to do it later in a totally new environment if that makes sense. Do you think it is ok to jump to cutting out all the day nursings like I'm trying to do right now? I think the thing I really want to happen is for her to be able to fall asleep without nursing. She's really using it as comfort now and I am afraid I don't make as much milk as she needs so she's not getting enough breastmilk anyways.

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