Loving Comfort: A Toddler Weaning Story Paperback – July 9, 2017

This was our favorite weaning book that we found for our daughter who is almost 2. She was not interested in giving up nursing. We read her this story and put it into our story rotation. She was intrigued and would ask for it at times. We would talk to her about weaning and refer to “Jack” from the story. It definitely helped in our weaning process.

This book is SO lovely. It is actually one of my toddler's favorite books! There are other books out there with more beautiful illustrations (in my humble opinion), but this book is beautifully written. I really appreciate the vocabulary and deep sensory care that went into this book. My almost 2 year old now takes deep breaths while she is nursing and then pops off the boob to say, "smelling Mama's scent, just like Jack." 😭😭😭Night weaning was a very emotional experience for my sensitive little one, and I think I bought every children's book on the market about gentle weaning. This one fast became the favorite and she would take big shakey breaths while I was reading it to her - it REALLY helped her process.An adorable bonus is she now tells her stuffies to "come and have loving comfort" when they are "sad." ♥️♥️Basically I just love this book so much.

Great book for both mother & toddler. Helps with the transition of weaning.

We got this book because she just wasn’t ready to let go. She LOVES the illustrations and within 3 days she skipped nursing and chose cuddles instead. Even though the pictures were about Jack, the story was about my daughter - I just had to read it with her name and pronouns! Her weaning journey differed a little from Jack’s because we kept the night nursing until the end. It was contextually easy to switch the order in which I read the pages so it fits my daughter’s nursing journey.She has been weaned for over a month now and still regularly asks to read Loving Comfort. It’s good for both of us every time she picks up the book!Con: Typo on one of the last pages. “Mama scent” needs corrected to “Mama’s scent”Suggestion: It would be so cool to be able to customize the name/pronouns. I did get tongue twisted a few times when first reading it to my daughter as her story.

My three-year old weaned off comfort nursing and this book was very helpful to read every night.

Please consider buying this book when you want to start weaning. The hardest thing, I feel, is we, as parents, are instructed how to start breastfeeding, but not instructed on how to stop. This book is a lifesaver to all parents who want to start weaning,. We co-sleep, she's two, was super into nursing, and it still worked!Just to let you know how we did it (because I Googled so many sites): We talked to our little about how big they are and how they are growing up about two weeks or so, in advance We had couple of bottles and cups of milk handy in the fridge. We read the book during story time or right before bed, talking about how it's okay to feel these feelings (all as needed). Instead of nursing, I gave her the bottle, but only during night time, and with extra cuddles. Sippy cups and big kids cups were given during the day. Over two weeks of that, it worked. Fyi: I bought the Suckerbuster product as back up but didn't have to use It because I stuck to my guns. That's a good one if you want to go that route to or need extra help.It wasn't always smooth, but I think that's the beauty of the book. It explains that it's okay to feel sad about stopping nursing but your parents will always love and want to be close. I also told her that I didn't have much and she needs more milk than I can offer her. Good luck to all the amazing parents!!!

This is a very sweet book and my toddler enjoyed reading it, along with a couple of others during our night weaning process. My issue with the book is that the toddler in the book just gets too busy to nurse, chooses not to ask for it and gradually stops of their own accord. I have heard anecdotes of this happening with some children. However, that was not my experience with either son. My oldest was 2.5 when we weaned, I was 7 months pregnant and not producing milk but he had no intention of stopping. My youngest will be 3 in a few weeks, still nurses before naptime and bedtime and seems to have no intention of stopping anytime soon. My body is telling me it is time to wean my almost 3 year old and I bought this book about 6 months ago hoping to guide my son in this process. While it addresses that kids can be unhappy if they have to wait to nurse, it doesn't really address what it's like when they are told that they can no longer nurse at all. Instead the mom delays when the kid can nurse and eventually the kid just stops asking. That just wasn't my experience with nursing. However, I do think my son got something out of it in the early stages of weaning when I began to set limits about when we would nurse, but I hope it didn't set him up with false expectations of how our nursing journey will end. The message from the author at the beginning and end of the book is sweet and encouraging. Weaning is difficult for mother and baby! But, so far in my experience, it's harder on mom than it is on the babes. It's never as hard as we expect, as long as we prepare the kids. They are so resilient and amazing!