Another Failed Attempt in Weaning

I've been telling Rachel that she'd soon need to be weaned off breastfeeding but she simply do not hear of it!  Each time I tell her, she'd go - shake her head and said "ma ma" even when she was merely a few months old!  Since her 1st strong display of bottle rejection, I've been half-hearted about weaning her off - she had cried non-stop, for a good 1.5hrs+! and even refused to latch-on for milk after that, at a tender age of 1mth+, I certainly couldn't bring myself to go through the process when she's at a age of neither here nor there(neither too young to understand nor too old to really wean off).

Besides not wanting to disturb her older sister's sleep('cos she attends the morning school), the home movings and the holiday trips also deterred my determination(had initially planned to give it another try during these few wks of the school holidays).

 

I had wanted to start off with the day feeds but I've heard that if the night feeds are weaned-off, it'd be easier and thus, a week before we depart for Bangkok, I gave it a shot but failed...

Prep-ing her for the 'ordeal' tomorrow, I talked to her just now when she asked to be nursed to sleep.  Again, each time I told her to take milk in a bottle, she'd shake her head and give me the milk hand sign, indicating that she wanted to latch.  I continued talking to her even whilst she nursed and prior to that, I even brought out the breastmilk pump and a new box of milk bottle to show her.  Suddenly, she stopped, got up from bed and showed me that she's willing to give it a shot too and I was elated!  I thought a miracle has happened and quickly, I went to fix her a small bottle(only 160ml worth of FM mix as I'm not sure how much she drinks now), but upon a 1st sip, she gave me a look of disgust, shaked her head, covered her mouth with her hands and began to cry, :(...

 

I've recently met a mummy whom told me that, to successfully wean off b/feeding, I have to give milk in an alternative - spout/straw, instead of a soft teat 'cos that would only remind her of me.

 

In any case, it has been a failed attempt and I hope, I would have better luck tomorrow, with EBM(expressed breast milk)...