Loving Comfort: A Toddler Weaning Story

Just what I was looking for! I'm trying to gently wean my newly 2 year old and she loves this story, had me read it on repeat the first day we got it. It covers night weaning and daytime boundaries (both of which we had already done) and the gradual transition to no more nursing at all. The entire time, it emphasizes the love, warmth, and care that Mama always offers, even when it isn't from milk. The illustrations are lovely and the text flows smoothly. Highly recommend!

This is a beautiful book on a topic rarely covered. I have a three-year-old daughter who we are currently trying to wean. We do not cosleep, and she only nurses for the most part at night time before bed. She tends to relate well to, and poll concepts from, books really well. This book follows a little boy Jack who learns he can always have mamas warm snuggles anytime he wants but as he gets older he no longer needs her milk. It does a good job of acknowledging the child sadness at first, and the emotions that he goes through. Then, in simple terms, you see Jack become more comfortable with the idea and eventually he doesn’t want Bouvy anymore and stops asking for it. It’s very well done and I like it very much. I do feel it is a little expensive for a paper back book, that is my only complaint.

This is such a sweet book. It validates the feelings of the little one who needs to wean, while also helping them understand that the end of nursing doesn’t mean that their mother will stop loving and comforting them. My 3 year old was a nursing addict, and this made things easier — but weaning him was still hard on everyone, because no book can make a nursing addict suddenly ready to stop. As a side benefit, this book helped my husband understand why weaning was so difficult for our son. My husband has always been 100% onboard with breastfeeding and would have supported continuing to breastfeed longer if I had wanted to, but after reading this book, he mentioned that he had never really thought about *why* little ones like nursing so much. He thought it was mostly the flavor, the proximity to the mom, and maybe oral motor instincts, but he didn’t really think about the emotional closeness, the smell of milk, the warmth, the sound of the mom’s heartbeat, etc. I think that helped him understand why weaning was so hard.

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.

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 has been a LIFESAVER for not only my twin girls but also for me as the mom as well! Breastfeeding has been a cherished time for my girls and me to connect and let the rest of the world melt away. The prospect of letting this go can elicit powerful emotions in all three of us! In this book, we witness little boy Jack and his mamma experience a wide range of emotions as his mamma gradually restricts when and where he can breastfeed. We witness Jack's sadness, shock, confusion, and anger as new boundaries are placed around breastfeeding. But we also see Jack's mother's loving allowance for all his feelings and her warm reassurance that all will be ok. As we see little boy Jack embrace his new role as a big boy who can still feel mammas smell, cuddle in her arms and enjoy the closeness he craves. It is a message of hope and reassurance during a big rite of passage in life. My girls and I LOVE reading this book for the compelling message and engaging illustrations. I highly recommend it!

The content of this book is excellent, but the physical production is a letdown. It’s clearly a Print on Demand copy with flimsy paper and poor print quality. To top it off, "2-day shipping" was postponed twice and took nearly a week to arrive. 5 stars for the author, but 1 star for the manufacturer and delivery.

I am on a slow weaning journey with ny son. Hes 21 months old and I think he understands the weaning process more after we have read this a few times. I have found it helpful and we will keep reading it.

Nice content. Helped in weaning of my baby. Cost is very high. But content is good.

Wir haben es während dem Vorlesen on the fly übersetzt und das hat gut funktioniert. Unser Kind hat das Buch geliebt und gerade in der Abstill-Zeit oft angeschaut. Es ist auch toll als Anhaltspunkt, um mit dem Kind darüber zu reden.

Great book for parents trying to wean their child. I recommend. Hope they have more with kids from different backgrounds

A lovely book that you can introduce at any stage of BF

Super cute book, love the story unfortunately our toddler wasn’t interested in it during weaning so we stuck with our favourite books