Breast weaning

I am going through the exact same thing! My little boy uses me as a dummy constantly and it’s just getting too much for me now but have no idea how to wean him off.. he still uses bf for comfort a lot and refuses bottles to get back with me again for milk.. especially at night! Sorry I have no advice just wanted you to know you aren’t alone on this! X

@Emma it's so hard isn't it 😪 currently on wake up 2 already, I've looked at gradual weaning, cold turkey, I've literally no idea where to start x

I’m going through the same. My lil one only wants to sleep with me. She wants to sleep on my chest, while feeding or just using me as dummy, the min I put her down and turn away she wakes up, cries in frustration which upsets me because I want to sleep so I can be up for work and then uses me again as a dummy and sleeps again. I don’t know what to do either. I have no advices.

@Afnan oh poor you, I completely get that, if I don't give in with the boob or my partner tries to settle him, a 5 minute wake up becomes 1 hour & when your sleep deprived & needing to get up in the morning.. it's tough x

Exactly the same here, I didn’t imagine this at 14 months and now my little guy won’t take pumped milk in a bottle anymore either 😭 and he wakes up a ridiculous amount of times in the night so I completely relate to that!

@Faria 😪😞😪

Have you recently started back at work/ baby at childcare? Separation anxiety peaks at this age and it’s very likely baby is using feeding to reconnect with you after time apart. They feed for connection and comfort more so than milk/ food around this time so if you are wanting to wean you’ll need to look at meeting babies need for closeness in other ways. It’s often much easier to wean at 18+ months though if you can stick it out until then. Solidarity though, I get up for work at 420 so I totally appreciate how rough the frequent night wakes are sometimes were still up hourly 😭 x

Same here I was told by few friends that after one year breastfeeding will be hard My LG want to keep the breast in her month they entire night and wakes like every hour .. I can’t bring my self to even try to stop breastfeeding even with all the struggle.. hoeing she will wean her self

@Yasmin hi why it’s easier to stop at 18 months ?

@Yasmin I went back to work 3 months ago but only 1 day & 1 night shift & why 18 months? X

I'd love to know how others have dealt with this because I've reached a breaking point too. My daughter will only feed to sleep and it takes me 2 hours to get her down every night and I'm not able to function at work. I wish she would settle for her dad but I have no idea where to start

@Rebecca @Louma the worst of the separation anxiety has passed, they are more aware and have more understanding so can be better supported through the process and they’re more likely to sleep slightly longer stretches naturally by then. You can of course do it at any time you choose but you’ll likely have an easier time in terms of them understanding and accepting the older they are as by this age they have the strong connection to feeding but aren’t yet quite old enough to understand where it’s gone when it goes so it’s a difficult spot. Hope this helps! x