Struggling to get toddler off boob

Hi all, I’ve breastfed my little boy since birth. He’s now 20 months old. Iam really struggling to get him off the boob :( he only has boob for nap times & for bedtime as that’s the only way he’ll settle and drift off. As much as I’ve loved breastfeeding I really feel it needs to come to an end, I want my body back & I want him to be able to settle without it. I also want his dad to be able to settle him at night too & I know he wants to help me out at night time but because he doesn’t have a boob & our little boy associates me with the boob he’ll just scream if my partner even tries to help. I have tried to just not give it to him & that just resorts in him crying and kicking off so bad to the point he can make himself sick. I’m really struggling. Any advice would be massively appreciated🙏🏼🙏🏼x

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Would he take any milk in a bottle? That way you could start cutting down on feeds?

@Asha I’ve tried a bottle sooo many times, I even bought one of those expensive emaluit bottles or whatever they’re called to see if that would work & absolutely nothing has worked. He’ll spit out the cows milk and just chew on the teat. I just feel so lost! X

I can totally sympathise with you, my son stopped at 27 months but it was a sloooow process. I took away the nap time feed first. He did get upset but after a couple of days he got used to me helping him settle in a different way, though he took a lot longer to fall asleep. Once he had accepted that he wasn’t being fed for naps then my husband was able to get him down for a nap. Seeing them so upset is awful, it makes it really hard. I suppose if you’re totally ready to start weaning him then you’ll have to try comfort him through the upset. Otherwise, wait a little longer, he might not find it as distressing.

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