BF Guilt

Yep! My goal was 1 month, then 2 etc. we’ve made it to 6 months now. 3 bouts of mastitis and a 2 year old also running around. I’m so so so done but feel so so guilty and sad. I’m not sure how to stop either without it hurting

It was always my plan to stop after 6 months too and LO is 6 months now so I've started the process and feeling bittersweet about it! I never pumped so all feeds were done by me and to be honest I'm glad to start sharing some feeds now 🤣 I've realised I'm not necessarily sad to be stopping now as much as I'm just sad that those first 6 months have passed so quickly!

How are you going about stopping? Are you replacing it with formula slowly? I'd like to stop now we've reached six months but not sure how as my boy doesn't really take a bottle too well and with weaning as well I'm not sure if it would be too much at once for him to pick up

I started by introducing one bottle in the middle of the day then after a week of that, giving her 2 bottles a day, so it's easier on me decreasing supply slowly. She's now on 3 bottles a day and roughly 3 breastfeeds a day too, she did take to the bottle quite easily to be honest though so can't really be helpful there! She was very distracted with the first bottle and only took 50ml but by day 3 she drank the whole 7oz

Yes, I had to idea how long I would do it. But felt I would make it to 12 months, this month has been awful with illness and so much other stuff going on and I suddenly want to stop. I do feel guilty as I’m worried about how my baby will react to formula, but same as you, it’s not enough to make me carry on