Is my breastfeeding journey ending?!

It doesn’t have to be. I would make sure he is using the slowest flow nipples on his bottles because larger flow nipples make it too easy for them to drink while breastfeeding requires work. Also make sure you pace feed the baby bottles in order to slow him from eating so fast.

Why don’t you pump? If accepting the bottle can still have breastmilk goodness then. I WFH and pump during zoom calls etc n just take out once meeting over. They are quiet and not that obvious with the right tip

Actually, mine is quite the opposite. My letdowns are super fast and I feel the flow of my breastmilk is very strong, so he sometimes struggles to keep up. But with the bottle, the flow is slower, so I think he prefers that.

In my situation, would you recommend increasing the bottle nipple size from 1 to 2 so he learns to drink faster? I’m just worried he might choke if the flow becomes too fast.

That’s true but I really loved nursing him - esp those quite times with him. Just can’t accept that I can’t do it anymore.

Possibly or look into getting a nipple shield. I know that helped my oldest with my strong letdowns in the beginning. He used to let go and spray his face with milk lol

This is exactly what I’m going through right now, I ugly cried tonight because I am like maybe this is over 😭 I also have a quick letdown sometimes it helps to push with your palm at the top of your breast down to your nipple and hand express a little bit before you feed them. That way you aren’t fire hosing them in the face

Thank you for your suggestion. Will try that & see if it helps.

Try to nurse him whenever you can. Let’s hope our little ones take both the bottle and the breast. I usually try when he’s half-asleep and offer him the breast—he does take it then. Hoping he becomes comfortable with both.