Breastfeeding

I’ve come on to follow not offer advice unfortunately we are in the same boat he is obsessed with me too it love him dearly but he is my 5th and my god I am exhausted all the others naturally weaned by now including the twins at 18 months within a week of each other

No advice but come to follow as my daughter is totally obsessed with boobie and no idea how to stop. Tried night weaning just before she turned two but it failed so back to square one.

Carry on he won’t go to university on boob 🫶🏼 sending big love amazing mama what an amazing achievement to have fed to this point xxx

If you want to keep going , keep going !

My daughter only feeds at bedtime now and I’m expecting number 2 in next few weeks

I had surgery when my son was about 20 months so couldn’t breastfeed for a day afterwards, saw this as my opportunity to stop. I told him I was poorly and offered pumped milk in a sippy cup, then half and half with cows milk, then just cows milk and told him it was cows milk (he loves cows and always asks for “cows milk” specifically now 😂). The first week was hard, sometimes I had to offer him a biscuit as a distraction from his boob seeking meltdown.

Try going down to just bedtimes, then every other night. It's hard (especially the mum guilt) but one of those things if you are firm and just say no/distract with something else they will adapt quickly.

Do you still feed on demand? If so set your boundaries and stick to them. I would only feed after 3 hours before 1. Then it became morning, nap (if we were together), bedtime and overnight between 1 & 4 weeks before her 2nd birthday when she said ‘no milk’ at bedtime, mammy cuddles. Now she chooses between mammy and daddy cuddles instead. She’s fed only a handful of times overnight since then when she’s woke early hours and if she hasn’t woken up I’ll feed first thing. I was going to stop at 2 but it feels much more manageable now. I’m going to get a book called booby moon when we do stop the final feed. I’ll reassess after Easter after we’ve been away in March and staying with family at Easter

My daughter was the same. I went out for a couple nights after work and dad do the routine with the bottle and she did amazing and we just carried on. When I wasn't there she wasn't bothered . It surprised me so much. Mamas, if you can make yourself scares at the feed times xx