Has anyone quit breastfeeding cold turkey?

Please none of these silly comments that it's detrimental, abusive or harmful for the child. Mums have their reason why they need to quit.

I'm ready to quit breastfeeding cold turkey, our son is almost 2 and I am currently almost 31 weeks pregnant, he has been ebf from the day he was born (yes he eats 3 meals a day). I just can't handle breastfeeding anymore, it's becoming overwhelming, overstimulating and difficult for many reasons. I know my milk has changed or gone and when he feeds now it is draining. He has a habit of nursing for 1 second, stretching the nipple then letting go and he repeats this continuously, he then will chew on the nipple (but without teeth if that makes sense) and it makes me itchy all over. Due to the change he now is waking in the night, when before he would nurse for his nap, then bedtime and sleep through. I tried the bandaid method and it doesn't seem to be working as he just cries and cries and I REFUSE to let him cry. My husband has tried to do sleep time but he won't sleep for my husband as he wants to nurse. He does have cows milk, water and squash, but doesn't want any of it when he wants to nurse. Any help would be appreciated... Again I said help, not unhelpful comments. Not everyone loves breastfeeding and I would love to have some sort of break before our 2nd is born. Photo to not get lost

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Partner getting angry over baby not settling

My baby is 12 weeks old and has always been a good sleeper, we’ve never really had many issues with her sleep. But this morning she has been so fussy and crying all morning from 3am till now (7am) but she’s finally settled. I’m 99% sure she has trapped wind or just has a sore tummy from not pooping for about 24hrs now. ANYWAYS. At about 4:30am my partner woke up and tried to settle her, obviously it didn’t work, he then had the nerve to shout at the baby telling her to “sort herself out”. I had to try my hardest not to snap but I told him to not dare talk to her like that as it’s not her fault she’s upset, my girl loves her sleep and I know that’s what she’d rather be doing than screaming her head off. The extra annoying part is I have never woken him up for help through the night when she’s fussy, I’m always in another room with her until I know she’s definitely settled, he always tells me before he goes to bed “wake me up if you need me” but I never do, and now I guess I know why.

It’s just annoyed me how I deal with her whenever she’s upset 24/7, he’s at work 6am-4/5pm all week and even weekends some days, not to mention the sports he does 3 days a week and the times his friends ask him to go out. The times he does see her she’s happy. He hasn’t had her 1:1 since she was about 6 weeks old if not earlier than that. Everytime I offer him to feed her a bottle of expressed milk he has an excuse, whenever I try to get him to even just spend time with her he has an excuse. But because he doesn’t spend enough time with her he doesn’t recognise her different cues for what she needs and then he gets frustrated when he can’t settle her. It’s a vicious cycle.

But the short of the rant is, I’m so angry that he had the nerve to shout at the baby for crying when he’d only been awake 30 minutes and she was clearly in some kind of pain. Instead of trying to be her comfort person and her safe space he decided no, I’ll shout at her, which in turn scared her and upset her more.

I’ve never been so angry. How would anyone else approach this situation?

17 months is HARD

can someone please tell I’m not alone in feeling like the 17 month old mark is so hard or am I just going crazy.
On lack of sleep still aswell as he isn’t sleeping through, everyday is a challenge and sometimes I find myself losing my patience by early evening because the constant tantrums, nothings ever right, one second somethings fun the literal next second it’s the worst idea ever and he screams over nothing.
He can’t tell me with words what it is he wants so this makes him frustrated and rightly so. But I’m just finding this whole age range so so difficult and challenging

Anyone else feel the same?

My baby is 3 weeks old today and the love I have for her is crazy but my goodness this is the hardest thing I’ve ever done. Does anyone else’s baby constantly wriggle and squirm, cry for no reason but then have days where they barely cry at all so you find yourself thinking is it reflux, is it this is it that!? But if it was, she’d be like it all the time! Constantly thinking well something must be wrong because most babies ‘have something’. Wondering if their formula is right for them even though there’s no reason to suggest it isn’t. I feel like the Internet is bombarding me with things at the minute around ‘does your baby do this’ then buy this!! But like, isn’t she just being a newborn!?

What I’m trying to say is does anyone else just feel this immense pressure and constant anxiety of ‘are they okay’!! I can never seem to relax

Attaching to boob

Hi mamas,

My son was born 12 days ago, and we’ve been having trouble with breastfeeding from the start because he hasn’t been able to latch properly.

Two days ago, we had his tongue tie snipped, hoping that would solve the problem. Straight afterwards, he latched really well and fed for about 30 minutes, which gave me so much hope. But since we’ve been home, he hasn’t latched once.

I know he can do it now, but whenever I try to breastfeed, he cries, arches his back, or pushes his head away. It’s becoming really upsetting, and I just want to be able to feed my baby without relying on a bottle.

I will be going to breastfeeding support groups and I also have a few names for some specialists so I will have to get some professional help involved.

Has anyone else experienced this after a tongue tie release? If so, did anything help? I’d really appreciate any advice or reassurance. ❤️

Tummy problems and straining

I have a six week old baby and am a first time mum who is formula feeding. He has always struggled a little with straining when pushing but lately this has intensified and we have just had a window of around 44 hours where he didn't go for a poo and was visibly struggling when trying to push. I am following guidance and doing bicycle legs and tummy rubs, we have also had two sessions of craniosacrial therapy. He sent dehydrated and still taking feeds. I have spoken to doctors and healthcare visitors but feel a little dismissed and am continuously told its just normal. I suppose I am looking for some reassurance that 1) it is normal and 2) even if it is, it's okay to be worried and see if anyone has any other advice.