My DD is 6 months old and I've just gone back to work; I will be full time but am currently using annual leave to do a phased return. My plan was to switch her to bottles of formula in the day whilst she's at nursery, then bf morning and night. But after taking bottles of ebm with no issue for months, she suddenly became a complete bottle refuser. My DP tried and nursery staff have tried, but at best she'll take an ounce from the bottle; I think she's just waiting for me at the end of the day. The good news is that she's taken to solids really quickly and now eats three meals a day with sips of water from a cup. Meanwhile, I'm having to express at work for comfort, a situation I really don't want to be in as its inconvenient, and I've got a course coming up in May when I'll be away from DD for two nights. Also she's up several times a night still for feeds and the tiredness is crippling at work, if I wasn't bf at least DP could help with the night feeds.
I think it's time to stop breastfeeding, and the only way that seems open to me is to leave her with her Dad for a night and go cold turkey, seeing as trying to phase out gradually did not work. Logically I'm ready to stop but emotionally I'm finding it really tough, and it feels so cruel to stop abruptly. So tell me, AIBU to do this?
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To stop breastfeeding cold turkey
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gingertessa · 05/04/2013 19:09
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