My 14month DD is obsessed with breastfeeding. I've just returned to work and she won't drink any sort of milk or formula during the day. She feeds for around 3 hours every night and I am exhausted and constantly ill.
I really want to carry on giving her feeds first thing in the morning and at bedtime but it's proving impossible to night-wean her. We've managed to get it down to one feed most nights, around 3am, but she will feed from 3am until 5 or 6 and I am done in!
I don't know how to get her to stop. If I don't feed her she will cry for hours.
She has also not coped very well with my return to work and is very clingy when I am at home and wants a two minute feed every 15 minutes or so. I really don't know what to do to move things forward. She obviously doesn't want to stop and needs the physical contact but I can't carry on like this. Any advice gratefully received.
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14month old refusing to cut back on breastfeeds, especially at night. Help!
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missrose · 25/02/2014 21:18
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