Just looking for some much needed advice. Im pretty clueless when it comes to BF and stopping.
DD is 8.5 months. She was a complete bottle refuser from early on. She was fed on demand multiple times a day and night (upto 5 at night). As soon as she cried I fed her and thats the way it was until recently when I got a bit more "strict" on when I would feed her - basically I feed her now as a last resort instead of the first solution.
So now her 5 feeds during the night is down to 1 or 2 and she feeds 4 times during the day.
Im really ready to stop breastfeeding now and shes gradually accepting a bottle. Today she took 4oz from a bottle so I thought yes! Now I can stop.
This has happened a few times but then the night time I give her a bottle she just chews it or has half an oz or so, so then I give in and breastfeed her.
Tonight however I didnt breastfeed her even though she only took 1oz of her bedtime bottle. She was just playing.with the bottle really. Usually she has a very long breastfeed before bed.
The good news is that she went to.sleep anyway without the breastfeed so I know she is capable of sleeping with a breastfeed.
Im just now clueless of where to go from here. Do I give her a bottle for her nightfeed? Do I offer breast?
Ive been in.this position a few times and becuase she didnt have any set feeding times I found it impossible to substitute one breastfeed for a bottle as it was so unpredictable.
I just dont want to fall back into breastfeeding for every feed and forgetting to.offer the bottle or it not.being.convenient and therefore realising I.havnt offered a bottle for a few. Days.
I want.to stop but not sure how to especially as shes only taking an oz more often than not.
Any advice please.
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Stopping breastfeeding - a few questions
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Jupitertomars · 27/05/2017 20:08
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