Sitting here with hot water bottle on extremely painful plugged milk duct, which just feels like the last straw .
DS loves the boob but has no breastfeeding manners despite months of trying to train him! He pulls strands of my hair, repeatedly slaps my face, grabs at my mouth. If I give him something else to fiddle with he just stops feeding. Now he has top and bottom teeth he regularly bites me. I have had enough!
He won't take a bottle, at all, never has. He will take water from a sippy cup but not milk - having said that even water he can't drink without soaking himself in it. He can't match his mouth onto the spout, just sort of chews it and pours it down himself.
He currently feeds at 6am, 10am (fed to sleep for nap) 12pm, 2pm (fed to sleep for nap), 4pm and 7pm (fed to sleep). Most nights he wakes 2 or 3 times and has to be fed to go back to sleep.
I realise that probably sounds crazy for 10 months but that's where I am. Stopping seems impossible right now and I just feel trapped by him and exhausted. I also have a very active 3 year old at home with me as well and I end up leaving her on her own to watch tv while I put him down for naps which often can take 20 mins or so and I feel like a terrible mum for leaving her to her own devices.
Has anyone got any advice. DH thinks I should just stop cold turkey but I feel that is a really cruel way to go and I always want to use the most gentle option.
Is it worth cutting the nights out first? He doesn't eat a huge amount but tbh it's no wonder with how much milk he has!
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Im ready to stop bfing at 10 months but don't know how!
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User24689 · 04/09/2018 11:49
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