I really really wanted to feed my DS2 for at least a year, as I did with DS1, but I think I am just about ready to admit defeat. He has been so difficult to feed for one reason or another over the last few months, and now he's taken to biting. It really really hurts.
He seems to do it because he's annoyed, sometimes because I'm talking and distracting him, sometimes I think because the flow has gone slow. A breast feeding counsellor suggested I pinch his nose when he does it, but my reactions have been too slow so far (mainly because I'm doubled up in pain at the time or concentrating on stifling a scream because we're in a public place).
Anyway, today DH sensibly pointed out that I don't have to bfeed him and why don't I just give up and move him on to bottles. And to be honest there seem to be a million practical reasons why this is a good idea. It's just I don't really want to give up and end on a bad note. I feel like I've let my baby down by not somehow making this work and sticking it out. But I am also very fed up with struggling on like this. Is it time to let it go?
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Is it time to stop bfeeding my 7 month old?
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SpacePod · 21/06/2009 17:15
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