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ooooohhhhhhh someone hold my hand please!!!!

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pookamoo · 16/02/2010 11:33

Basically a weaning thing... please don't judge me I am already judging myself!

I am hiding downstairs. DD is wailing upstairs in her cot. I have been trying for almost an hour to get her down for her nap. She is hanging. I've had to leave the room because my patience is wearing a bit thin now.

She is just wailing "booooobieeeee" over and over.

She is 15 months and has been at nursery 3 days a week since Christmas. DH has a day off on Friday and I work 4 days. When I am at work, and at the weekends, she doesn't have any breastfeeds during the day: only at bed time and once in the night.

But she KNOWS that on a Tuesday it's just me and her, and she is begging me for a boobie feed.

I feel so sad, because I know I could do it so easily, but I have also come to the difficult decision over the last few weeks that the time has come for daytime weaning. As it is, she has cows' milk from a cup at nursery every day.

Is it so bad to just want to be able to comfort my child by cuddling her, without having to also feed her?

I have loved breastfeeding, and I'm happy to continue the bedtime feeds, but she is all but weaned in the day. I am finding this a bit difficult and upsetting, to be honest.

Any wise mners care to hold my hand?

I don't believe in leaving her to cry, so 2 more minutes and I will go back up there. She really needs her sleep and usually has 2 sleeps a day. Something tells me it's not the case today. And we've got some mums and babies coming at 2.30 this afternoon!

Grumpy, overtired baby, and stressed out frazzled mummy here I think!

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pookamoo · 16/02/2010 11:42

She fell asleep while I was away. I hate it, I feel like I just left her to cry it out.

But she was so tired and I took her out in the buggy for a long walk this morning too, hoping she would go to sleep. She never does though!

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MamaG · 16/02/2010 11:45

Ah poor you! you know it's just pure temper though, she is warm, safe, not hungry etc and is just having a strop because she wants something she can't have

I have a 15mo too but he self weaned a few months ago, but he is still a bugger at bedtime, sometimes.

It's so easy to just do the thing you know will stop teh tears, but be strong

have soem chocolate

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pookamoo · 16/02/2010 11:52

Thanks MamaG
Have made myself a cup of tea.

(I like the red bag on your other thread, by the way)

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