To feel sad about my DS's last breastfeed

[MrsNuckyThompson]

DS is 23.5 months. I'm about to go away for work for a week. We've only been doing one feed a day for the last 4 months or so. He never asks for BM.

So it feels like the right time to stop. I'm ready and so's he.

I'm so sad. I fed him tonight with big fat tears on my cheeks. My baby. It's the end of an era.

I am not sure a last formula feed is a good comparison- sure it is a milestone, but there is not the same emotional investment as breastfeeding.

Hamish I was the same, we gradually petered out at 10 months so I barely remember the 'last feed' with DD1. I felt sad I barely had any photos of her feeding, apart from ones in hospital. But it felt like the right time to stop for us, no regrets there.

Dd2 is 4 weeks and we've had a rocky ride with BFing so far, so every day I'm still feeding is a triumph. So I take a photo nearly every feed just incase it's the last one...