To just hate breastfeeding?

[SpaghettiTwirlerAndProud]

This is NOT an anti breastfeeding thread. Ok?

DD is 5 months old tomorrow, and quite frankly, I have had ENOUGH! I hate breastfeeding now, I hate that i'm constantly in demand 24-7, that when she's upset she only wants me as I have what she wants and no-one else does, also that no-one else can have her for a couple of hours as she won't take a bottle and is so clingy as she's been with me non-stop for 22 weeks.

I've had enough and want to stop so much :( but as she refuses bottles I don't know what else I can do! It was great at the beginning but over the past few weeks I've started to dread it when she's hungry as I know she'll feed on and off for about an hour and I won't get anything done! She's too clingy and I think this is because of the bfing, because of all the time we spend together. She'd be perfectly happy if she could be in my arms all day every day including nights.

Did anyone else ever feel like this? :(

OP and others - sorry for rising to the bait and prolonging the unpleasantness.
I wish you well OP. It's a hard time of parenting and I hope you can find a way through.

second excellent :)

jamie nothing to apologise for :)

Hey, spaghetti. Hope you're still feeling more positive :)

This thread inspired me to write this on my blog, Free Your Parenting, for you: How to survive when you're feeling trapped by breastfeeding or attachment parenting.

Hope it's helpful :)

Thanks flamingo I'll have a look when I get on my laptop. I'm feeling way more positive since mooja PMd me and suggested a TT tip it up cup, it's a bloody revelation! DD can use it herself aswell (she's so advanced you know ). I can put ebm in it and hand her over to someone else for a while when I feel I need to.

Fantastic! Have you got a link for it? Mothers are always asking me about cups for babies. Wrote something about it for the blog a while back, but wasn't aware of this wonder cup at the time!

I have but i'm on my phone right now, I'll get on laptop later to post a link.

Cool, thank you :)

Sorry you are feeling like this Spaghetti.

BF is tough sometimes, expecially as it's all down to you. My 15 month old doesn't take a bottle or take any milk from a cup either, so it's always me. I know how you are feeling and it is hard work. It's not up to me to say whether you should give your LO formula or not, but personally BF is easier for me at this stage anyway.

My 15 month old wakes up a few times at night and only BF will settle her. My DH occassionally manages to settle her. It is very tiring. She used to sleep better, but since going to nursery/starting walking as been waking up more to feed.
I'm just going with the flow at the moment, and cherishing the fact that she only wants me and wants to be with me all the time, which is sweet and it won't last forever.

Hope things improve for you and you manage to get a break soon!

Tommee Tippee tip it up cup