Fed up of teething bf baby

[GodisaDj]

Feeling down today. DD is 10.5 month, ebf & BLW.

I posted on here the other week about her latch being painful due to teething, that's got a little better but she needs my breast to settle now, even to the point she's refusing her normal cherry dummy to go to sleep. It is just all on me and I am happy with that but feel a little "tied" and fed up at the moment.

She's a happy content little girl (when not teething) and I'm all about attachment parenting so feel guilty for feeling fed up iyswim?

I know I should snap out of it, it's not DD's fault she's teething and she wants me for comfort, but I have just seen a friend of mines' Facebook update that she's gone away for the weekend and her DD is at a family members' for the night.

It makes me jealous, envious even. The friend is a lovely person and fabulous mum and deserves a night off so why am I feeling this way? I couldn't leave DD at night at all at the minute (and wouldnt want to, I'd miss her like mad) We've been planning for me to have a 'night off' tonight but that doesn't look like its going to happen due to her teeth but also because she refuses a sippy cup too, freaks out when she smells my expressed milk and ultimately just wants me.

I planned on bf'ing for as long as she wanted but I now understand why people stop at this stage ( I don't plan on stopping btw just can understand why people choose to stop before 12 months)

I'm rambling and ranting, sorry for the negativity, just want a bit of reassurance that it does get better?

Yes it gets better!

Even if you weren't BF, she'd still want her mum for comfort. DD BF but doesn't use the boob for comfort ('my boobs shoot milk out like hoses). I'm still her number 1 when she's tired, hurt or upset though.

You can still have an hour or two to yourself regularly. Get DH/DP to take her for a walk while you have a bath/paint your nails/watch trash tv or something.

I completely get where you are coming from - DS is 6 months and I got the 'going out' envy this week too - there is no way I could leave him at the moment as he doesn't take a bottle and is quite unpredictable at night. My friend went out for dinner with her DP and her DD is only 4 weeks old. I completely get that it is horses for courses, but sometimes it is just really difficult. You should be so proud of yourself for breastfeeding this long and when I am feeling a bit down, I just tell myself that I am my DS's favourite person and that there will be plenty of time to go out again in the future. Keep on ranting, it does help!!

Thank you for your replies, I'm being pathetic This is what motherhood is and she's my life, just need to kick myself up the bum!

She can sleep on her own and is left on her own a night a week for me to attend my sports team training, as once she is asleep at 7ish, she can go till about 11pm. But she is up during the night (normally twice but if teething up to 6 times) and has never slept through (normal from my reading), perhaps 10.5 months of broken nights sleep is taking its toll!

This teething lark just throws her normal personality out the window and I just don't think I'm coping with it.

She's just woke from her nap, so best get up and out to cheer myself up!

You should nap when she does!! Took me months to do it myself with DS and I resisted as it was my only free time in the day, but try it every now and then. It really helps.

Iggly I do normally nap when she does, but this week has been a strange busy one so haven't as much. I actually like a little afternoon nap now, god help me when I have to work soon!