After a shaky start I have been feeding 1 year old dd relatively happily so far. I did originally think I would struggle to get to 6 months then when I did it seemed a shame to stop so thought would carry on until a year. as we approached this the feeds had dropped right down to morning and night and I thought had cracked the night feeds completely. However it seemed as soon as she hit one the night feeds start back up and now im feeding her up to 5/6 times during night.
For the past couple of weeks she has been a bit ill with teething ,cold cough etc and now the day time feeds have got out of hand too. im now feeding her every 2 hours or so both day and night and dont know how long I can keep this up for .
Will this get any better? If not how do I stop breasfeeding? At the moment anytime i refuse she has a complete mletdown and screams and cries and throws herself onto floor. She eats well (apart from when ill) and drinks plenty of water and will drink cows milk. It would be a shame to give up as wanted to carry on for a while but dont think i can cope with this level of feeding any longer