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dd is 1 today & i'm still breastfeeding....

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hoxtonchick · 29/06/2006 14:52

and very bloody proud of myself i am too . she goes to nursery 2 days a week & has bottles there (hmmm, not entirely sure whether she has formula or cow's milk, must find out, bad mummy), but i feed her on demand when she's with me. she probably has 3 or 4 feeds a day. and we co-sleep, so there's quite a lot of midnight snacking on her part.

dp really wants me to stop feeding her now. i don't know what to do. i don't want to argue about it with him, & i'm not averse to stopping, i just don't know how to go about it (equally, i would carry on quite happily, as it's the easy option). i stopped b-feeding ds at 6 months, & it was dead easy, but dd loves it so much. i guess stopping feeding her during the day is the first step. but what about the co-sleeping? and i'm not going to give her formula, definitely cow's milk, but bottles or not?

heeeeeeeeeeeeeelllllllllllpppppppppp .

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spidermama · 29/06/2006 14:54

I don't believe in pulling the plug suddenly unless there' a good reason to. I just let mine all drift away gradually and I can't ever remember any tension around the subject.

I certainly wouldn't let dh or any other bugger dictate when me and my baby should stop bf-ing. It's totally up to you two.

Pamina3 · 29/06/2006 14:56

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sweetkitty · 29/06/2006 14:58

DD1 stopped at around 1 she was down to 2 feeds a day then, morning and evening. Although we coslept she didn't wake in the night for a feed so it was a lot easier for me.

For the evening feed I just gave her a cup with cows milk in it and she was fine with this. One morning after she was one she didn't "ask" for her morning feed so I didn't offer and just gave her a cup of cows milk and that was her, I was 3 months pregnant with DD2 by this time so maybe my milk had changed flavour.

I wouldn't bother with bottles at age 1, I used the same cup as she had her juice/water in but a different colour.

The decision is yours though if you are happy to continue feeding her then do it.

Piffle · 29/06/2006 15:00

WEll done you
Do it while you and your dd are happy to do it.
Men what is it to do with them exactly adn why does he want you to stop?

motherinferior · 29/06/2006 15:23

Happy birthday chickichick!!

My partner was depressingly similar about wanting me to stop, producing all sorts of rather spurious reasons for returning my norks to their Rightful Purpose. I found ignoring him worked best.

hoxtonchick · 29/06/2006 15:24

oh, you're all so lovely & supportive. i'm just going to carry on for now. i don't think dp likes me getting my norks out in public. ah well, he'll just have to live with it .

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CorrieDale · 29/06/2006 18:06

I was going to stop when DS was 1 and then, thanks to lovely MN, I realised that there was no law that I had to, so I haven't! I'm so relieved because DS really likes it and I'd be feeling stressed and pressurised right now if I were trying to wean him when he's just not ready. Do what feels right for you and DD - DP will get over it. And well done!

hollyhobbie · 29/06/2006 18:56

me too. DD is 14months and while i'd kind of imagined stopping before now, she has a feed before each nap and at bedtime (=3 per day) and we are both very happy with that.
i'm not quite sure how i'll put her to bed once i stop breastfeeding, it's definitely the easy option!

JILS · 29/06/2006 19:05

Well done - think it's brilliant!! I wish I had fed ds for longer (stopped around 7 months).

moondog · 29/06/2006 19:11

Oh good on yer Hoxtonchick!!!
I never bothered with bottles of anything-straight onto cups of water or juice.

I also let it fade away,which took 30 month in one case and 11 months in another.

As for dh,well he works in agriculture so constantly coming up with rather worrying bovine and ovine analogies and lots of detail on condition scoring.

You have done a fantastic job.
Double celebration so crack open the Champers!!

hoxtonchick · 29/06/2006 21:13

we had cake & fizzy wine tonight .

am just going to carry on. will just not discuss it with dp. very mature!

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dinny · 29/06/2006 21:22

Well done, Hoxtonchick - can't believe she is a year old already!

LeahE · 29/06/2006 21:28

COngratulations!

My DH did once ask "when are you planning to stop bf?" but after I said firmly "when he wants to" has been very supportive (now at 17 months and counting). Extended bf gives me the option to be lazy and responsible at the same time, which is a top result in my book

foundintranslation · 29/06/2006 21:28

Well done hoxtonchick!

I wouldn't be letting dp dictate to me when I stop! Have nothing to add to MI's excellent post.

hoxtonchick · 29/06/2006 21:29

i know, dinny, i'm a bit .

you're talking my kind of language leahe!

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