A bit of a hand hold please....

[FarToGo]

I'm having to stop breastfeeding
My daughter is almost 11 months so she's happily having solids but really relies on feeding to sleep - this is the feed I'm cutting out first. Partly due to a very painful shoulder injury and part trying to modify her sleeping behaviour.
I didn't think i'd feel this upset! Maybe it's the painkillers but it's the second night now that I've had to leave home whilst her dada bathes her and gives her a bottle and tries to get her to sleep.
I don't really know why I'm posting but i don't know anyone else that's stopping right now so I don't know how I should be feeling.... It's breaking my heart leaving her at bedtime!

Sorry you're feeling so rubbish, I completely understand how you feel. We started cutting down about 9 months, really gradually, by a year it was just morning and bedtime and by 14 months we stopped completely. I know exactly how you feel, it's heart wrenching.

I don't know if it's the same for everyone, but as hard as it was to face, afterwards I felt absolutely fine about it. I think hormones play a part, but I think the thought of it is worse than the reality. I was devastated beforehand, but completely fine afterwards. It helped that I was finally able to do things like have a rare night out with friends, go to a gym class that starts at bedtime etc, but it really wasn't as bad as I thought. You'll still be as close and she will be fine!