Help me hang up my nips for good!

[madeuplovesong44]

I breastfed my two eldest children (now 6 and 2 1/2) for 15 months each and am currently feeding my 8 month old twins. Its been great, i am lucky in that I have had no problems and it has served us all well. However I am so ready to stop breastfeeding now, Im fed up of the shitty bras, getting my norks out in public, watching what i eat and drink and generally being attached to a baby or two 24/7. God I sound like a selfish mare. My main reason however is that I am going back to work and have no time for expressing. As my oldest two self weaned I am a bit clueless as to what to do. I didn't feed them today and i am in agony and look like i have had a bad boob job and they both refused any bottles in my absence. Any advice?

Wow, I think you're amazing to have BF twins for 8 months

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I've just weaned my 6mo onto bottles. I cut it down one bottle at a time, so switched a feed for a bottle, did that for a few days then added another bottle. To start with she didn't take much from the bottle, she just waited for the next breastfeed, but after 4 weeks we are now breast free and she is taking plenty of formula. Hope that helps!

I think you need to cut down feeds gradually as otherwise you risk blocked ducts and mastitis. So, replace one feed at a time with formula.

Is it the bottle they are refusing or formula? You can try to get them used to formula by mixing it with expressed breastmilk to start with, gradually reducing the amount of bm. If it's a bottle thing then give them a sippy or open cup.