Want to stop bfing - how?

[lyndyloo]

Well I've done 7 months and it's been hard. I would continue but am back at work for 3 days pw when DD in nursery. Like many on here I have had major probs with her accepting a bottle. On the days she is at nursery she refuses all milk in any sort of container and then has a mega feed off me on return. On non nursery days she feeds every 2-3 hours. This isn't the problem though. It's the fact I have to express at work to keep my supply going for the non-nursery days. It's just sooooo difficult and am struggling to fit it all in. Just exhausted with the whole expressing thing and then she won't have the ebm anyway!

So have made a decision I want to stop bfing now. How? Any advice most welcome.

Lyndyloo - you are at work 3 days a week, so away from dd for what, 30 hours max? There are 168 hours in a week so you are with her for the majority of the time. If expressing is so difficult, why not just drop it altogether and let dd have other fluids from a cup when at nursery? She will take what milk she needs from you during the other 130 hours or so a week she is with you. This is by far the least trouble for you, as it sounds like your dd is really keen to continue bf. An intelligent baby with good taste, imo.

when i went back to work i had reduced over the previous month but still bf at night with ds1 till 10month and ds2 till he bit me. i agree about changing the bottle for a cup.

She has water at nursery no problem. I am expressing cos thought I would have to keep supply going for days when she is not at nursery. Will I be able to stop expressing and still have enough for those days? I am really confused. I thought if I didn't express would lose supply.

Would happily continue bfing if didn't need to express at work.

your body learns to meet the demands. i bf at night and at weekends but not during the week and supply met demand.

and also she can have other fluids as well

I went back to work at 7 months (baby) and b/fed for 21/2 years.
No expressing,no formula,supply maintained for evenings,weekends,and holidays.

read that as 21 years moondog

So I could stop expressing during the day and still have enough for non-nursery days? I will give it a try though I expect will have to express a bit to stop getting engorged.

Thanks ladies.

Give it a go.
Should be fine.