BF rant/ moan

[StinkySaurus]

I’m fed up! I think exclusively bf my LO, they are 10 months old now.

Pretty sure they do not sleep through because they are bf ( wake every 2 hours on a good night), cannot be settled by dad at night ( just screams for me/ boob), doesn’t take a pacifier ( uses me instead so this means looooong night feeds and naps just on me), doesn’t take a bottle, only falls asleep when feeding or in a pram ....

Feeling really low. Can’t see a time when I will ever sleep again. I blame breastfeeding. Of corse there are some lovely moments but pretty sure I would have those moments bottle feeding too. But I am now trapped by bf as I feel my LO uses it for comfort so much and cannot fall asleep without it. So please don’t suggest stopping.

I just wanted to have a moan in a safe place. If you have any bf moans please add them in.... let me know I’m not alone please!

That sounds really tough! I ca empathise with you. My baby is 6 weeks and is refusing a dummy or bottle with ebf. She feeds every 1-2 hours during the day but sleeps better at night.
Well done for doing 10 months!

Oh sorry stinky. It is really hard sometimes. It’s just one story but with my first around a year we stopped feeding to sleep, changed it to feed then bath then bed and dh could settle her more by then, then we night weaned at 14mo. I never believed she’d ever accept not feeding to sleep but it happened quite naturally. Prior to that I was a mess getting only 1-2hrs sleep at a time. It wasn’t the magic sleep bullet I imagined though. I also blamed bf but now with a second who seems to be a sleeper, I believe it’s much more about the kids temperament and waaay too much is made of what parents do to get their kids to sleep. Dd1 started to sleep through now and again by 18mo, but the godsend with the nightweaning was dh being able to do more. Then he did 3 nights ‘on call’ and I did 4, we alternated so I got a kip every other night and became human again. Sorry that’s not me telling you to stop but trying to give hope that there may be options not too far away. I greatly enjoyed bf after that until she stopped at 2 and a bit, far more than I enjoyed the first year. I feel your pain and hope you feel better soon.

Totally up for a bf rant. I do it but I don't enjoy it. I hate that any precious nap I can get will always come to an abrupt end for a feed.

I love bf but at 6.5 months I would love just to be able to do something by myself. My DD feeds to sleep and naps every 2 hours. I can’t spend more than an hour away but I live 20 mins from nearest town so no point even trying to go out!
It will pass and I’ll be sad when it does but after a night of Dd constantly farting herself awake and then wanting to feed to sleep I am fantasising about bottle feeding (dd says no way!).
Rant all you need to, I’m right here with you!