DS 15mo eats food but also wants to bf half a dozen times a day. Every time I pick him up he shoves his arm down the neck of my jumper and grabs my boob, he’s really insistent and claws at me so roughly that my chest is covered in bruises. When he feeds he doesn’t sit still, he stands up and twists and rolls and pulls. And if I say no more bf, you’ve had it now it’s time to go to sleep, he takes a tantrum and thrashes his legs and screams, and claws at my chest so hard he hurts me. Also he still wakes up during the night wanting to bf and I’ve started to say no, lie down - but he hasn’t stopped waking up and sometimes he screams so much that I have to let him feed.
I originally said I’d let him feed as long as he wants and self wean, but he’s hurting me. I’d like to continue feeding until he’s ready to stop because there are health benefits, but I’m covered in bruises.