Won't give up the boob!

[Mummyto2munchkins]

Hi all,

DS is 1 year 2 weeks old.
DS was EBF and I went back to work at the end of April. He's still BF (demanding when I get home when I just want to chill!)
He's an avid bottle refuser, I've tried different bottles, teats - NOTHING works, he wants it from the source.
He's just started biting my nipples (and laughing about it) and also wacking them out whenever he wants a feed (even mid shop!)
Please somebody help.. How can I get him to give up the boob?

Sorry OP- no advice but I'm following with interest. My nearly 1 yo will want to feed to sleep but he's teething and the biting is agony- I want him to wean off but don't know how to do it. My husband tried taking over at night and offered him some water instead- the child cried for 3 hours straight. In the end, I relented and have resorted to curling my toes instead when he's feeding :/

Sorry, also following with interest. I don’t necessarily want to wean him but my nipples feel as bad as when he was a newborn currently (just about to be 1) due to developing a shit latch and biting. I’ve started giving whole milk in a cup with his bedtime story and I’m timing his bedtime feed so he has a maximum of 20 mins (with a plan to gradually reduce this by a couple of mins every few nights), and making sure he goes into his cot awake, in the hope that we can transition away from a bedtime feed, as I’m so ready to share the bedtime burden with someone else now. But if he wants to hang on to his morning feed, I won’t mind so much.

No need to introduce a bottle st this age OP. He only needs 300 ml of full fat cows milk and that's only if he's not getting any BM.

Do you want to stop completely or would you be happy if the biting stopped?

Have you tried the don't offer, don't refuse method?

So if he wants a feed when you get in you go with it. Use it as a time to reconnect. He might be more relaxed after and then you can chill?

Thanks for replying Bunny,

I'd be happy if the biting stopped yes, but it's got to the point where he doesn't want food when I'm not at work, he only wants boob. He will wack it out whenever he wants it (mid shop sometimes!)
Even if my DD lays on me he shouts at her and wacks her out the way (her heads on my boobs) he wants feeding all the time!

I've tried feeding him as soon as I get in / when he wants it. He stops for half hour and then wants more after that, I'm not sure if it's a comfort thing but he refuses a dummy too (Im beginning to think I'm his dummy!)

Hell be 9 and still wanting feeding at this rate.

Hell be 9 and still wanting feeding at this rate. He really won't you know, he's a baby still but I totally get that you are feeling overwhelmed. Have a read of this on Kellymom, what you are feeling is totally normal but doesn't mean you can't put some boundaries in place, should you want to continue. Have a read of Breastfeeding Mannerss*

It might be worth giving one of the BFing Helplines a call to. They can talk through your feeling and help you to decide whether it's come to an end or you want to continue.