Hi! My ds has just turned 6 months and has been EBF except for a few top up formula bottles when he was first born. I've been thinking recently that I want to stop breastfeeding. I am starting to feel quite trapped by it all being on me, he feeds before and after every nap, before bed and through the night. I've loved the bond but I am exhausted and have never been out without him yet. I would quite like to start going to my friends birthdays and on the odd day/evening out with my mum and sister now. Just a bit of back story, baby has suspected CMPA and is on reflux medication. We had a really awful first 4/5 months with his sleep. His reflux is now controlled and we finally are managing naps and a good night's sleep in his cot with just 3/4 wake ups a night but he absolutely won't sleep in his pram. So I have to be home for nap times to feed him and put in his cot. Anyway sorry this is getting a bit long winded but basically I'd really like to pump and introduce a bottle or cup of breast milk and eventually wean him fully on to this and completely off of breast.
What is the best way of going about this? Has anyone got any tips or tricks or advice from experience?
We have tried him with a bottle and he just chews it and doesn't drink. He is taking small sips of water from a Tommy tippee free flow cup but not really much.
Help please :( am getting desperate now and starting to wish I'd never even started breastfeeding.