I’ve loved breastfeeding my little boy but think it needs to come to an end. I have a huge sore on one of my nipples from where he bit it and it hasn’t had a chance to heal with feeding and if anything it’s getting worse and is like a big hole! It’s not the first time he’s injured me like this as he has lots of teeth.
A lot of the problem is that he still will feed quite a lot, particularly for comfort and I think it’s stopping him getting the best sleep as in the early hours he will wake up and not settle until he can come into our bed where he will suckle for a few hours while dozing but become agitated and immediately wake up if I try to unlatch him.
I always wanted to feed for a year but think maybe it’s best to start now. I just don’t know how best to go about it. He’s never taken to formula (I tried once when I had a bad bug and got so dehydrated I couldn’t produce milk) and he wouldn’t take to it at all and I can’t express anywhere near enough.
I can try some different makes but I’m aware he’ll be going onto cow’s milk soon (which he loves and has drunk the odd bit now and again). Also I know should go by one so it seems silly to give him one now just to change in a few months. At the moment he drinks water or occasionally expressed from an open cup but I can’t imagine that would be easy to give him in the middle of the night when he’s half asleep.
DP is off work this week and I thought that maybe it would be a good time as he can help in the night when maybe DS will be more likely to take milk from him.
I feel quite sad about the whole thing but logically it seems the best way forward (he won’t entertain shields either).