9 months bf, getting bored

[dublinmom]

It's my thrid dc and with the other 2 I bf until 12 months (so they just went straight to cow's milk). I know it's easy now, just morning, bedtime, and mid-morning and mid-afternoon. I don't want to buy bottles or formula. I'm just bored of opening my shirt up during the day, and her getting distracted and looking around, leaving me exposed, and wearing nursing bras, and ... I don't know, I'm just bored of it.

DH said he doesn't want to do ff, let's just stick with it. Told him I need a present. Any cheer-me-up-to-keep-breastfeeding present suggestions

Large diamond ring?

LOL, I've been bf for 3 years 8.5 months straight. Yeah, some days I'm bored of it too.

Oh I remember this feeling too. Ive not long finished feeding and I've treated myself to an entire bra and knicker draw overhaul.

I know you've got a few months to go but tell your dh you want unlimeted amounts to spend on new bras!!!

Bras a good present when finishing feeding- I bought loads of nice ones, then found out I was pregnant again the next week!

i know the feeling after 2yrs i'm bored.
DH keeps telling just do this one last feed and then i'll help you to wean her tommorrow and for a quiet life i go yeah lets do that it never happens.

i'd go with the diamond ring suggestion, or a weekend away on my own to look forward to.

A couple of hours at a spa.
A large box of the best chocolates money can buy.
A big bunch of flowers.
Dominos pizza and Ben and Jerry icecream and a film starring the hunk of your choice.
A handbag. A really good one.

Agree with the promise of posh bras, but you need something NOW too.

I would say a guaranteed couple of hours to yourself once a week is a bare minimum, even if it's just a hot deep bath with a glass of wine and a book (and a good back rub, obv!).

And for the present how about a nice cut and colour, or a night away in a posh hotel, or luxurious new bedding, or dinner at your favourite restaurant.

Also, isn't it amazing how supportive of BFing these men get to be when they fully realise how much less they have to do in the night?

Thanks for your suggestions, I will point himslef to them. I don't think I would go for new bras until I finsh, and a night away woudl be great but he wouldn't go for it (what would he do at 5 am, when he usually hands the baby to me?)

Yes, I need something now. I'm tempted to add up how much a month's worth of formula feeds would cost and then spend that much on myself!

Maybe yuo should!
It all gets boring though doesn't it, the whole baby caboodle-feeding and changing and carrying and pushchairs?
So tedious.