ds is 21months. I had an awful start with tongue tie/ thrush/ white nipple. oh the pain! I cried, he cried, dh despaired... it didn´t settle down til about 10 weeks. I can´t believe I ended up feeding for so long. It´s been a beautiful and rewarding experience for both of us but now it´s all done.
Over the last couple of nights I´ve reduced the last feed to only a quick 5 mins and tonight he´s kept up his usual on/off mantra of asking for it but I just kept saying ´not tonight, it´s all finished´ and offered him the cup of milk I´d been offering right before bed.
He didn´t complain, I am so happy there were no tears, hope that subsequent nights (once he realises that really is it) are the same and that there is no big upset. Would be really nice to finish on a happy note (or at least not a sad one)
I would never have gone this long without the support in the early days that I got on this board (though it´s been a looong time since i regularly posted on this particular topic) and want to say thank you to the many people who helped spur me on. When MIL said my milk was ´too thin´, when dh said ´just give him a bottle FGS why are you putting yourself through this?´ and many other tough times.
So thanks ´i couldn´t have done it without you´ [cheese]