This isn't the end, is it?

[KnitterInTheNW]

This morning DS would only have a few mouthfuls of BM and this evening at bedtime refused any at all. His first birthday will be 3 weeks today. Do I need to get my head round the fact that he might have decided he's finished with BF, or might it just be a blip? Feeling a bit .

Maybe a tooth coming in? Bit young I think to self wean.

He cut his 1st tooth a couple of weeks ago, that's probably it then. Thankyou!

Just keep offering, tis the only way to find out if it is a blip or the end. Ds self weaned at 13 months so it does happen young. By his first birthday he was feeding once every couple of days and I just got pushed away if I offered more

Knitter, no advice, I am afraid, just sympathy. Thought I'd let you know I feel in the same boat. I regulary have "force" myself on DS3 (11 months and 1 week old); he is really not at all interested in the first morning feed when I need him to feed, IYKWIM. He has 1 or 2 feeds during the day, usually before naptimes, and one before bedtime. All of these I feel he takes because I offer, not because he particularly wants to. He takes v little milk from a bottle with looked after by others (gran, CM).
I was never planning on being an extended breast feeder however now do feel a bit that we might not reach a year.

Mummyfor3, our DSs must have been born on the same day, mine is 11 months and 1 week old today. He self weaned from all his other BFs a while ago, but up until today was guzzling his morning and bedtime feeds, the only 2 we do now. He has been a bit off for a couple of days with food and behaviour so hoping it's because of a reason other than that he's had enough now. I've decided I'm going to bring him into bed with me tonight when he wakes and hopefully get him to have a bit of a feed. Fingers crossed!
I love BFing, and really struggled to start with. Because of my type 1 diabetes and because he was breech, he was born by CS at 37+3 and spent his first couple of days having to be tube fed to make sure his blood sugars didn't drop, so he got lazy and used to being fed directly into his tummy. Then he was jaundiced and sleepy and wouldn't feed. Sheer determination got us there, and I don't want to have to stop yet!

I suppose, it is true what they say about being able to bring the horse to water, but unable to make it drink...
However, I keep reminding myself, that it is all part of him growing up and I love that bit - I am more of a walking-talking-child-mummy than terribly besotted with babies.

It just astonishes me to hear about other Bfing mums whose children seem to want to go on and on and on. I did not BF my other 2 anywhere near as long as this one, so I have no idea what they would have done.
It sounds like you have done tremendously well so far, so whatever happens should be proud of yourself

Thankyou, Mummyfor3

He refused again last night, and this morning. I expressed this morning after refusal, didn't get an awful lot out, just a couple of ounces. Gave it to him in a cup with his breakfast, he had a bit, then next sip he pulled a face and gagged (!) then refused any more, but would happily have water from a different cup. Feeling a bit teary about it all this morning now.

I know he's growing up, but hoped he'd 'want' me for a while yet.

oh, lots of hugs

my 14 mo ds2 is rapidly weaning too, and it is sad.

he has gone from about 7feeds/24hrs to only about 3 in the last week, and it is an effort to get him to take those 3(feeding to sleep and early morning). for months he has only fed when i 'force' him, and would much rather have water in a cup. i think it is because i have a slow let-down and he is too impatient.

i am so sad, as i would really like to go on, after a difficult start (although not as hard as you knitter, well done for getting through that)

but not many bf for more than 6 months, so i try to console myself with that...