Want to stop breastfeeding my nearly 1 year old but can't think how else I'd settle her in the night! Please tell me it can be done..

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DD3 is nearly one and I'd really like to stop breastfeeding her now for a number of reasons.

Trouble is I'm terrified of how I'd settle her if she did wake up in the night. Her room is right next to my other DC's so leaving her to cry wakes them up which makes settling all three ten times harder.

She and I are both so used to my just instantly feeding her for comfort since birth - that I just can't think how else I did it with my other two whom I gave up breastfeeding at six months.

We've both tried a couple of times to just soothe her and put her down but she screams hysterically.

She is actually a fairly good sleeper most nights. It's just the fear of her not settling and me pacing the house with her when I have 2 to get to school and work the next day.

I really really want to give up now, I am sick of breastfeeding but I need to find answers before I give up my easiest comfort mechanism!

Any advice gratefully received.

Send your huband/partner in. This is what I had to do!

If I went in they always wanted milk. They were slightly younger (9 months).

Yep, definitely agree that a good policy is deploying the DH/DP! Managed to get my dd off the breast at 13 months because my DH took over putting her to bed and going to her in the night for a fortnight or so. Was so much easier than i had anticipated- it took me more than a month to work up the courage to try and wean her, but was sorted in one night!

Thanks for the suggestions! Sadly DH is doing long long hours and long commute at moment with very physically tiring job so can't really get him up..he would do it but I would feel bad..

Will take heart from the fact that they do seem to settle eventually! Cut her bedtime feed down heavily last night and she still went through which is a good sign!