17 months of feeding and I'm starting to hate it.

[4andnotout]

Dd is my first baby I've managed to successfully bf and she has had unlimited bf for the last 17 months.

We ended up cosleeping as she feeds all night and I was knackered, now it's time to start trying to get her in a cotbed of her own and it's a nightmare. I'm now sitting with my legs under the cot whilst she feeds lying down in her bed, I'm fed up with feeding her to sleep
and even feeding her in the day has been really agravating me, it's starting to hurt and she just seems to want more and more eachday

I just want my boobs back.

That should be dd4!

How do I wean her though? I have never done I before and was content to let her self wean but for my sanity I don't think I can go on.

No advice really but I can sympathise. DS is 15mo and I keep getting fed up of the feeding, he is an absolute boob monster at the monster and 'asking' for it all the time.

He has some poor nursing manners too, bites sometimes, pinches, and currently having a phase of holding the breast with both hands while he feeds, like it's a quarterpounder

Everytime I start to think about trying to wean he gets ill again and the guilt kicks in. It's hard isn't it? I thought the tricky time was just the first few weeks

I'm not surprised you're fed up I felt like this at 4 months and weaned both of mine then!

17 month olds don't need to feed through the night for nutritional reasons, they can get whatever they need from their diet. Also she needs to learn to self settle at night, 17 months is late to not be settling without a prop. sorry to sound harsh but if you're hating this it needs sorting asap.

I'd concentrate on one area first e.g. stopping the night feeds perhaps give her water in a sippy cup instead. or cows milk.

I know a mUm who still feeds her nearly 4 year old to sleep several times a night. the mum is wrecked and the child has huge issues. not good or healthy for either party.