Sometimes I just want to give up

[EasilyConfusedIndith]

I thought I would let dd self wean but at the moment I just feel like giving up

She is 18 months and had dropped a lot of feeds. She was feeding 2 or 3 times in the day but not bothered if I wasn't there and had finally started sleeping better, just feeding once over night. However, now she seems to be all over me all the bloody time during the day, bobbing on and off, screaming at me if I say no then still not feeding just giving me a mauling when I give in and she is back to feeding 2 or 3 times at night.

I know she is only little. I know that feeding 2 or 3 times at night isn't that unusual at ther age but at the moment I just feel as though I want some space and not to be pounced on all the bloody time and have my top yanked down

It might change again I suppose if I sit it out and wait a couple of weeks she might settle down again. I have no idea how I would possibly go about giving up. And if I did I'd feel so bloody guilty.

was going to start one of these threads myself earlier today but wasn't sure exactly what i wanted.

no advice from me but lots of sympathy

Sounds like something else may be going on - teething perhaps? Mine have both gone through the fidgety stage - the trick is to feed them in a very dull place where there is nothing to look at or grab and if they muck about, plonk them on the floor and walk off. They get the message v quickly that this is a bad plan.

I have a 19 month old like this.

Sometimes when I am tired I am so fed up of it all and would love to go cold turkey and just stop but then I see how much she still loves breastfeeding so it gives me the energy to carry on a bit longer.

What I find most difficult is that at 8 months old she was only having 1 or 2 feeds in 24 hours and I could have stopped much more easily but I didn't ........

No advice just sympathy.

Thanks for the sympathy

Not sure what I want really but at least you know that on MN there are plenty of people still feeding at this age!

Had a friend round today I've not seen for about a year, should have seen her face when she realised I was still feeding dd and not like 18 months is extreme!

whomoved you are right of course, there must be something else going on. You should see/smell her nappies at the moment! (well probably not). Just it always seems to be something with dd. She brews things for at least a week before actual symptoms start to show and her teething is legendary.

i suppose the good thing is that you know she can do it so you can see this as a phase. I hope!

True.