My baby is 14months old. Pretty much full weaned, just goes on for comfort and night feeds.
I'd like to stop night feeds as I think this is a crutch for sleeping. We cosleeep. Not initially by choice but he's got a fiery temper and cries so loud he sets next doors dogs off and with a 4 year old schoolie in the house I try to keep him quiet for everyone's sake.
Last night he tried to have his bedtime feed and nothing came out, he was trying for ages and nothing was happening. He cried for over an hour and in the end we gave him some cows milk in a bottle and that helped. (he's also on antibiotics for war infection so we thought that was the cause of the upset).
He's kept trying through the night and just dry suckles which makes my toes curl. I also don't feel like I've missed a feed. I'm totally empty. I suspect my period is coming, I've noticed this time around my periods affect my supply much more than my first. But I am 37 nearly 38 so guess it's my own body too.
I wanted to stop around 1 year anyway. But he's got allergies and I didn't want to replace boob for bottle so have been doing it gradually. There's also the fact he's cut his back teeth and had tonsillitis so stopped eating and would only breastfeed that made me hesitatant to stop during winter months.
But I kinda feel my body is telling me it's time to stop.
Just looking for similar situations? He's too busy now to cluster feed in the day for supply and I have an aversion to him being attached to me all night as it leaves teeth marks on me and makes me sore.
Thanks