weaning off boob at 12 months

[Freddie15VES]

i feel really guilty, i’m going through a bit of a rough time as just split from my ex after 10 years and he’d been doing some really awful stuff behind my back. so mentally i’m exhausted. i’ve breastfed my daughter for 12 months but now she’s teething she’s biting, feeding up to 10 times a day and being a solo parent in the week im really struggling to keep on top of the house! at night she wants to be latched onto for hours before she’s in a deep sleep so i’m not able to have tea/come down until near 10pm so i’m getting no time to decompress after the day etc i really want to be able to keep going but im finding myself getting frustrated with it, with being needed so much when i just need a little bit of a break from things. i know it wont miraculously cure the sleep thing but im hoping it gives me some sanity back

from a very exhausted, mentally drained and fed up mummy (who’s at the moment despises the male population 😂)

She's one, wean her off, there's no medals for how they were fed when they grow up.

@boulevardofbrokendreamss literally this. if anything the longer you go the more judgement there is i find!!

Exactly, if YOU are ready, now is the right time! Your LO can have cow's milk now. Well done for getting so far, the biting at 8 months ended things for me. I swapped to formula but you can give her a cup of milk or water instead.

I would suggest stopping gradually if you can, I had terrible PMT-type symptoms when all the night feeds went. Stopping the day feeds a few weeks later didn't cause the same hormonal upheaval for me, but every woman's different.