Weaning of the breast at 18 months..

[thenightwalker]

My DD is almost 18 months old and for one reason or another i have decided its time to stop.

Im feeling very emotional about the whole thing and dont really want to stop but know inthe long run the longer i leave it the harder it will be to wean.

My beautiful little girl is a booby feind as i call her and she is taking quite badly.

i feel like the most awfull horrific mother on the planet at the minute.

This morning i told she couldnt have mummys boobys anymore when she asked for her feed. She said bye to my boobs and i burst out crying.

It sounds so irrational but im really finding the break hard.

I just need abit of support

thanx

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can you take it slower for both your sakes. Breaking off like this is really tough, you have all the hormones to deal with AND you are saying goodbye to the baby in your DD. just something to encourage you in this, tonight while feeding DD (19 mths) at bedtime she pulled away and starting dozing in my arms, at last even the boob monster that is my daughter is learning that she can get comfort and love without the boob. I now thing that stopping will be much easier as she is grown up enough to replace it with something else

I have taken off all her day feeding and she was down to just milk off me once at night.

I dont see how i could take it much slower as if i tell her she can have it one day then not the next will just be more confusing to her.

I dont really think i could have taken it any slower without it confusing her and making the whole thing even more awfull.

sorry i misunderstood as thought you were going cold turkey from feeding lots.
if it helps at all know that some of what you are feeling is hormonal, it is your body getting used to dealing without the hormones bf releases. this will get better. You and your dd will soon find a way to get back the closeness of breastfeeding. but meanwhile

I had a boobmonster in dd2 who then went on to self wean at 2 yo. She was down to morning only and one morning got into bed with me and said "mummy mok awwwwww gone! Cup!". So I gave her a cup of milk.

Abotu 3-4 mornings later she said "more mummy mok now" and I said "sorry, its all gone! Do you want your cup" and she was happy with that.

I don't think it's true that the longer you go on the harder it is to finish. But if it is time for you, could Daddy do bedtime or mornings for a few days. At this age she should get into a new routine (bath/jammies/sory with cup of milk/teeth/bed or something) relatively quickly.

Poor you though. I wept for days when she decided it was over - she's my youngest and I can't have any more - and I loved breastfeeding - it was a real end of an era, as well as me being all hormonal!