Help I'm looking for advice about a) whether this is normal and b) how to cut down on breastfeeding and replace with food.
I have a nearly 11 month old who still wants to breastfeed at least 3 hourly - day and night - and who takes big feeds each time. He is generally pretty uninterested in solid food, mostly eating small amounts, often nothing at all just shouting and crying until I pick him up and breatsfeed him. If I try to withold the milk he is unsettled and shouty and won't be put down to play. The only things he will reliably always eat is fruit.
Overnight if I withold a feed he will cry for up to 2 hours unable to be soothed by other means. He will sometimes try and feed 2 hourly which I find extremely stressful.
He refuses to take a bottle
I am feeling extremely burned out and trapped by it and worried about how he (and I) will cope when I go back to work in 2 months time. I have had next to no time away from him since he was born. Is this going to sort itself out or do I need to do something? How can I get him to eat?! Am I doing something wrong?
My first born was also exclusively breastfed but loved her food. I don't remember feeling like this.
Has anyone had similar experiences? Or advice?
Thank you in advance