Hi
My daughter, Seren, is 13 months old and we have been lucky in that we both seemed to take to breastfeeding straight away and I ebf for 10 months before I went back to work. She will now take formula at nursery and if for some reason I am not there (the handful of times I have been out for some much needed baby free time) but she completely refuses to take a bottle from me and, although I found breastfeeding easy, I am finding it really difficult to stop. My dh now seems to think I am breastfeeding for purely selfish reasons and makes jokes and comments about "bitty" etc and breastfeeding her forever, but I seriously don't know how to stop without it being a huge wrench for both her and me.
Do I just go on strike? Try and replace breastfeeding with normal milk gradually?
As an aside, does anyone feel as though they were pressured to breastfeed with the whole "breast is best" mentality, but then after 6 months it turns into "oh you are STILL breastfeeding?"
Any tips/advice gratefully received!
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Ok, how do you STOP breastfeeding? Advice pls!
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Englishgirlinwales22 · 04/11/2013 17:50
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