first night no more breast feeding:(

[Tiger63]

Feeling very sad. Over the past few months we have reduced feeds and last night Lilly couldn't get anything from me. So tonight she went down no problems without a feed! I thought I would happy to move on but I feel quite sad :(

[Crysi]

Mumita I'm so with you! I wanted to bf til 1 year which didn't work out as Lochlyn weaned himself earlier but I do feel there is a time when it becomes creepy. Lochy is 14 months now and I couldn't imagine him walking over and helping himself LoL. I admire those who do it but for me it would be too odd.

[Mumita]

I stopped breastfeeding like at 14 months but I basically replaced it with a bottle of whole milk and he still needs his "boble" because he doesn't eat much solids yet.  I loved breastfeeding but for some reason at the end (I don't know if it was because I got pregnant) but I was feeling weirded out by it because he would basically nurse for comfort not for actual feeding (there wasn't much left) and I felt weird for a 1 year old to be sucking on me as a human pacifyer and waking up several times in the middle of the night for that comfort.  AS soon as I stopped bf at night he started sleeping through the night once he got used to it.

So anyway, I loved the experience up to when I felt like he didn't needed anymoreand was just doing it for comfort, which comfort is great, but I can cuddle him and rock him for comfort and he doesn't need to be sucking on my breasts for that.

[zazou]

Yeah I think it is more common for BF babies not to sleep through the night than non-BF babies- I also get told to stop BF my daughter but I just started this week on weaning her nights. Medina slept yesterday through the night, so WOW! Today she has been giving us a few problems sleeping but she is still asleep (after 30 mins) so we'll see.

[bella12793]

Hi-

I have 14 months baby and currently still BF. She hasn’t sleep through the night yet.
Is it commond for BF baby still not still through the night after 1 year old of age?
People amazed that I still BF and they advise me to stop it so the baby will sleep through the night.

Thank you ladies

[Tiger63]

over a few months i would choose one feed to cut and for a week i would strtch her a little longer and longer before feeding her until that feed run into the other. does that make sense? I got down to a morning and night feed. The morning feed i just replaced with breakfast so that was easy. after a week she stopped asking fo boo which is boobs!

The past few nights she has tried to have a feed at night but my milk is gone. so last night i didn't feed her. She woke up twice but with a cuddle she went straight back to sleep. She is forteen months now so i think i did a good job to get here. But it doesn't stop the sadness of that bond when feeding.

Hopefully all will go well and i will be feeding another bub in eight months time :)

[zazou]

It is such a special feeling breastfeeding isn't it? I know Medina doesn't sleep through the night because of that but we both can't let go, it's something special I want to hold on to as long as I can (WOrld Health Organisation recommends BF for 2 years so we're doing good!).

How did you reduce the feeds?