Shepherdess
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Hi ladies
I'm just looking for a little encouragement please
I'm breastfeeding my 9 week old but mentally I'm finding it really tough and I'm close to quitting.
I'd hate to quit. I'm so pro-breastfeeding and I love it. I breastfed my first until 2 weeks before her first birthday, my aim had been to get to 6 months and I'd love to get to 6 again.
I'm just finding it so tough being the only one able to settle my baby, DD1 is only 3 so needs attention to. Their dad bless him tries but really struggles to settle her, the big problem time is between 5 and 8pm where she's just really unsettled but obviously that falls on dinner time and dd1s bedtime to. I've tried 4 different dummy brands to try and persuade baby to take one to help settle her but she won't. My Mil had her for a while yesterday but she refused a bottle and I had to leave a party early, that didn't bother me in itself but I just feel down as I feel like no one else will ever be able to take her.
DD1 was the same and for the first year she wouldnt go to anyone. She did take a dummy so my husband could look after her while I made dinner etc but I couldn't leave her as she flat out refused a bottle, it didn't bother me too much as I was so happy to be breastfeeding and didn't want to leave her anyway but this time it's so much harder as I want a little bit more flexibility to spend time with dd1
I'm going to try and battle through for 2 more weeks. DD1 is going to nursery for 3 days so I'm hoping to get us into a good routine in the hope I'll be able to space feeds more etc but at the minute my head is fried and I just want to stop, I'll be so upset to give formula
Any experiences or encouragement would be greatly received. Sorry for the huge essay but I had to get it out
I'm just looking for a little encouragement please
I'm breastfeeding my 9 week old but mentally I'm finding it really tough and I'm close to quitting.
I'd hate to quit. I'm so pro-breastfeeding and I love it. I breastfed my first until 2 weeks before her first birthday, my aim had been to get to 6 months and I'd love to get to 6 again.
I'm just finding it so tough being the only one able to settle my baby, DD1 is only 3 so needs attention to. Their dad bless him tries but really struggles to settle her, the big problem time is between 5 and 8pm where she's just really unsettled but obviously that falls on dinner time and dd1s bedtime to. I've tried 4 different dummy brands to try and persuade baby to take one to help settle her but she won't. My Mil had her for a while yesterday but she refused a bottle and I had to leave a party early, that didn't bother me in itself but I just feel down as I feel like no one else will ever be able to take her.
DD1 was the same and for the first year she wouldnt go to anyone. She did take a dummy so my husband could look after her while I made dinner etc but I couldn't leave her as she flat out refused a bottle, it didn't bother me too much as I was so happy to be breastfeeding and didn't want to leave her anyway but this time it's so much harder as I want a little bit more flexibility to spend time with dd1
I'm going to try and battle through for 2 more weeks. DD1 is going to nursery for 3 days so I'm hoping to get us into a good routine in the hope I'll be able to space feeds more etc but at the minute my head is fried and I just want to stop, I'll be so upset to give formula
Any experiences or encouragement would be greatly received. Sorry for the huge essay but I had to get it out
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