Just read this with my 1 year old attached to my nipple in the midst of my desperation to stop feeding (she has teeth… and uses them), and her determination not to. I thought that the end of the BF journey was going to be a gentle, cozy finale - with me doing one cuddly feed at night and then quietly, no more. I didn’t realise I would be racing for it to end while fighting a wiggling 1 year old who leaves teeth marks on her prey. After making it to a year I should be feeling success, instead I’m feeling defeated. Breastfeeding is hard. More power to you.
I take my hat off to you! Preserving through that is levels of patience and fortitude I don’t know if I’d have. I have a 9 month old son and breastfeeding has been complicated. In the end I chose to combi feed as without it I would have given up. Being a mother is so encompassing you need to keep a portion of yourself ring fenced to remember who you are.
A variation of "I didn’t need to be perfect to succeed. I just needed to be honest with myself" needs to be printed in BOLD letters across every single Baby Feeding pamphlet from now on!
Just read this with my 1 year old attached to my nipple in the midst of my desperation to stop feeding (she has teeth… and uses them), and her determination not to. I thought that the end of the BF journey was going to be a gentle, cozy finale - with me doing one cuddly feed at night and then quietly, no more. I didn’t realise I would be racing for it to end while fighting a wiggling 1 year old who leaves teeth marks on her prey. After making it to a year I should be feeling success, instead I’m feeling defeated. Breastfeeding is hard. More power to you.
You’ve done so amazingly well Natalie! 🩷
I take my hat off to you! Preserving through that is levels of patience and fortitude I don’t know if I’d have. I have a 9 month old son and breastfeeding has been complicated. In the end I chose to combi feed as without it I would have given up. Being a mother is so encompassing you need to keep a portion of yourself ring fenced to remember who you are.
I love that, you’re so right you do have to ring fence! 🩷
A variation of "I didn’t need to be perfect to succeed. I just needed to be honest with myself" needs to be printed in BOLD letters across every single Baby Feeding pamphlet from now on!