It's really hard to get her to unlatch when I want her to. She can 'suck' for Jersey AND Australia. I'm just feeling sore and used.
Manta, my intentions were to BF as long as I could deal with it, and I feel the time has come. I just want my boobs back now. Selfish!
I'm not sure about increasing BF during the day. When she's been sick, or getting teeth, I've done that but it's made no difference to the night.
She's also not really got anything to replace BF with. DS had his dummy and loved snuggly cuddles, so night weaning him was relatively easy. DD isn't as cuddly, and would just push me away if I was trying to give her a cuddle in replacement for a boob! She's a feisty one!
She talks and asks for 'boo' pretty much every time she comes to the surface of sleep. Sometimes she'll curl up on my arm, but that is only early on in the night, when I'm still awake. I'll just roll over and she'll just have me in her mouth! I'm pretty much un-disturbed..... Just tired OF it.
During the day she shoves her hand down my top for comfort, but they're sore so I'm starting to resent that too.
If she actually fed at set times, I would be able to pinpoint and drop feeds one by one, but it's just like a big fat comfort feed through the night.
I have had to do a count down for my DD, so "10,9,8,7,,5,4,3,2,1 ta da! ok, no more milk" when feeding gets too much for me. I also used the Pantley Pull-Off techniques (from no cry sleep solution) to stop all night sucking.
DD was sick a few months back with a fever and my milk just couldn't keep up (i was pregnant), and so i introduced a drink bottle of water over night. When she would wake, we would offer the drink bottle first. She still has a drink bottle and when she wakes (she is now in her own bed), we show her where the drink bottle is. I think she must now find it herself now.
Could you make it more difficult for her to attach without it being a conscious act- wear a tighter top or extra layers. At least then you are both deciding to feed rather than it being automatic.
You could choose to make set times for feeds, try that for awhile and then if you want to cut these down.
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