just shy of 3y10m here and still going far stronger than i thought we would be!

DD has done pretty much all the stuff that you have listed - the nipple tweaking (breast feeding necklace helped HEAPS with this!), multiple side swapping, feeding all night... it's been the most physically and mentally exhausting part of parenting - but at the same time, it's given us a bond i never thought was possible.

Late last year she was all but weaned - she'd had bronchitis on top of a cold - and the simple act of feeding was making her cough (breathing through her nose meant snot being sucked in and tickling her throat) - the cough was resulting in multiple vomit every night and she was just over it - so she curled up in my arms, hand on boob, and went to sleep like that every night. but then she decided to start again when she came good - so every few nights she'd have a drink. then she got tonsilitis in January, severe dehydration, and boob was ALL she seemed to want and could manage - so feeding ramped up again. much to the (surprising) delight of the paed in emergency who was at the point of "drink or you'll be on the drip". so since january, we've been back to at leat a feed every night before bed - quite often in the morning on the days i don't work too

mostly i'm ok with it - sometimes it drives me nuts, but mostly i'm ok with it. i've asked her if she is ever going to wean - she says yes, then says "not today though!". she shares with Daddy, tells me that one boob (her least fave one) tastes like cows milk, the other like mummy milk - it's very different feeding a little person that can tell you this stuff lol


Teeki (i think!) - you mentioned the faffing about and changing feed time - i've had to do that several times. if DD isn't tired enough, she won't go to sleep - but will feed and feed and feed (well, attempt to feed!) - it drives me bonkers - so now i hold out til i know she is tired enough and usually she is out cold pretty quickly.