the final part of our journey - need some support!

**sloane** · February 10th, 2011, 10:25 AM

DS is less than a week off being 19.5 months. he's been a pretty good BFer since the start & our journey has been a good one. we had some hiccups at the start but i can see now that they were more to do with a hormonal, panicking first time mum rather than any real BFing issues.

i haven't always enjoyed it - especially as he fed 2hourly around the clock until he was about 11 months old. but i'm proud to have stuck with it.

now it's time for the final stage of our BFing relationship. i know it's selfish, but we'd like to ttc #2 this year and i would like to have my body back for a couple of months. i want to lose some weight first & i really feel that i need to focus solely on me to make this happen. i know i don't have to wean to do these things but i want to. and i think he's ready - not to wean of his own accord but to accept the change.

he has 3 super quick feeds between 4-6.30am (more about comfort than feeding) & then one before his nap & one before bed. today is day 3 of no feed before his nap.

he's been a little annoyed (who wouldn't be

) but i just tell him that i love him, he can have all the cuddles he wants (and probably more than he wants!) but that he doesn't need to have a feed to get to sleep. he's settling far more quickly (within a few minutes) than i expected - my little man is really growing up.

he doesn't seek out a BF for comfort during the day & it's always had a strong sleep association for him so i don't feel that i'm depriving him of a source of comfort when he's upset or hurt himself.

there's not much point to this post - but DP is happy for me to keep going indefinitely & i've never had pressure to stop from anyone so i just wanted to share & to get some