Interesting point Leasha - is the dummy linked to the lack of comfort thing? Jett does have a dummy and I suppose the reason we gave him that dummy was because I wasn't prepared to be a human dummy. Especially because in the beginning that meant putting a nipple shield on to get a proper attachment and those things can be hard to keep in place! And I needed it for about 3 months due to my flattish nipples and his small mouth!!

But our BF relationship was quite rocky for about 6 months because of the first few being related to the nipple shield, and then supply went up and down all over the place. It only clicked in to place once he started solids. Then everything was fine (apart from the odd teething hiccup) until he just refused point blank when I got pregnant.

Barb - thanks for sharing your story. Jett never had formula - we tried it twice and both times he barely drank any and then was up all night. We only tried that around the 12 month mark so I wasn't surprised. We had done the occasional EBM in a bottle but he was refusing that from about 9 months. So that was why I was so shocked when very suddenly at 13 months he turned in to a very distressed screaming little boy. It was taking me longer to calm him down after a feed than actually the amount of time he took to feed. I thought he would come back to me when he was ready - but no, never even suggested that's what he wanted ever again. We weren't giving him cows milk either - he was getting his dairy from yoghurt and cheese at his meals. But like I said in my post, it coincided with me getting pregnant, so I can only presume the hormonal change wasn't to his taste!