Hugs hun I know how you feel about being over it!!
DS1 wants to feed when ever I am sitting down, if DS2 feeding he wants other side, If DS2 in bed he wants a feed, he will pull up my top and down my bra he gets easily distarcted and then re attaches over and over! If I say no he chucks a tanty and throws himself back wards and screams.
DH says similar things to Shell about times when I am not there.
I also wanted him to self wean but if this keeps up I may need to force him to wean.
Leasha hun, I know how draining this is for you. You need a break during the long weekend, not to have constant demands of you.
I would say that Jazz is not wanting the milk, so much as the comfort. This is her way of bonding and spending time with you. She is delighted to have you home and doesn't want to miss having any of your time. She might also be doing this to try and stop you from going away. This is an extra day she can spend with you and that's what she wants to do.
The key is to find a balance between your need for space, and Jazz' need for you. There is no easy answer to this however. Some mums find it works to put limits on it - maybe she can have a certain number of feeds a day only, and/or only feed for a set number of minutes or sucks. Depending on how much she understands, you might be able to give her a set of cards which she can swap for a bf - when the cards are gone then she can't have any more feeds. You might also need to explain that you have things to do so that you can't spend all day with her. Do you think these ideas might work for you?
Best of luck with it hun. I hope she settles down and that you get a lovely, restful Easter.
Have had similar issues with DD .... the things that worked for me were...
Getting her out to the park or the beach, it seems the more boisterous fun she's having the more inclined she is to forget about it for a while.
Sometimes she is actually thirsty so I try to get her to have a drink - she is usually more willing to drink from my glass than a sippy cup though
Night weaning really helped me to feel less drained and demanded on and while she still wakes at night, for some reason I don't feel as drained when I don't have to BF her back to sleep (unless she's sick).
I'm trying to get down to just a morning and bedtime feed but she usually manages to squeeze one more in there somewhere. The thing I tend to find really annoying is that she will ask and ask and ask and then you sit down to give her a BF and she won't pay attention for more than ten seconds!
Good luck!!
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