Hi everyone,

I'm having some major problems with weaning my 9 mth old baby off bfing to sleep. In a nutshell he won't let me not feed him to sleep. He'll cry and eventually scream, and rocking, patting, shhhhing him only makes him really angry and more upset.

What should I do? Should I persevere and continue trying to comfort him without a boob? What if he doesn't go to sleep? Or should I just try to calm him with a small feed and put him down? If I go for the second option, how will I wean him off it completely? I need to solve this in a few weeks because he's starting childcare which of course is adding to the stress.

Any ideas would be so greatly appreciated because I'm really losing it. Crying it out goes against every notion I have of what it is to be a parent, but I'm sure that's what will happen if I don't get it sorted out before he starts care.

Thanks