If you're worried about DD not going to sleep for her carers while your at work you could try rocking her to sleep/taking her for a walk in the pram to fall asleep etc to give her other ways of falling to sleep, that way she won't be totally put out when she's not BFed to sleep?
I've been doing that with DD for her naps and it's working well. I used to feed her to sleep, then wake her slightly before putting her to bed. Then wake her almost fully and rock her back to sleep. Then just rock her to sleep, gradually putting her to bed more awake each time. It's taken a few weeks but there haven't been any tears and doing things gradually works better for my DD.
And congratulations on feeding your DD so long, I also really enjoy BFing my DD, I had planned on fully weaning her when I went back to work at 1 yo, but she really loves it, also for comfort so we'll see. Good luck
Thanks Kristin27, I will try that sort of regime over the next few weeks to go to sleep in the evening too. It sounds good. I have been really working on the routine bath, milk, book, bed too to give her sleep cues and it seems to be helping. I am making a concerted effort to cut out the day feed altogether for my own energy and sanity. I will feel so much better knowing she is not missing out on that lunch feed just cause I am at work. I will keep going on morning and night feeds for as long as she wants it. She has slept ok at daycare so far. Only 1-1.5 hours though and I can get her to have 2-3 hours most days at home.
this is just what i did/do
i went back to work when my dd was 4 months old(now 20 months) i used to express for her unlit around the 9 month mark where i couldnt get any more(i was getting less and less even after being away for 6/8 hrs) so she would go with out for those feeds but we made sure she was having her solid meal and plenty of water while i wasnt there. who ever had her(a nanny or her oma learnt how to put her down with out a bfeed)
at 10 months i went back to my second job(that was in a cc centre so that was easy enough)and she would have a lunch feed while i was there then the cc girls would also get her to sleep there own way.
at 15 months we moved and i became a sahm again so i went back to feeding her to sleep for her daytime sleeps(we dropped the bed time one). i have just started uni so she isnt in my care for 3 days a week now and she goes with out again for those feeds but i feed her when i get home or we only have one feed a day(first thing in the morning)
if she is sick(very rarely) she might have an extra feed.
you can feed your dd when ever your there with her any carers will soon figure out how to get her to sleep with out your boobs and she will associate sleep with them is something else and sleep with you is a booby moment!!
you really dont have to change your feeding habits too much.
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