I agree that he should support you, but maybe he is reacting to your stress about not having "time out". He might have been trying to give you the "out" option of breastfeeding, thinking maybe you were doing cos you felt obligated to, but not cos you were still enjoying it. Do you know what I mean? Not sure i'm clear.
Basically, it may not be that he really has an issue with your breastfeeding, so much as he doesn't want to see you exhausted, because obviously when you're bf, he can't help you through the night.
How do i know this? DH suggested I stop bf when i was getting extremely stressed and exhausted. When i got upset, he said that it was because he couldn't help me, cos he doesn't lactate. LOL
Now he knows my thoughts that with DD I allowed her to wean herself and she did it at 5.5 months, so I think it's only fair that I give DS the same opportunity. He is 7 months and I doubt he will wean anytime soon. Which is fine by me.
I had a naturopath last week go off telling me it was time that DS and I "went in [our] own ways" with bf and stop bf him cos it's probably causing his reflux. Needless to say, it was all i could do to stop throwing things at her.
When I got home and told DH about it, he had a laugh about it and said to ignore her. Do what I want to do. Evidently when i made it apparent that I was willing to put up with the harder sides of bf, he was more than happy to support me to continue.
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Not sure i'm clear.
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