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Does weaning affect mood?

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My son is two and two weeks and he is showing less and less interest. He has never been a big fan of nursing, long painful story. Anyway, he has only fed in the dark for almost a year now. If he can see, he says yuck, and cried any time I asked several times. I got the hint, he wasn't interested, so it became just the morning, before nap and before bed.

Now even those times are short, if at all. He makes a noise like he is frustrated and grabs his blanky instead. He always took to the blanky, not the breast (sucks his thumb). That's part of the long, heartbreaking story.

My mood recently has been awful, very easily angered and frustrated almost constantly. Almost like pms. This full moon was particularly bad, even friends and family were a mess with people in and out of hospital and all kinds of stresses. I may be under too much stress, but then I thought it might be a weaning thing. I know he isn't taking as much milk, maybe my hormones are affected?

Thanks for any help. I'm really hoping I can blame how I feel on hormones... otherwise I really need some time out because I am not an effective human being at the moment.
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My ds1 was usually an an easy going kid, and we almost bypassed the so called 'terrible 2's' completely.
But when i got pregnant, my milk supply decreased, and although he had unlimited access, he was not as interested. I definitely noticed he was more prone to tantrums. There was no doubt about the connection to the dropped milk supply.

We are fortunately able to continue the nursing relationship though.

Maya
post #4 of 5
Nursing definitely releases feel-good hormones. I think there are some that are lovey-dovey, some sweet mellow calm ones, and some that help you power through on very little sleep. When you stop nursing, these feel-good hormones taper off. Many women feel nervous, anxious, weepy, mopey, or exhausted during weaning.
post #5 of 5
Yes, weaning can absolutely cause mood issues. In fact, it's a time when you should be on guard for PPD, and take the usual precautions.

Enough sleep, enough help, good vitamins/diet, good company, etc.
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