DD is almost 9 months and EBF. I planned to BF until she decided she was finished, but it's getting really hard.
She's increasingly squirmy, pinches and twists my breast while she eats, pushes on my stomach with her feet, twists and turns and tries to do 14 million other things, all while nursing.
I have never really enjoyed BFing, I've just sucked it up and done what I know is best for her. I am feeling serious amounts of guilt over this (always have) and would love to wean her but would feel even worse if I did-knowing she is not ready.
So what do I do? I feed on demand and don't know any other way, and I think she's past swaddling to keep her still (she weighs nearly 25 lbs!) but something has got to give. My boobs are back to hurting all the time the way they did when she was first born; they feel bruised and my nipples are burning again.
Why wasn't I given patience when I got my uterus? I don't think I got all my momma parts...at least not the mental ones!
She's increasingly squirmy, pinches and twists my breast while she eats, pushes on my stomach with her feet, twists and turns and tries to do 14 million other things, all while nursing.
I have never really enjoyed BFing, I've just sucked it up and done what I know is best for her. I am feeling serious amounts of guilt over this (always have) and would love to wean her but would feel even worse if I did-knowing she is not ready.
So what do I do? I feed on demand and don't know any other way, and I think she's past swaddling to keep her still (she weighs nearly 25 lbs!) but something has got to give. My boobs are back to hurting all the time the way they did when she was first born; they feel bruised and my nipples are burning again.
Why wasn't I given patience when I got my uterus? I don't think I got all my momma parts...at least not the mental ones!
