Breastfeeding rant

My toddler is now 20 months and still breastfeeding on demand.. to be honest I wish I could stop but have no idea how as he's so attached. Tonight I have been breastfeeding/comfort feeding because he's poorly.. he's basically using me as a dummy and every time I try to get him off, he's a screaming, crying hysterical mess. I'm touched out, fed up, and understandably just would like him off now. I've expressed to my partner frustrations and feeling overwhelmed and overstimulated for him to say 'it must be hard just to lay there' can someone please enlighten me into how tf I make him understand just how exhausting breastfeeding is cos I am so pissed right now at his lack of understanding after an hour and a half of basically being stuck here... (Please do not take this as me being ungrateful as I know I'm so lucky to have been able to breastfeed for so long, and for the most part I love it.. but nights like tonight where my baby just won't get off me are a little too overwhelming)

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Tie one of his arms behind his back and put a clothes pin on one nipple then make him leave it that way for half an hour. If he doesn't get it, do it again an hour later, rinse and repeat

@Sarah omg haha love that, I actually think it's not even just the breastfeeding but the twiddling/pulling/tugging of the other nipple that is the part that grates on me. Maybe two pegs will work? 👀

I totally understand the frustration!! My daughter is 2 and I just had a baby a few days ago my nipples are soo raw and hurt so bad.. I’m so grateful I’m able to nurse them both BUT I’m definitely going to be pumping and giving this baby some bottle time just to keep some sanity.. Breastfeeding takes a lot out of a women.. And your husband’s remark would have made me so maddd too! Men have no idea how hard it is on our bodies and minds..

I’m the same at 20 months, I cannot do it anymore. She wakes 10 times a night, sometimes takes half an hour of boob to get back to sleep, sometimes more, if she wakes and realises it’s not in her mouth, she’ll scream. I’m like a zombie. We’re night weaning next week. It’s going to be brutal 😅

Just wanted to update you. First night of no boob, we went to bed late to make sure she was tired. She took an hour of crying to fall asleep (sitting up cuddling a teddy). We layed her down and she slept 10-2. We kept her in bed until half 5, which was tough, lots of tears and we were all tired. Second night, 20 minutes of crying, slept 10-2 again. 10 minutes of crying. Slept 2-8! I am just about to wake her up.

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