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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP, you're in quite a pickle here.  I think you're going to have to steel yourself for some anxiety attacks.  I totally get that nursing is the best way to soothe her.  I nursed my DD until over age two for the same reason.  But it has to stop.  You've really allowed it to go on until a point where it's detrimental to her and to you.

Can you leave for a few days and have your husband/partner wake her up and put her to bed?  [/quote]

Having someone else put her to bed/wake her is an idea.  Op actually leaving for a few days sounds terrible b/c the kid will probably demand to be nursed upon her return.[/quote]

But she's not producing much now, which means a few days without nursing and the child m I got not draw anything down.  Perhaps she would respond better to weaning like that?[/quote]

I don't think it's about being fed; it's about soothing.

If the op suddenly went away for a few days and then came back her kid would probably just want to nurse regardless of the supply.  Replacing the behavior with a different behavior is key, but I don't think the op leaving for a few days will accomplish anything.[/quote]

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