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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I nursed my daughter until almost 3 and weaned her by going on an 8 day vacation 😎 I left her with her dad/family came to help and visit!

I’m sure it kinda sucked for them but they figured it out and when I got back she tried once or twice more but my supply was gone.

So maybe just plan a vacation around the time you want to stop?? I’d try to make it for the first year if you can! I know it is miserable but there are so many health benefits — and as a formerly formula fed baby/current asthmatic, overweight, and borderline diabetic adult I think there are so many important reasons to BF which make your sacrifice now worth it later on. ❤️

Will just add that I triple fed at the beginning bc of tongue ties (first 6 months) so wonder if that helped lighten the load — though I still pumped/nurses most feeds. But I wonder if that helped with sleep later on…

We also coslept starting around age 2 — not ideal, but we started solidly sleeping 12 hours. [/quote]

Please, stop with the association with your health issues and formula. That stuff has been disproven! I was nursed and born vaginally and had gestational diabetes, food allergies, and am pre diabetic (and am fit and exercise). My older child was born vaginally and was exclusively nursed for 2.5 years and has food allergies and asthma. My C-section baby has no allergies and was combo fed with formula and doesn’t have asthma.

No - if your mental and physical health suffer - the sacrifice isn’t worth it! Most women don’t want to not be able to leave their kids for 3 years, and they shouldn’t have to. Emily Oster’s book has a great chapter on feeding and you should read it. [/quote]

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