14 months and decided to wean. Husband guilt tripping me about it
Hello ladies,
I’m super happy me and my baby have made it this far. She’s fluent in sign language and is very good at letting me know when she wants to nurse. Also, she’s okay if I can’t nurse her at the moment and give her a bottle instead and we move onto whatever we’re doing.
I decided to wean because I’m tired. I want and need coffee to get energy and wake up and do stuff around the house, if I do drink it... baby gets super hyper... also, I want to exercise and diet... breastfeeding dries me up, I’m fatigued and sluggish all the time. And have permanent hunger feeling. I consciously deal with this bc I want the best for my baby, and have done it this far. But I now feel so out of touch with my body, and head, I’m not who I used to be. So energetic and busy and happy, and now tho I’m filled with love from my baby ( now toddler) I feel like I accomplish absolutely nothing each day. Just caring for baby tires me so much. Cook fresh food for her, and do our daily routine of reading, playing, errands if any, and bath—-and also waking up at night twice to rocker back to sleep and back to her crib....But my energy is low, and it makes me feel bad I am not all there for her either.
So, after all this, I tried weaning, and switched her to cows milk... gradually. She’s doing great, she’s big and strong and healthy!!! but husband keeps pressuring to continue to nurse, “ bc is best for baby” and bc I’m being vain and want to loose weight. He’s totally tripping and it makes me even angrier that he tries to trip me into feeling guilty about it and calling me a bad mother. I guess he’s succeeded bc I’m writing this post. I have stated that it’s my decision and my body and he should respect it. But it’s just not clear to him.
So, anyone out there going thought the same? How do you deal with it? How do you communicate with husband about this and stop him from being a total D—-about it? I’m basically looking for a good “real good” explanation to make him realize he has no say in it.
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