How do you mentally let go of nursing/pumping?

Question

My daughter is 9 months and has slowly preferred the bottle over breast and would only nurse at night, now it’s dropped down to a few times per week she will actually nurse, so I’ve been pumping 3x/day and the rest is formula. I want to be done pumping so badly, but feel immense guilt for not giving her at least some breastmilk. How do I get past this? I wanted to make it to one year but 🥴

Answer

After a week you won’t feel as guilty anymore. At least that’s how it was for me when I weaned my first child. Now I’m 8 months in breastfeeding #2 and I can’t wait to be done and I’m feeling guilty again. Ugh. Mom guilt is a huge bitch.

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Atleast you gave her some. For me if was a little different I wanted to stop sooo badly. But I also felt guilty! But I realized I gave her as much as I can give but it was wearing me out. It’s cheesy but fed is really best and you almost made it to the year! Breastfeeding is really hard and it’s awesome you could do it in the first place! It will relieve you a little bit which in the end was best for ME and baby

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I felt the same way. I stopped at 5.5 months. The best advice I got was do what's best for you and baby. If you don't want to you don't have to. And at the end of the day, when the kids grow up you'll never know who had breast milk and who didn't. Your child will thrive just like any other child. I found we our way too much pressure on ourselves when we don't have to. Breast milk is good and formula is good too.

How do you mentally let go of nursing/pumping?

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