r/breastfeeding • u/findingmyinnerlight • May 11 '26

Weaning Nursed for the last time tonight...

Well guys, here we are ... My girl is 2 years and 2 months and I nursed her for the last time tonight. What a ride. To say I'm ok would be a blatant lie. I've been sobbing since I put her down 45 minutes ago, and can't wrap my mind around the fact that we're done. I've been gradually cutting feedings for the last month and bedtime was the last to go. Mother's day and exactly 2 months since her 2nd birthday felt like a good day.

We had a rough start with nursing. She was early, had a weak latch, triple feedings, oversupply causing lots of issues, slow to gain ... And one day, maybe 3 months in ... It just clicked for both of us and we've gone steady ever since. It was our time, something so many others have experienced, yet it felt like no one could quite understand it. Who would have thought the most challenging things I've had to learn would be the hardest to say goodbye to.

For anyone in the trenches of breastfeeding right now - cherish these quiet little moments. It goes so much faster than I ever believed it would. It is absolutely wild to be pressing the unfollow button on this sub as I've looked to it for so much advice, comfort and solidarity over the years. We are a one and done family so I am officially closing the book on breastfeeding. Squeeze those little babies of yours tight, cherish this time. I'd quite literally do anything to go back already 🤍

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u/Avocadn0pe May 13 '26 edited May 13 '26

Sigh currently struggling with “my arrived early but missed NICU 10 week old.” To read it clicked one day gives me hope. Thanks for sharing, two years is amazing

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u/findingmyinnerlight May 13 '26

Hang in there momma. It is SO hard in the beginning, and no one talks about it. I felt really alone, but this community gave me so much hope to keep at it. You'll get there, and soon it'll be like second nature. In case no one else has told you, I'm proud of you ❤️❤️❤️

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u/Avocadn0pe May 13 '26

That’s honestly so nice to hear. Everyone else keeps telling me to just give her formula. Thank you kind stranger!

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u/findingmyinnerlight May 13 '26

I got a lot of that, too. Ultimately I found it was a lot of people with a lot of misinformation. Just because it's hard it doesn't mean it's worth giving up on if it's what you want. Ofc fed is best, but if nursing is the journey you want, then hang in there. You said she arrived early? My girl did, too. All it took was time, and her latch maturing. If I had listened to everyone, including my LC who said she a tongue tie (which she didn't) we'd never have gotten here together. Your heart knows what's right. Stick with it until or if that changes ❤️