Help drying up milk supply
Hi! I am brand new to this page so I am sorry if this question gets asked a lot. My almost 5 month old has always been lousy at nursing. He never had a good latch and it has always been painful and a struggle for him and for me. And I feel like I haven’t been able to really take the time to figure things out because I also have a two year-old and a three year-old and I just don’t really have the mental capacity that I used to have when I was nursing them. My brain is just being stretched in 1 million different directions right now.
This past week, I seriously have hit an all-time low with my mental health. There have been a lot of outside factors that have contributed to that, but I think one of the main reasons has been feeding my baby. He also has just been extremely fussy the past few weeks and so feeding has been a total nightmare and sensory overload.
I guess what I’m asking is how do I go about drying up my supply, and how do I overcome that intense mom guilt that comes with not breast-feeding anymore? I guess part of me just feels that because I physically have a good supply that I should be able to push through and feed my baby, but also the rational part of me knows that my mental health is way more important than that.
Also, we have started supplementing with formula when I feel like I just can’t handle nursing or pumping. And I just feel like he gets stomach aches when he has formula. I imagine he is going to do a lot of combo feeding as I am weaning and so do you have any advice on how to do it so his stomach can adjust to it better?