"Probably breastfeeding for so long. I went for 18 months, but looking back, I was so tapped out and miserable by the one-year mark."
"I don't look back on that time fondly. My son (who woke up a million times a night) also started sleeping through the night a few days after I weaned him. Once I stopped, I felt like myself again. I started dropping the extra weight, and my mood was just better."
A parent breastfed for 18 months but experienced severe exhaustion and misery by the one-year mark. Night wakings persisted during prolonged breastfeeding and significantly disrupted sleep. Within days of weaning, the infant began sleeping through the night. The parent experienced a fast restoration of personal well-being, including mood improvement and gradual loss of extra weight. Prolonged breastfeeding contributed to emotional and physical depletion, while stopping breastfeeding produced quick, tangible benefits for both infant sleep patterns and maternal recovery of energy, identity, and physical health.
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