Feeling rubbish for my little boy today

[eddjanuary10]

I'm feeling a bit sad today. Ihsan has almost completely stopped bf'ing now, he has a bf only some nights before bed. I was expecting him to stop soon as he has hardly been taking any milk the last few weeks its been purely for comfort and he is happy to hug now instead (we co-sleep). Well for 2 days he had a burning fever and nothing was bringing it down. He had never looked so unwell and has always continued running around throughout any previous illnesses but not this time. He has never had a fever for more than 24hours and normally bounces back from things quickly, even the chicken pox. He was throwing up & hardly eating so we took him to out of hours gp last night and he has an ear infection, he has been given anti biotics.

Right now I am feeling rubbish. Like I can't protect him anymore, he would always bf when feeling ill but now I can't do that and that was his best medicine. I am relying on medicines and anti bitotics and I just feel sad for him today. I know it's something that I will have to get used to, he is going to get sick sometimes he is a kid after all. I think it feels worse because he is literally just starting to self wean now and here we are already.

Thanks for reading. If you have any experiences to share please do.

 

[Natsku]

I think I remember reading somewhere that its pretty normal for a toddler to get ill right after stopping breastfeeding, he'll get over it soon I take it you can't pump and give him some in a cup?

 

[eddjanuary10]

I think I remember reading somewhere that its pretty normal for a toddler to get ill right after stopping breastfeeding, he'll get over it soon I take it you can't pump and give him some in a cup?

Is it I didn't know that you are always learning something new. Thank you. I have never been able to pump more than a couple of ounces and that was when I had a good supply I think it'd be even less now. He asked for bm yesterday but he is so bunged up that he couldn't stay on.

 

[Natsku]

Aww poor little lad Hope he gets better soon

Edit: I remember now that Maria got ill right after she stopped breastfeeding as well

 

[Jchihuahua]

Aww poor Ihsan. I hope he feels better soon. Tommy has just finished a second course of antibiotics. He's been ill for almost 2 months now . Having poorly LOs is just the most awful thing .

 

[eddjanuary10]

Aww poor Ihsan. I hope he feels better soon. Tommy has just finished a second course of antibiotics. He's been ill for almost 2 months now . Having poorly LOs is just the most awful thing .

Poor little Tommy, what's wrong? Hope he starts to feel a lot better now that he has finished his 2nd course.