Re: guilt is killing me; severely depressed
Re-read then. OP decided not to breastfeed BECAUSE her 4 yr old kept complaining about not being loved anymore. The guilt stems from the idea that the second child is taking love away from the first. Sure, the decision of the OP to not breastfeed is adding to the guilt. But what is your proposed solution? give teh OP reasons to not feel guilty about not breastfeeding simply because the first child will be offended? wouldn’t you rather go to the root of the problem, which is that child #1 feels left out and mom feels guilty because of this new sharing of love and attention between 2 children, so that BOTH children get the love and attention they deserve?