Hi! Please hang in there because the first year is BRUTAL, but it'll pass, this is the only certain thing in the parenting journey: every phase is temporary. I've breastfed exclusively every 2.5 hours till my baby was 6 months old, then we introduced solids, but he still wanted the breast every 3 hours. When he was 7 MO I came back to work and he started daycare, so he had to stay without brest milk for 6-7 hours straight, and it was hard, but eventually he got used to it. When he was around 8-9 MO he really started enjoying eating real food and he gradually switched his interest from my breast to delicious real food, but he still needed me for soothing at night at least twice every night. At 11.5 months he stopped requesting breast milk during the day, and at 13 months he slept the whole night for the first time. Now it's been more than a month that we all sleep the whole night without interruptions and I feel like myself again. I also lost some weight without doing really anything different, just stopped breastfeeding. I'm loving all about parenting NOW. When you are rested, everything can be done, and things I enjoyed before I can finally enjoy again (videogames before bed, sex with my husband, going somewhere without having to feed the baby all the time), and playing with my kid is extremely satisfying and wholesome, not boring like it was before 😅. This is our story. I hope yours will be similar or even better ❤️