How did you stop breastfeeding your baby/toddler to sleep?

[~Stoked~]

I have just started putting DS in the cot after feeding to sleep and co-sleeping for the past 11 months! It's not easy but I think it's working!
I feed him until he is sleepy, but not asleep, then I put him in his cot which is next to our bed and I pat his bum until he is asleep. He does cry for a bit but he knows I am there and he is safe.
The first time took an hour of crying and patting, this morning's nap took ten minutes! I was so happy! It has only been a few days too! I am planning continuing the patting then just placing my hand on him then just sitting beside the cot then gradually moving out the door!
I, too, can't wait for the day I can put him down, say goodnight and voilÃ*!!

[Daydream Believer]

Had another baby! LOL

When DS was 2 months old she'd become sick of having to wait for him to finish feeds before she could have one. We had dummies in the toy box because she never used them so we kept them for her baby dolls & one day she picked one up & started using it. She now puts herself to sleep with her dummy.

[Heda]

I'm going to crash this thread with the hope of getting some guidance too Still feeding my 17 month old to sleep for both nap & bedtime and each waking at night LOL (Which is pretty darn frequent right now!!)

Maybe another baby in the answer hahah

[Kailani]

I'm going to crash this thread with the hope of getting some guidance too Still feeding my 17 month old to sleep for both nap & bedtime and each waking at night LOL (Which is pretty darn frequent right now!!)

This is me too, so I don't have any advice sorry! Still feeding my 20 month old to sleep for day and night sleeps + he wakes often during the night and I give him boob then too (we co-sleep). Would love to get him to fall asleep without a feed and then sleep through!

[goddessofdawn]

Thank you for all the feedback. I am sure I will try one or more of those methods when I am ready, and when DD is ready. She is a bit of a firecracker
so if she isn't ready, she will make sure I know it!

I think I am going to really have to be serious before I start this -
all of you have had to put up with some level of crying and/or time-consuming methods like patting etc before you got some success.

BFing is a huge strain on me - BUT it is so quick at soothing DD and I don't have to deal with any crying.
But on the other hand, the squirminess at the bedtime feed is getting harder to control, and DD isn't getting any smaller!