DS was 15.5 months when I 'encouraged' his weaning.

I wasn't really that clued on about the breastfeeding 'benchmarks' so to speak and thought I'd just copy what my Mum did and wean him at 6 months. Well that didn't work so decided to keep on trucking. I was happy and so was he.

Sleeping was pretty bad so I started co-sleeping with him....although did it in another room away from DH. After a good while of doing that, I decided that I needed to be back in my own bed and closer to DH, so thought I would wean his day feeds first....that was easy, then had to cut down his two night feeds....where I was just on tap for him. I did one feed at a time and I had then decided that once the night feeding was over it was time for a big boy bed for him.

I vividly remember our last feed...not realising at the time that it was the last I am totally happy with the outcome. He stopped feeding, then I took the cot rails off his toddler bed and he started sleeping in his own room. He got some space, and so did I!

I loved out BFing journey and I'm looking forward to it with the next one, however long it continues. I never had any pressure from anyone to stop feeding (not to my face anyway!)