What is the average age for weaning??

[Heaven]

Just wondering, I have no idea, no one I know has waited for baby to wean themselves, they've all actively weaned them.

If following BLW, what is the average age a baby would wean??

[Ginger]

i don't know the 'average' but i can tell you that my ds1 self-weaned at 14 months old.

[onthefly]

I think it mostly comes down to cultural norms.
Some research I've seen referred to suggests anywhere from 3 to 7 as natural weaning age (on average), assuming no pressure to wean and no external influences on mother making bfing difficult, etc, etc.
In Aus it's probably around 4 months or something on average... (that's just a guess)

[STARRYSKY]

This is purely anectdotal, but most women i speak to seem to wean around 18months of age.

[Pretty Butterfly]

I have given my bubbas a minimum of 12 months, but WHO says it should be minimum of 2 years, so I am aiming for the 2 years.

My others self weaned due to pregnancy, so I hope Harmony doesn't. I'd like to tandem feed, with H having maybe morning and night still. She'll be 17 months.

I think you could potentially get 100's of different answers babe!!

[KimmyF]

My Ds self weaned at 14 and half months, he was ready to stop but i wasn't! i tried to hang on to morning and night feeds but he wasn't interested. I had planned on feeding until he was two, but he was ready and i guess its easier to follow his needs than weaning because i was ready. HTH

[Freya]

I dont know hardly anyone who actually breastfed past a few mths of age (if that!) but the rare few I know who did, the kids generally seemed to self wean around the 12-16mth mark.