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i weaned just a few weeks ago. I was prone to clogs and didn't want that to happen so I just pumped less and less over the course of two weeks. (I met a mommy today who weaned in 3 days!) I went from pumping 5x's a day to 4, to 3, and so on.

LO was never a great nurser so it was fine. He was already receiving breast milk and formula in bottles so he didn't miss the boob much. I do catch him going for boob at night before bed (so he still must look to it for comfort) but it was traumatic and he doesn't cry.

Does your LO get bottles now? If so , I would suggest that you start slowly increasing the bottles around the time of weaning so it is a slow transition. Good luck! At least you are still planning on giving LO breastmilk! That is great

I think about this often. My LO never takes bottles so I feel like it's not going to go well for us.

@anbanan15: He is 10 months old and I'm hoping to have him be weaned by his first birthday, if not a little after? I'm really just hoping he will wean himself! Lol

I weaned at 8 months. The one piece of advice I would give is to take it slowly! You really need to do it gradually so as to avoid major pain and discomfort.

I dropped one feed at a time, starting with the day feeds, and gave it a week or so until I dropped the next feed.

It was all fine until the last one. I had major discomfort and felt like my boobs were going to explode! I had major hardness in one of my boobs and was worried about mastisis. It was fine a week later.

I wasn't pumping at all ( for other reasons) so had I been that would have helped alleviate things slightly.

So take it slowly! You probably need to take 2 months. I did have a really good supply so if you don't the process could be easier. Good luck!