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Mine's 14 months and I still have certain times I nurse her (after she wakes in the morning, before nap, before bed time, etc.). But sometimes the middle-of-the-day feedings are like 2 minutes or shorter, because she has better things to do and real food to eat)

I don't offer and she nurses plenty. She is 19 months.

I offered on our usual schedule (morning, before naps, and before bedtime) until I started dropping nap time sessions around 14 months.

Just when she asks....but she asks often. Sometimes I say no if we've just nursed. I guess if it's bedtime or nap time I ask if she wants to. She always says yes.

@Foodnerd81: He started asking around 13 months by pointing to the chair in his room where I always nursed him. Shortly after that he started saying "mahh" for milk, and doing this motion that kind of looks like he was grabbing his own boobies, lol.

we kept to our EASY routine until i day weaned around 15 months. now i just nurse on wakeup and bedtime. she asks by signing milk frantically, but i distract her with other things if she asks during the day at this point. @Foodnerd81: She didn't start signing herself until after a year.

We nurse twice a day (morning and after daycare), but I'll certainly let her nurse more often if she wants, although she's not super boob-obsessed so it's rare that she asks for more.

She asks by grabbing at my shirt

At 14 months I let him ask. His asking is usually putting his hand down my shirt. He does know the sign but usually by the time he wants it he won't do it.

The only time I offer is in the morning and before bed. During the week those are his only nursing sessions as he is in daycare, but on the weekends he generally wants to nurse before his nap and one more time in the afternoon.

Once he turned one, I weaned down to once a day because I wanted to be done pumping. But when we did nurse, I always offered - he rarely asked! And then we weaned at 14.5 months because he started refusing when I offered.

I always offered - I think DS would have self-weaned earlier if I had waited for him to ask! We were down to morning and night soon after a year I think. I wanted him to keep nursing through the winter, so that's just the kind of milk he got upon waking up and before he went to bed.