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Following, Jack's only 3 months but this is my plan once he turns a year as well.

Personally, I do entirely child-led weaning. Ellie didn't drop to just morning/evening until she started preschool, and even then she sometimes nursed during the day until she was about 4 or so. Lorelei still nurses some during the day, although if we are out and about and she is busy she typically nurses less. You can certainly encourage ramping down your sessions, and other bees probably have some great ideas for how to do that.

I just started giving bottles of whole milk for the two afternoon feedings. It was pretty easy as I WOH, so LO's nanny started giving him bottles of whole milk rather than breastmilk, and I just stuck with it on weekends. My supply regulated quickly, and I make just the right amount for his morning and evening feed now at 14 months.

At about 18 months I did a few things. First, I stopped nursing in public. I just told her 'sorry, I left it at home', and she quickly stopped asking. Then I started offering a hug and a kiss when she hurt herself, and she quickly dropped nursing in those situations. Then I started telling her no when she was clearly just hungry, or when dinner was near, or when we'd recently nursed. That got it down way more.

At some point (25 months or so) we really dropped down, and it has started to become uncomfortable. At 27 months, we just do two minutes at bedtime, and two minutes in the morning, and I'm close to done. I've just been consistent in slowly dropping the frequency and amount, and she's been fairly receptive.