I am feeling "done" with nursing. My DD is currently 20 months and LOVES to nurse. I want to continue breastfeeding until she is 24 months but after that I want to wean her. I'm just not sure how? I don't want it to be crazy traumatic or for her to be really upset but I do not want to nurse much longer past 24 months. If you successfully weaned a toddler how did you do it?
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We started with night nursing and daddy just gave him juice instead (high value) which we watered down to pretty much water to wean him from that. Then it got to the point where he didn't ask and we didn't offer.
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DH and I had kind of the same time line. We both wanted her weaned by two and I have no interest in tandem nursing. Night sessions were the first to go. Then a few months later we cut the morning session. Then we cut the bedtime session which really kinda about due to her not asking so I didn't offer. . The very last one to go was the nap session which was when she was just 2yr and 2 weeks.
Like all moms who weaned older toddlers told me, it it was WAY less traumatic for her than it was for me.
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We will be working on this over summer break (she will be 26 months). I have NO CLUE how we will do this but might tie it into a long vacation I have planned. Tell her no milk at Grandma's and see if she stops asking? So anxious over how to do this.
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