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We started around 12.5 months just before I went back to work and she started daycare. It worked out nicely because I knew pumping wasn't going to work for me.

I stopped pumping around 13 months and by 16 we tried to just do morning and night but she just didn't want to do that and eventually at 18 months we had to wean all together.

we went from 4 to 2 feedings at 12 months.

now at 14 months, he's down to 1 morning feeding, and my hope is to wean him from this last feeding in the next month.

I am really trying to get there now (just shy of a year). We still have a good session at lunch though. LO will drink almond milk, but not very much, so I'm really worried about his calorie/nutrient intake.

Let's be friends - I'm in the exact same situation! My L is 16 months, in the process of dropping her morning nap, and I'm pregnant and finding breastfeeding ever more painful. She nurses every morning and night, and I'd say that's it about half of the time. The other third to half she asks to nurse sometime in the middle of the day. I try to redirect for now, but if she insists, I cave. To end the nap time connection, I changed up her routine. For a couple of weeks I either nursed her and then did story and rocking before instead of having it be the last thing before nap time. Separating it seemed to help.

i went back to work at 12.5 months and he was nursing when i got home from work plus morning and night, plus i was pumping milk for his lunch until about 14.5 months. then he gradually dropped the after work session and i stopped pumping, so i guess from about 15 months he was down to morning and night, but sometimes i nurse a bit more on the weekends (like once in the afternoon, one of the days).

@oliviaoblivia: you weaned completely??! i had no idea! how did it go?

@californiadreams: I nursed her Sunday morning and we had a really sweet session. Then that night I had J put her to bed to see how she'd do. She went down easily. Then Monday morning I didn't offer and she didn't ask.
It's definitely harder on me than it is on her. I don't think she misses it too much. I've been making sure we still cuddle a lot. It's nice actually. It used to be that I'd come home, nurse for 40 minutes, rush to cook dinner, eat, bedtime. Now we spend her nursing time playing together. I'm really enjoying it.

Right around 11 months. It happened naturally.

@californiadreams: I didn't really plan it. She did so well without me Saturday night that I wanted to see what would happen. What happened was she was ready.

@californiadreams: She asked Sunday so we nursed. I think she'd accept if I offered but she doesn't ask for it. As much as I miss it I like having the time back. It makes my mornings so much easier!

@californiadreams: L would nurse for 40 minutes in the morning. And would freak out if I tried to cut it short. Her bedtimes have been easy. She fights it a little now whereas she used to just go down, but overall she's asleep within 5-6 minutes of going in her crib.