Hi! My daughter is 17 months and I absolutely love our breastfeeding journey together, I want to really only stop when my daughter is ready but I also donāt want to be feeding her when she starts school as thereās such a stigma around it! When did you or plan to stop breastfeeding your little ones please and how did it happen? Also, can you say whether they had a dummy or not as so far Iāve noticed a pattern of them stopping earlier when they had a dummy! Thanks so much in advance!!
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I donāt have a fixed idea of when Iāll stop, I think eventually it will stop working for one or both of us. Thereās a long time between 17 months and starting school, so I wouldnāt be worrying yet! Just go with the flow and see how you get on.
No dummy here either.

Mine self-weaned at 17 months. He never had a dummy x

I planned to stop bf when my daughter turned one as I didnāt want her bf anymore when she started nursery. She stopped at 11 months as I was pregnant and I think at that point my milk was going. I had already cut her down to two feeds a day though and even then it was more for comfort. Sheās never taken a dummy. It happened quite easy for us but one night my daughter was struggling to latch because she had a cold and kept coming off and going back on and it was sore especially because I was pregnant, so I just stopped there and then. Sheās never gone for my boob since, even when Iāve got them out to feed her brother who is 5 months now š however she loves cows milk and loves her food, has slept through since around 7 months, and puts herself to sleep on a night so I do think I am quite lucky that it was so easy

2 years 4 months. No dummy ever.
Loved it so much but she was so ready. It wasnāt for milk it was just for comfort and she used to wake up still in the night just for the comfort.
As soon as I stopped she slept through the night šš»
As she was older, she had some understanding and honestly she wasnāt even that bothered. I let her cuddle me and still have skin contact but kept my boobs in bra. After 1 day she didnāt even ask for it!!

I am still BF my 2 years and 7 months old.
I breastfed heavily the first 18 months of his life (day and night on demand for nutrition for comfort for anything)
Then I cut the night feeds and since he turned 2 itās just before he naps after lunch.
Iāll carry on for as long as we both enjoy it.
He never took a dummy, nor a bottle.
The breast is all he has ever known.
If I make it to three years Iāll be extremely happy. I am so proud of our journey and bf is the most beautiful yet one of the hardest things I have ever done.

I stopped at 10 months. My kids never used a dummy. They werenāt interested. I stopped slowly by skipping a session, wait a few days, and skip another session.

My daughter self weaned at 2 years and about 3 months. You've got ages before school š

We stopped our journey around 18/19 months. My son weaned himself off really. I stopped offering, gave him only when he asked. So he reduced himself to morning and night. Then just night. Then stopped all together. He had a dummy for the first 5 months x

I am 10 months in and there have been no signs of stopping from my son. i dont know when i will stop! Whenever it doesnt work for us anymore. As others have said you have ages before school! My little one uses a dummy to sleep but not in the day. My partner is often away over night and i have to do long car trips sometimes so i couldnt have survived without one!