Weaning off breastfeeding

My baby is 13 months old and I would like to now wean her off of breastfeeding and onto regular milk. Any tips on doing so? I will be starting work soon so won’t be able to keep up with it.

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Hi! We are going through this now and I think we are almost at the finish line.

First off, congratulations on 13 months of breastfeeding!

Here's how it's going for us:

I started off with the naps and just doing milk first and then offering the breast so it would naturally reduce in how much I was producing because baby girl would be full. I did this for about a week.

Then I just fed only milk on the naps.

I then started doing the feed before the nights sleep like this.

Today was the first day we did only milk in the morning when she woke up without breastfeeding. So today the only time she was given breast is after her milk cup before she slept for the night.

Starting Monday we are going to get rid of the breast altogether.

Hope this helps! Directly message me if you have any other questions!

I weaned for one month and then gradually stopped after going 24 hours without nursing.

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