Weaning off breastfeeding- tell me your stories.

I want to hear from people who thought it was going to be impossible to wean their baby off the boob but who have now successfully done it.
How did you do it? 😂 I’m so done 13 months in. I go back to work soon and my little boy is all of a sudden just all on me. And feeding him- he just wants to pull my hair, stick his fingers up my nose, climb on me. I’m doneeeee, but feel like it’s impossible to wean him.

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I did it in a week when my daughter was a similar age. She was mainly only feeding at night time I just had to stop as I’m pregnant with my second. I don’t have any tricks I just started refusing and saying all gone there was definitely tears and tantrums but I just persevered.

My daughter doesn’t like cows milk at all so I just try to give her yogurt and other calcium products

Following because I need help too😩. 13 months in, been back to work since 9 months & still feed at night.

I wanted to carry on until 16 months but I think I’m done cos the biting has become badddd now😭especially when she sleeps off on it. I’ve got cuts & still having to feed with it is so painful. I’ve asked ChatGPT for a routine & guess I’ll be following it asap. I just don’t want a method where we’ll both be emotionally stressed

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So, i am not one to judge but i was put in a position where i couldn’t explain properly something to my toddler.
To put you in the picture, i take my daughter to this baby class since she was a couple weeks, now she is 4 and we are still going until she start school in September. The thing is there’s this boy in class with us who is the same age as her but who was still breastfeed in front of us. I never actually cared, it was their business, she can breastfeed him until he is 18 if she wants 🤷🏻‍♀️
But my daughter started asking questions about it, why is he still having milk like a baby, or is it normal to drink mummy’s milk and if she can have some…i didn’t know how to phrase my answer as first of all i was worried she would ask or point out he was a baby in front of them, and i also don’t want her to think it is very common to keep breastfeeding even when you are going to “big school”
How would you handled this situation? xx

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