How to stop breastfeeding 20mo DS

I sympathise - it's a tempting idea sometimes, isn't it? I'm still breastfeeding my 27 month old, but we have reduced feeds recently (partly because he has for some reason got lazy and is staying attached using his teeth sometimes - something he never did when he was younger! ).

Could it be that he's just thirsty? My ds is able to be reasoned with sometimes now and told to wait until we get home, or will accept water or juice in a cup instead (not if he's very tired though). We're now at 2-3 times per day (mostly in the evening or overnight), but when going down from 4-5 times per day I had a few days of soreness with having too much milk 'stuck' inside for a while. If you're feeding him quite often at the moment, then I believe it could cause mastitis if you stopped cold turkey (although I'm not a hcp)?

This link might be helpful, despite suggesting a gentler approach than CD turkey:

www.ahaparenting.com/Ages-stages/toddlers/12-tips-for-gentle-weaning

I've found the Kellymom website very helpful too, over the past few years. Might be worth looking at?

Good luck and I hope others with more experience of actually stopping might be able to add some suggestions, too.

Yeah it's maybe just one of those things, a growth spurt, who knows? It is frustrating though. My ds has had a bad pattern of ramping up the breastfeeding when he is teething or ill, too. I agree it's nice to know there are others going through rather extended breastfeeding - sometimes I feel like an oddball!