How do I go about weaning DS (2.7) by the time he's 3?

[JBsmama]

I'd like to wean DS by the time he's around 3. He's now just over 2.7 yo. Problem is, he's very attached to "baba". I have very little milk left, droplets only I think, so I know it's comfort for him rather than nutrition. He nurses to sleep, and if he wakes in the middle of the night, and if I'm home with him during the day he nurses when he needs comfort. He's definitely my little boob man. I've given myself a time line of around February to wean him, but would like to do it gently without upsetting him.
Any advice would be welcome.

Hop on, MJ, the more the merrier. Maybe we can keep the thread bumped and get some useful advice.
DS is my only so I know there are only a few droplets there - if I suddenly had more milk he'd nurse until university!!!

I've tried "don't offer, don't refuse" as well as distracting. It works, up to a point. We have days when he only nurses when he first wakes up in the morning, and last thing at night. And the next day he's attached to me all day long...

Hello, I've got the same problem, ds (2.6) is obsessed with mummy milk. I work full time, sometimes nights as well, and he doesn't seem to miss it at all when he's with his father (full time parent). But when I'm there, he asks for it all the time. I never offer, just respond to his demands! With dd bf'ing just seemed to naturally wither away without any fuss before she was 2.

Oh and he also offers all his toys, including the cars, mummy milk all the time, and grabs my breasts any time he sees me naked. I'm still hoping he will grow out of it.

Hello all,

My DS is milk mad !!. He has gotten worse recently as he was ill and nursed more not wanting food. This means he is awake more at night (grrr). Its okay if he is busy like other posters and he drinks well from the toddler milk with a straw.

Its the night feeding that is getting me down. Also comply with sitting down is an offer of milk to him.

p.s my partner works away so he can`t help

dd is only 16mths but I have been having trouble with cutting down let alone weaning completely. Don't offer, don't refuse worked really well with ds but dd was still asking every 2 hours regular as clockwork. So as of Saturday last week I had had enough. The only thing that has worked (we are down to 5-6 feeds in a 24 hour period which is app half of what she was doing) is distraction. If she asks to feed, I say something like "oh we just need to....first"....has been going out in yard to play, going for walk, getting in bath (at all hours as she loves it) going for a drive, anything that breaks the ability to pin me to the rocker really. I am going to keep this going for a couple of weeks and then hopefully start dropping night feeds as she is now able to settle in cot at night with someone just sitting with her after her night feed so hopefully will get to the stage where this will work in the middle of the night as well.