Is it possible to stop bf 14 mo ds within six weeks, and how?

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He's cmp allergic so I've been dairy free for a year. We're going to France on holiday in August and, frankly I'm desperate to eat the cheese, pastries etc. Call me greedy, selfish whatever, but this is my motivation along with a need to sleep and own my body again.

However, i don't want to cause ds any distress and would like to do the weaning gently. I feed him apx 4 x per day and throughout the night but he eats lots and manages well without bf when at nursery. I had always planned to stop at 14 months (as ds1 self weaned at this age) but it just hasn't happened as I think I'm so tired I opt to feed him to get sleep/ a 10 min rest and he loves it.

How have others stopped Breastfeeding? Can I do it mother- led and still have a happy baby? Thank you

I cut out the daytime feeds first, mostly by distraction and not being home at those times. (I was only feeding at home by then, so DD associated it with the sofa & it wasn't something we did out & about) For the first thing in the morning BF, I got DH to get up with DD for a couple of mornings, so she didn't see me at that time & had her breakfast.
I'm planning to stop the bedtime feed this weekend, because I want to go away for 24 hours next month.
Good luck

Oh, should have said, DD is 17 months. I stopped the feeds over a few weeks, apart from the bedtime feed. She was mostly perfectly happy, but when she had a bad night & came looking for a morning BF I did on 1 or 2 occasions.

Opposite advice from me - I would start with night weaning (since that might well be the hard part) then replace the daytime feeds one by one. Agree with the advice to do something different when you replace a feed, eg get DH to do breakfast.
You might find it easier than you think. I certainly did. I nightweaned at 14 months and when we gave up fully 3 months later he barely seemed to notice.

Thanks guys. I think I will try to tackle night feeds first because I think then I will have more energy to divert in the day. The problem is, each time I plan to night-wean ds gets sick or teethes really badly (it's like he hears us planning it and goes "I'll show you).