How to wean BF 16mo?

[tiokiko]

In three weeks I'm going away to a wedding for a couple of nights, and won't have DD2 (16m) with me - DH is staying at home to look after both girls.

She has one short BF before bed each night (doesn't feed to sleep) and usually wakes once at night and has another short feed before settling back down.

I need a plan of what to do when I'm away and have no clue (DD1 self-weaned at 15m so this is new territory). I had planned to let her self-wean too but I'm probably just about ready to stop BF now so this seems like a good opportunity.

I just stopped bfing 2y 4m year old ds2 so not really good for advice but just wanted to say he's had only one feed at bedtime since he was about 18 months and just doesn't have it when I'm not there. He's had been a few days in a row without a bf but then asked again as soon as I was there, so it doesn't have to be the end.

That's interesting, maybe she will do the same. Reassuring that your DS went down OK without you, I think that might work.

How were you for those days - did you have to express? She feeds so little now I'd kind of assumed that it wouldn't be a problem, but I don't want to end up with mastitis or feeling uncomfortable.

No, no problems with fullness at all thankfully!

I'd be interested to hear how you get on.
I'm due to be away from my dd in just over a months time. She will be almost 14 months old and is still bf though I'm sure that she really only 'needs' it for the comfort etc rather than nutritional value

I was about to post my own thread on here but saw this (is this hijacking sorry don't mean to be rude!) - my LO is 14 months, and I'm due to go on SIL hen do (2 nights) in about 2 months (same age as yours tiokiko basically). However he can't have dairy as he's allergic so had stuck with bf as he was still having a lot of milk, and I thought all in all this was best for him. I reckon he has 5 feeds in 24 hours still and is also a complete mummy's boy. When I first agreed to the hen do it seemed so far off and I thought would just express whilst I'm away if needed or he'd be weaned already. But now I feel really worried that (a) he'll be really upset to be separated for 48 hours and (b) really confused not having any milk and (c) as he doesn't sleep through yet it could be hellish for him and dh when he wakes in night. My older children were only bf for 8 months so this is new territory for me. Need to decide what to do as need to pay and feel really crap if I miss out as seem to have missed so many things over the last 6 years. Any experience would be appreciated.