Advice on stopping feeding please.

[Neverenoughspoons]

I've been wanting to stop feeding for a while now, DS is 2.10. So I've gradually dropped feeds, and now we're down to just 1 a day, first thing in the morning, which he always asks for, I never offer! He's been fine on the whole with reducing, had a few seconds of complaints once a day for a week or so, going from 3 feeds to 2 then 2 to 1, but easily distracted & understands when told he only has a feed in the morning now.
I'm going away for a weekend soon and want to stop completely before then. Does anyone have any tips. Do I warn him a few days before for example?

You could keep the morning feed till you go away. My daughter is happy to not nurse when I'm not there and a few days away may stopped nursing altogether. Alternatively you could change to every other day next or reduce feeds by time. For example if he nurses for a count of 30. Start by stopping him just before 30 and then cut nursing time down every few days

Thanks for your advice. I have tried counting, but not for a while now. He always got really angry. I think I'm just going to bite the bullet & explain it's all gone, giving him a cup of warm milk instead.

The other thing that may work is introducing a big boy drink like a hot milky chocolate. Made my little girl feel grown up but she does have older sister that have this at bedtime so may have helped her

Yeah I was wondering about that. I think I'll tell him tomorrow is his last feed, and start giving him hot chocolate instead. He only feeds once first thing in the morning, so at least he's not going to be tired & grumpy, hopefully.

I've just posted a similar post on an LLL Facebook page. My daughter is 2.3 and I've been feeding for 4 years, without a break incl 6 months tandem feeding. We've been down to 1 evening feed for about 6 weeks now. My dd asks for milk all the time. And wakes me up by pinching my nipples and saying "boobies, mummy?" I haven't fed her in the morning for months. Anyway. We were at a family party on Sun and she fell asleep in the car on the way home and last night we had a party and she was distracted so didn't feed. My boobs are sore today but I think I have to cease the moment! I hoping that I can distract and cuddle her and that my milk will start to dry up. I have no advice! I hope it all goes as smoothly as possible. I have mixed feelings about doing it but I've been getting annoyed with her for feeding recently and the sadness is more to do with her not being a baby and acknowledging that they're both growing up.