Can I just drop from one breastfeed a day to stop completely?

[jackolantern]

DC2 is 16 months, a few weeks ago we dropped from 2 feeds a day (morning and night) to just mornings. They are fairly brief and I'm happy to stop. I was away the other morning and DH gave him a cup of cow's milk instead and he was fine. I haven't fed him since (so that's nearly 3 days) and I've been watching out to see if my boobs get sore/hard but they seem fine! I tried to express just now to try and wean off a bit more gradually but not even a drop came out.

Can I just... stop? A friend of mine warned me not to go 'cold turkey' as she did that and got mastitis but as I'm only feeding a tiny bit every day and don't seem to have much of a supply I don't know what else I can do really?!

Yes, that’s usually what people do - drop to one feed a day then just stop altogether. You might feel a little bit full in the boobs (even after 3 days) but it’s unlikely to be too bad as your supply would have been pretty low.
The ‘going cold turkey’ advice is going from several feeds down to nothing - can be very uncomfortable.

I did exactly this over a week ago and it's been fine. No boob issue and looking forward to buying some new bras, but might give it a few weeks.

My DS is also 16 months and was down to one bedtime feed each night. I just stopped cold turkey a couple of weeks ago and it's been absolutely fine. DS doesn't seem at all bothered and I've not had any pain at all which was been a bonus. It's been much easier than I envisaged.

Thanks!
I'm already wearing my old normal bras but they're too small as I have put on weight

It's a bit of an end of an era but I'm happy to stop. DC1 self-weaned way before I was ready!

Yes, just stop! It will be fine.

Op can I ask what you do now if DC wakes in the night? My 15 month old seems to have stealth ramped up again from 1 feed to 2 while dh has been away for a few days. I am currently feeding her because she woke Screaming and furious at the mere suggestion I wouldn't.

Dh is now much better at getting her back to sleep at night but he can't always get up with her as v early starts at work.

I'm ready to stop but crap at doing with the fury...

We did sleep training a few months ago and stopped night feeds then! Thought it would be really difficult but it was fine, DH went in during the night for a while so I don't think it took long to get out of the habit of night feeding. However if he'd been away I can see it would have been really hard. Sometimes he did scream for me to cuddle him anyway. I think we did offer a sippy cup of water but he wasn't too interested in it.

Generally DH gets up in the night and I get up when he wakes nice and early in the morning to feed, but now he rarely wakes in the night enough to need settling by us and now! I don't need to get up when he does (although I'll obviously be doing this most days... just nice to know there's no physical reason for it to be me). Good luck...