Want to stop now - would this be a good plan or not?

[chocolatestar]

I am thinking about stopping breastfeeding tomorrow. DS is down to one feed a day - the one just before bed. I have been distracting him through the day and he doesn't ask anymore but he still wants that one before bed. I would let him stop on his own but I would like to ttc and I have had no period yet.

DS, who is 2 years and 2 months, is getting his bed tomorrow. I wondered about making a big fuss about getting a big boy bed and having a new routine at night - a story insted of a feed. Do you think that would work or would that be too many new things in one go? I don't want him to be distressed by it but I would like to stop.

I was worried about stopping DS1's bedtime feed but in the event he just took the bottle/cup instead with no fuss whatsoever. He might surprise you.

i think the new bed would distract him from the feed. that's what i did with dd

chocolatestar, how long did it take your son to stop asking throughout the day?
I've tried to stop daytime feeds with DC3 16 mths and I caved day 3.

My DS was a bit younger (16.5 months) and I thought he would be distraught when I stopped (I stopped for similar reasons to you) and remarkably he just accepted the cup with no questions asked. You can always just try and see what he does.

Now the transition to the bed at 2 is a whole other issue ... but I won't terrify you with tales of that

It did take a wee while. I had to distract him a lot, offer jaffa cakes a lot (probably not good!) and just kept saying that boo boo (what he calls it) is for bed time. I did the same with the morning feed and that took less time - a few days and now he doesn't ask. He did get upset a couple of times - he is attached to breastfeeding - he has always been very into it. I will let you know how it goes!

I think it will be harder for me actually - I think I will feel guilty.

It wasn't too bad at all! He missed his nap today so was very tired which helped. He did asl but seemed to understand or didn't get too upset at least. He did cry when I made him go to bed though but that is normal.

Glad it wasn't too stressful!