How to stop feeding to sleep after 15 months

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Hi fellow Mumsnet ladies, hope you are all having a nice weekend. I have ebf my daughter and she is now 15 months old and still feeds on demand from the boob.... she never had a bottle. I have always fed her to sleep both night time and naps. I have a week off work and want to put some real effort into stopping the breastfeeds during the day. I will continue mornings and nights for now. I have planned to do nice things every day and keep her entertained so we should be okay there but my worry is getting her to have a nap. LO goes all day while I am at work without milk and naps with my sister who looks after her so it's definitely possible! Any tips welcome

Have you got a DP or someone who could put her to bed for you?

I went cold turkey with mine. Made plans to be out if the house a couple of evenings in a row so that I wasnt an option for her. DH did bedtime, absolutely fine, after the first two nights I was in the house but downstairs, again no issues. By night 4 I could be there at bedtime and she wasnt bothered. I thought it would be really hard but she was clearly ready to drop it.

Thanks for the replies, I do have a partner but he works out of town Monday to Friday so getting him to help isn't really an option....when it comes to bed time I don't mind carrying on feeding at the moment it's more the feeding on demand and feeding to sleep for naps that I would like to stop. I guess I just need to have some will power but I really would like to do it in a way that isn't too stressful or upsetting for my DD

I would cut all day feeds so that you just feed morning, nap and bedtime initially. Then start dropping those one at a time. But I think unless you go cold turkey, it would take a bit of time so a week might be optimistic to cut all feeds but bedtime.

For cutting day feeds, I wouldn't offer and if she asks, say no and distract (toy, snack etc).

My DS is 18mo and I feed for nap and bedtime but he's fine if I go away for a weekend. He was easy to drop day feeds but my DD was a bit more tricky. I just had to be firm and distract, but she soon got into the routine of when she was allowed it (only in her bed) so that's why I think you should at leas keep nap and night for now.

Will she sleep in the pram? If so I’d plan stuff so that you’re out when it’s nap time.

Hi, thanks for the replies, it's very very rare that she falls asleep anywhere other than the boob when she's in my care, when she's with my sister while I am at work she will have a cuddle and go to sleep, so she can do it. I think I will try cut out all feeds but nap time and whilst in bed then give up nap time then eventually bed time. I just wish I could take my boobs off so they wasn't there to temp her and give her a cuddle