How to stop breastfeeding a 2 year old

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So he’s 26 months if we’re being exact, so just two pretty much. breastfeeds at bedtime and overnight and in the morning in bed, never in the day. However he’s a terrible sleeper and I feel breastfeeding now is making it worse for all of us for various reasons. I need to stop breastfeeding as I feel it’s the right time but no idea where to start.

Should I night wean before stopping altogether? I really don’t even know where to begin. Could anyone let me know how they did it? He’s so head strong and just cries and asks for it when he wakes up in the night. I feel like it’s going to be a rough time.

I quit just after DD's first birthday. I fed in the evening before bedtime and also often once in the morning. Can't remember if I fed during the night... also a very bad sleeper so probably I did from time to time at least. Also more when she was ill...

I just told her that the milk supply was gone... so no more milk. Cuddled, some water etc. She asked for a few days, I was consistent and it was more or less fine.

I have no idea. What has helped massively for us is giving DD2 a cup of milk and a banana just before bed and then sending in DH when she wakes.

For night feeds, I told dd at 21 months that the boobies had gone to sleep. And was persistent for 3 nights, then that was it. Also told ds2 that at 30 months. It was harder stopping with him as he was dairy intolerant. Switched bedtime routine around, bought them a new bedtime cup for their milk. It really helped sort their sleep out too.

DS is 22 months and feeds morning and before bed, he asks for it, I don't offer, don't refuse. I normally go into his room in the morning and he says mama milk, but this morning DP went into his room and he didn't ask for it which really surprised me, I thought he would get upset asking for mama milk. I think bedtime might be different though, haven't tried DP putting him to bed yet. I kind of want to stop and kind of don't.

Polo necks- seriously! The bedtime feed was the last one I stopped (DD was 3 1/2) In the daytime I wore clothes that covered me up a bit more so she couldn’t try to pull my top down and distracted her with food and toys. When we finally gave up the nighttime feed we switched to a cup of milk and just cuddles- in a high necked top!

I stopped bf my DS at 2 years old and was feeding morning evening and usually once around 4 am, just to get him back to sleep.

I stopped feeding before bed first and just said there’s no more milk and he cried a bit the first night and accepted it after that. I explained he was a big boy now and didn’t need ‘mommy’s milk’ anymore. Then as soon as he woke we’d go downstairs and I’d distract him. Luckily for us he stopped waking in the night too and has slept like a dream ever since! It made me wish I’d stopped about 12 months earlier!

I stopped bfing in the night when ds was about 18mo. It only took a few nights. I offered water instead, but he wasn't interested. I still bfd him morning through to bed time until he was nearly 4yo though. I went away for 5 days and on my return told him my milk was all gone. He took it pretty well, only asked a few times after that.

At 22 months my ds still fed quite a bit, it was a comfort thing for him for sure but I was just absolutely done! No gentle / gradually cutting down method worked so one morning I put plasters on my boobs and said they were broken! Told him we could still have a cuddle and that was that. He asked a few times and the first 2 nights were a bit unsettled but nothing nearly as bad as I'd been expecting.