When to completely wean?

[BananaPie]

Dd is 13 months, eats well, and is down to one bf a day. She's never had a bottle and doesn't seem to like the taste of cow's milk as a drink (she has it on cereal and eats plenty of dairy). I'm just wondering how much longer I should keep going with the bf? I'm quite keen to give up!

Banana only just seen your post. Weaning means two things, here in the UK it means introducing soldis and in the US it means stoppng bfing, I think from your post you mean stopping bfing?

If you want to stop bfing you might get more responses if you post in the breast & bottle section but I'll try to help you a bit.

It's totally upto you when you do stop bfing although the current recommendation is to bf for at least the first 2 years. Have a read of this on the La Leche League website .

Is there a particular reason you want to give up?

Thanks Jilted - I did mean stopping breast feeding. I suppose I only want to give up because it'll give me a bit more flexibility
rather than having to be home for bf before bed (I've gone back to work recently). I'll repost in breast and bottle feeding.

If you are feeling restricted, is it just that you are more restricted since having DD rather than being restricted by bfing? Are there certain feeds that you are could swap or just do on certain days?

I feel the same, ds is 11 months and planning to stop just after 12 months. I think that is a big achievement, but for me that is enough. He isn't asking for daytime feeds at all anyway, he only wants to be fed last thing before bed and at night. It would be lovely to have someone else put him to bed and have an evening off!

op - do you feel you just need some reassurance that it is ok to stop? Like JJ said, 2 years is the recommendation, but many stop way before then. I'm still going at 16 months and plan to keep at it for as long as possible, but that is because it suits us (and ds is allergic to cow so it makes life a lot easier). If it doesn't suit you and you want an alterntive to give your dc if she's not keen on cow milk, you could give oat milk a go. DS has it on cereal and as the odd drink and really likes it. One variety is fortified with extra vits and minerals, but it doesn't have the same fat values as dairy. Maybe you could carry on with bf on the nights you are home, and introduce an alternative the nights you are at work, and wind it down that way.