Yet another Weaning question...

[babygirlsierra]

I'm planing to stop Breastfeeding my daughter when she's a year old ad I don't know where to start. I want to breastfeed her longer but I just can't keep up with it and she's constantly biting my left breast. I want to stop breastfeeding her when she's a year old. Any advice on how to start weaning?

[jhpjsmom]

I, too, have to disagree about it being harder to wean the longer you breastfeed.  I've breastfed all of my babies and have done child led weaning with all.  My oldest just stopped.  He cut down gradually, and then just gave up the last feeding before bedtime.  He was 15 mo.  My second was getting less interested when I wanted to feed her, but always wanted to eat when she wanted, so we were having some conflict about that.  I had to go away for overnight, and she was fine without her morning or bedtime feeding (we had gone down to this because of the conflict), so I just didn't offer anymore.  She never once asked for it again.  She was 19 mo.  With my third baby, his last to go was the morning feeding.  And one morning when he was 2, he got up late.  We were all eating breakfast, and he wanted up in his high chair, and that was the end of that.  When weaning is child led, no matter how long it's been, it is always easier.  I'm currently breastfeeding my baby who just turned one.  He's showing nosigns of being done, and I plan on breastfeeding him until he's ready to stop.  He's been my biter, and the three strikes you're out rule really does work.  Except now that he's older, I normally don't let it go past twice before taking the boob away.