When should children be weaned off the breast milk?

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My daughter pretty much weaned herself at 18 months. She gradually started nursing less and less and so my body started producing less and less so the pain when she stopped completely wasn't that bad. We started her on some whole milk at 12 months, we would give her a sippy cup in the morning with her breakfast but she was never fond of it until she was weaned. I don't think there is a set "right time" to wean your baby. I think every mother and child is different. When the time is right you will know.

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I think that how long mom breastfeeds her child is a decision that mom and baby and maybe the rest of the family or situation should decide. Each child, mom and family are different.

When my son was little, his doctor did not want him to have any solid foods before 6 months at the earlies, preferably 9 months. My son breastfed until he pushed me away. He was 6 months old and had his first tooth, so I was okay with that.

But I continued producing milk for a few more months and fed him breastmilk in a bottle until he started using a cup regularly. It's a good thing I did that, because we learned pretty quickly that he was allergic to cow's milk. He had to have soy milk, and back then it was so expensive.

I was remembering a situation from my jr. high years, though. There was a woman in our neighborhood with a 7 year old son who was like a vegetable and a normal 3 year old girl. The son breastfed at 7, because it soothed him like nothing else could. But he had only enough brain activity to keep him breating and his heart pumping. Very little else.

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i don't have a child yet... so i don't really know when a baby should be weaned... but from what i heard, every baby is different and it really depends on the baby... some baby can be weaned faster... some takes longer... but in average, i think babies should be weaned at about 1 year old... take care and have a nice day...