BellaOnline Forums Health and Fitness Breastfeeding At what age do you think a child should wean?

My experience was after a year it becomes 40/60 nutrition and emotional. I weaned two at 2 years. For one child that was a mistake. He was very hurt. He needed that bond. Any other connection I made with him wasn't the same. The third child got to nurse till almost the third year. Only at bedtime with the bedtime story, mainly cause I was too tired to care!

I found that working friends, had trouble because the child clung to them in this way. Then, it's the same old wishy/washy about sticking to NO.

My wife breastfed until our daughter was two years old and she was ready to be weined off. It was hard at first because she would cry and reach for her breasts but that didn't last long and was fine after that.

My wife thought it was time when she got her teeth in and used them to clamp on until she got the suction going.