I know a lot of people who breastfeed to a year and then feel relieved to be done. Nothing wrong with that – good job for giving your baby a whole year or awesome nutrients! I have planned from the beginning to go around 18 months with Max, up to two years or until I get pregnant again whichever comes first. But I think my little man may have other plans and I am sad about it. He is nursing less and less. Often when I offer he latches on but pops off after a minute and squirms away. Last night I was wide awake at 2am hoping he would wake up soon because my boobs felt like they were going to explode. He nurses well first thing in the morning and once or twice at night. The rest of the day it is difficult to get him to focus. Max is a voracious eater of solids at least. He drinks very little while I am at work from a bottle. I love breastfeeding- its our special time together and will be sad if it ends soon. Not to mention I am pretty sure that has what has kept him healthy through M having bad colds twice this month. It was so hard and overwhelming in the beginning- it hurt, I got mastitis, he wanted to eat every 30 minutes etc but now it is easy and special. The one upside is I have been able to cut down to pumping once at work instead of twice which saves me a lot of time. I am hoping we can find a way to continue on for another six or seven months but it is not entirely up to me.
Both of my babies weaned themselves in the tenth month. It broke my heart with my first because I wasn’t ready for it emotionally though 12 mos was my goal. But it was easier the second time. Max will ALWAYS need his mommy, even after he’s weaned. Once it becomes a wrestling match every time? Not worth the battle. It’s a 2 way relationship and I felt relieved I never had to take it from them, they did it on their own and I had to be ready to let that part of babyhood go.
Thanks Ericka– we might be headed that way. He definitely isn’t interested very much during the day, but at night when he is half asleep he still wants to, so maybe that’s all we will get. Did you start on cow’s milk then, or use formula or???
I went with formula. I liked Nestlé Good start. Has a much gentler smell to it than enfamil or similac (tho none are as pleasant as breastmilk!) My son didn’t mind the transition to formula or later cow milk @ 12 mos. My daughter was pickier & I had to do 1:1,2:1 etc to get her on formula. No luck yet switching to cow milk little stinker
This is Ericka from HS btw! Found you round about way thru random blog stalking. Too lazy (busy?;) for blog or Facebook myself. 
Max is a cutie!
Ha random! Thanks!