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Your breasts are supplying what she is demanding, so you'll have to back off slowly. Make sure she eats before you let her nurse so she'll take less, and always offer a glass of milk with the meal. Then eliminate nursing times one at a time until you are down to bedtime. That should go last.

FWIW, there is no reason to hurry. All the new research is saying breastfeeding until two is great, if you can and want to do it.

Good luck to you both!

What I did when I was weening my little girl was cut the breastfeedings during the day in half and replace them with the other milk, then depending if you breastfeed at night go to only feeding at night, then go to just before bed she gets the breast, then slowly replace that one with other milk. That's how I did it, and see if you can do it within like three to four weeks and your milk supply will diminish quickly. They will be sore no matter what but if you drag it out just a little bit they won't be quite as sore as if you just stop altogether. Good luck!!

You could try reducing the number of times you nurse her each day. For the first week reduce it by one meal and then week two and three go down 2 more meals. I don't know how often you are feeding her right now. My daughter weened herself when she was around 7 months old. Whatever you do, don't pump to relief the pain. You could try using cabbage leaves in your bra to help with the pain/engorgement, but be careful not to use them too much because they can dry you up completely. Be patient, it can take 1-2 months to ween her, and you have to be consistent with the amount of times you feed her!

To make the gentlest transition for both you and her, cut out no more than one feeding per week - replacing it with whole milk. This will give your body time to adjust, along with her body. Milk is much different to digest for her.

Go very slowly, and don't push. Consider putting weaning on hold if she gets sick or there are any stresses going on.

If she resists, she may not be ready to wean. There is nothing wrong with fully or even part-time breastfeeding past the age of 1, and it has many health benefits.

I've got my 14 month old down to one feed first thing in the morning and one right before he goes to bed. I would get to that stage first by distracting her during the day whenever she would normally have a feed and giving her lots of milk, water, snacks and Mummy time to replace the comfort of breastfeeding.

Then to get rid of the morning feed set an alarm to go off before your baby wakes up and get dressed and have her drink and breakfast ready as soon as she wakes up. If she doesn't see you in her pjs ready to give her the morning boob she may not remember she's meant to have it!

When you cut out the night feed your breasts will become engorged (as you're expecting) so try binding your breasts by wearing lots of bras and tight tops.

reduce the number of times you nurse her each day. If your breasts hurt, then take a shower, but weening a baby is not nice on the chest!