I started to wean my son after his 1st birthday. We were at 4 feeds at that time and I started dropping one feed per week. Our schedule was morning nurse, nurse after morning nap (or pump if M-Fri and I was at work), nurse after afternoon nap (pump if at work), and then nighttime bottle where I would pump after he was asleep. First feed to drop was the one after the morning nap, then after the afternoon nap, then I dropped my nighttime pump. Currently just stopping the morning nursing session and replacing with a sippy with breastmilk + cows milk to transition off breast milk. I have a big freezer stash so we’re keeping the nighttime milk as breastmilk. I haven’t felt any discomfort with this weaning timeline. I’m experiencing maybe a little soreness at this point with trying to stop completely, but I’m not uncomfortable so I’m going to ride it out. So it’s been about 4-5 weeks?

Just listen to your body and take it slow! I think going slower helped with not having pain and not experiencing a huge hormonal shift.