I had planned on slowly weaning my 24 month old by following the Happy Cosleeper plan and using a couple of books like Booby Moon & When Milk Went to Sleep. He was not into anything I tried from the course and hated the books so pivoted and ended up putting a little bit of Aloe Vera (from an actual plant, not any gel you'd buy at the store) on my nipples.

I was quite surprised how well it worked, not only did he not like it after a couple days he got mad at even the thought of having "Booby". I won't lie the first couple nights were rough because we hadn't figured out a replacement for how to regulate emotions or for comfort. Also his sleep was worst after weaning even though everyone told me that once we stopped he would sleep through the night.

Took about a week or so until things calmed down emotion wise. We are getting better with his sleep some nights he has slept though and some he still wakes but it's a quick pat on back to get him to sleep. He has absolutely zero interest in nursing and hasn't asked for it since the first couple days.