You are allowed to feel as sad or nostalgic as you want. I actually had a harder time weaning with my first than with my second. My first weaned at 23 months and my second at 27. By that time I was ready to be done!

I had a hard time when my first got tonsillitis just a couple months after weaning and I knew that if I were still breastfeeding I could possibly have helped him out with that.

Cherish the mornings and evenings. And take pictures, even if you are the only one who ever sees them! IMO, it will be something you can look back on and feel good about.

I am also having a hard time. We are finally down to just one feed a day (in the morning) and I know the end is coming. My little girl is not ready to give up the boob quite yet, but it's time.

I am getting ready to make my exit from this group... I weaned my little guy in late May. He did fine because we did it gradually, like it sounds like you're doing, but I got a little emotional thinking about it as we whittled ourselves down to two feedings, then one, because he's my last baby. It's totally normal to be a little sad about it.

However, once we dropped that last feeding, he did fine, and I felt surprisingly good about it. I didn't have the "down in the dumps" feeling that I had been told to expect. I'm not saying I felt awesome or anything, just normal. Getting through the small amount of engorgement was a bit of a pain (cabbage is your friend), but by a couple of weeks, I was fine. I think I was overthinking it and anticipating being super sad when I was really just a little nostalgic over the fact that my youngest baby is not so much of a baby anymore.

Three months out, I don't miss it at all. He still cuddles some, and I think it was the cuddles that I really thought would disappear, but they don't. Cuddles remain in the few moments when he's not being squirmy!

Just enjoy the nursing as much as you can, take pictures if need be, and when you drop the last feeding, try to focus on the things that are good about having your boobs back to yourself again

if you're not ready to wean why would you? You can cut back if you need to, but you're allowed to nurse as long as both of you want it.

The world wide weaning age is between 2 and like 4 or something, it's not weird, or unnatural. It's perfect.

Full term breastfeeding for the win!!!!

Hugs momma....if you're done, some people make these necklaces that you can send in some of your milk and they make really pretty designs and put it into a pendant.... i plan on doing that when my little one stops...but we are at 2 years plus and going strong, he is no where near ready to stop, but i'm getting to the point where i'm going to start restricting him in a few months. Kid nurses like a newborn.

something like this?

http://breastmilkpendants.blogspot.com/p/breast-milk-pendants.html