Weaning off the boob

Hey moms! So for the last 8 months (almost 9 in 10 days 😭😭) I’ve been breastfeeding my son. It’s been a long journey, definitely tons of moments I debated on giving up. But we’ve made it longer than I expected!

At first I told myself just make it to 6 months and we have obviously! But now I’m feeling ready to start weaning my baby off of the boob. Maybe it’s selfish? Idk but I just feel ready to get some aspects of myself back. And my son is getting teeth in and he’s biting me so hard it literally feels like my nipple is gonna come off 🥲.

So, how do you go about weaning? My son does take formula here and there as I don’t pump unless I’m at work, and I hardly work so he’s like 80% nursed I’d say. We cosleep, and he does still feed throughout the night, 2-3 times depending on the night. I just genuinely don’t know how to go about doing this, and how am I gonna get my boobs to dry up without getting mastitis??

Oh and if it wasn’t obvious enough, I am a ftm 😆

Also. As I’m posting this 5 mins ago my baby bit so hard that there’s a bit cut on my nipple and I had to grab him a bottle instead lol