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I weaned my daughter at 19 months but I did it very slowly. I had actually started weaning her 5 months before that. I would use distraction a lot during the day to get her to want to do other things besides nurse. Summer is a good time to do it because you can have her outside more and she probably will not think about it if she is really busy. Find a cup that she really likes a lot. My daughter liked the Take and toss straw cups the best.
I think it is wonderful that you have kept nursing her this long. I personally think that if I would have waited any longer than that with my daughter it would have been a lot harder to wean her. My advice would to be just take it slowly and try to figure out what works best for both of you. I had to cut out all the daytime feedings with my daughter first. She always nursed to go to sleep for her naps and at bed time but I would not let her nurse at night after 16 months. I was so exhausted because I also had a 2 month old waking me up every couple of hours and I could not handle having to get up at separate times with them anymore. Good luck to you! Sorry for my rambling on, I'm probably no help!
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