Weening. Nice and Slow.

I wanted to breastfeed for at least 18 months. We ended up lasting over 19 months, on a very slow ween. Which was really pretty nice. At 12 months, he was feeding about 5 times a day. We went down one feeding per month, so that around 16 months he was feeding once a day, mornings only. He kept that until 18 months, and then we went to every day sometimes, every other day sometimes, every third day sometimes. I began realizing if I caught him at just the right level of waking up, still sleepy and not fully awake yet, he would nurse pretty well. I knew we could stop at any time. But why would we want to do that?
When it was over, it wasn't a big deal for either of us. Slow is the way to go in my opinion. But I hear it isn't always up to the mother, the baby decides when to stop. I got lucky.