When your baby stops nursing and she gets all her nutrition from sources other than the breast, then she is considered weaned. Although babies are also weaned from the bottle, the term primarily refers to when a baby stops breastfeeding. Weaning usually requires heaps of patience, and can take time, depending on how well and how quickly your child adjusts.
Some moms say it takes only a few weeks, especially if their baby seems bored with nursing.
Others say it takes at least a month, up to six months, and everything in between. The experience is different for everyone. Weaning is a long goodbye emotional, sometimes painful, and freeing at the same time. But weaning needn't signal an end to the intimacy you and your child have established through breastfeeding. It just means you have to replace breastfeeding with other nurturing activities.