How do you know when to wean?

littlefamilyof4

With this being my first time BFing, how do you know when to wean your LO? And how can you tell they are done with BFing altogether? With all the weaning talk from my other post, I got curious.

erbear

my older DD just stopped taking the boob right around a year. She'd look around, smile, laugh, but not eat. After about a week of this, I gave up.  she tried it earlier (around 6 months, after I was gone for a week for a work trip) but that was just a nursing strike (6 months is too young to self-wean) so I just kept at it.