Weaning practices among breastfeeding women who weaned prior to six months postpartum.

We describe weaning practices among 222 breastfeeding mothers who weaned their babies < or = 6 months postpartum. After initiating weaning, one fourth of participants weaned within 2 days and three fourths by 14 days (range, 0-90 days). Shorter weaning duration was associated with earlier ages at weaning.