Weaning at 9 months

[sivancat]

I hope one of the moms with more experience can help me with this. My daughter has been breastfed (with some pumped bottles and occasional formula, too) up to now. She started on solids at 5 months and really likes food. Lately she has been a lot less interested in nursing from either breast or bottle. At first I thought it might be a nursing strike (We had one that lasted for five days or so at 4 months) but mainly, she just seems to prefer solid food or drinking from a sippy cup. This has been going on for about 3 weeks now.

The question is, do you think she's ready to wean? Does anyone have any experience with an issue like this?

It's funny; I always thought she'd be upset at weaning, but it turns out that I'm the one who's feeling sad.

Thanks,
Sivan
(Mom to Zea, born 6/3/02)