DD is 10.5 months and will be 12 months when I go back to work. I am a bit muddled about reducing the number of breastfeeds she has. Can I just start to drop feeds at this point? Or do I need to replace them with formula?
She currently has about 5 feeds a day: roughly 5am (ugh), 7.30, 11, 3pm and 6.30.
She also wolfs down three huge meals and a couple of snacks. She never asks for a breastfeed (except at 5am), I always offer. She is mostly but not always interested.
It's the 11 and 3 feeds I would like to drop before I go back to work. Will she make up the calories with solids or do I need to offer formula instead? And if so - how long for? HVs are not massively helpful with breastfeeding advice past 6 months let alone a year and I'm a bit lost...
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Phalarope · 25/08/2014 15:34
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