Should I concentrate on weaning or getting dd to take milk from a cup? - she starts nursery in Jan

[mandymac]

Help I am getting a bit confused. DD (6 months) has been exclusively breastfed (won't take a bottle) until this week when we started weaning. She seems to love it and cried today when I stopped feeding her baby rice, so I think between now and January, I could get her onto 2-3 meals a day. Having looked at the Kelly Mum site and some old weaning threads though, I am now wondering if this is something I should be aiming for. She is going to nursery, full time 4 days a week from beginning of Jan, so her nourishment during the day will have to come from somewhere. Should I really be concentrating on trying to get her to take EBM from a cup, so she can keep drinking the same amount as she is now? Trouble is, I don't think I will have time to express enough, I am managing to express about 4oz a day, but don't know if I will keep this up once back at work. So might have to suppliment with formula if I need to keep milk feeds at the same amount/frequency as she currently has. Before the doubt set in, I was planning on aiming for the following routine for January:

7am Breastfeed
then some solids for breakfast, either at home or nursery - with water offered
11am - Lunch - solids - with water offered
2pm - cup of expressed milk
5pm - Tea - solids - with water offered
6.30.7pm - breastfeed
10pm - breastfeed - will be dropping this at some point.

Does this look OK? Will she be getting enough milk? As i said, should I be trying to get her to take milk from the cup now? She is playing with it and is drinking a tiny bit of water.

Sorry for the rambling post!

[NomDePlumPudding]

TBH, my DD was weaned at 20 weeks and went from 1 meal a day to 3 a day in about 2 days. IMO, it happens quite quickly. Looks to me like enough milk too.

[mandymac]

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[Tinker]

Depends on the baby, mandy, re speed of weaning. Have been weaning (trying to!) my 6 month-old for 3 weeks now - only today did she take about 1 ice-cube. But yours sounds as though she may take to it more quickly. Also, re expressing, remember that at work you won't be feeding so can express more?

[springerspaniel]

I think I have combined the two - my LO gets so frustrated at the 'slowness' of the spoon, sometimes I let him drink the puree from the cup! Have awful image of this becoming a habit and him going to school only being able to drink from plates and bowls. LOL!