I stopped breastfeeding my almost 10m old a week ago.
He was EBF to 6 months, then solids on top of BM until 7.5 months when I returned to work and he started taking formula to nursery 2 days a week. As he wasn't drinking his formula very well, I started to do one formula feed a day on non-work days too to get him more used to it.
I recently started topping up his bedtime breastfeed with formula too since my milk supply has dwindled since the return of my periods, and I guess the introduction of formula lowered demand and therefore supply.
Since I am now working 3 days a week, the time seemed right to just stop altogether seeing as he is now drinking formula well from a sippy cup.
As I previously BF more or less on demand, I have never considered timings of feeds or amounts, so this is all very new to me. As per the back of the formula tub I've been giving him 3 x 7oz feeds per day at around 9am, 2pm and bedtime 7pm.
In the last couple of weeks since his formula intake has gone up I've noticed him visibly gain a lot of weight! I'm not sure how much as I've not had him weight recently but I am just see he's so much fatter - I'm worried I'm overfeeding him? Or maybe when I was BFing he was underfed and has just caught up??
Also, I see people on here talking about feeding their LOs snacks on top of milk and meals? Should I be doing this? I don't see where I would fit one? I already feel like he is constantly full of milk!
7am Breakfast
9am Milk
12 Lunch
2 Milk
5 Dinner
7 Milk
Is this correct?
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Stopped breastfeeding my almost 10m old - am I doing this right?
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mrsmugoo · 05/01/2015 14:02
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