I'm pretty much a serial lurker on here as any queries I have tend to be answered with a quick read (great minds and all that ), but here's something I'm not able to find so much info on (especially actual experiences, rather than advice in a book).
My DD (almost 11mo) is breastfed and we're BLW. She currently has 4 bfs a day:
wake up (ca. 6.30);
mid morning (10.30ish);
mid-pm (3ish);
before bed (6.30-7).
She has her days with solids, but generally always eats something at mealtimes (although never a huge amount).
We live overseas and we're going back to UK for a month just as she turns 1. Ideally, I'd like to be on max of morning and evening feeds by then, to give me a bit of freedom and also as parents (esp ILs) would love to take DD off for a day without us.
Expressing on hols would be a pain and it's not very productive for me any more.
Not keen to switch to formula at this stage in the proceedings when we could do cow's milk in a month or so. She already has it on cereal and no adverse reaction to that.
Any ideas how to reduce the number of feeds? DD has gone from wake-up feed to after lunch once (had a full on playgroup in the morning and she forgot about it!), so perhaps I just need to distract like mad for mornings for a week or so and give bf after lunch? (Thus cutting down to 3 per day...)
Any thoughts? TIA! (Should also add that I was planning on stopping bf around about a year anyway.)