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stopping BF at 12mos - what do I do?!

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picklesrule · 26/09/2010 11:03

Long post sorry! any help gratefully recieved!

DD is 12 months in 2 weeks and is ebf. I have had enough of the bf now and she doesn't seem overly fussed where her milk comes from so I think it is time to stop..

She will take a bottle and she will drink milk from a sippy cup although she doesn't take very much and it usually ends up on teh floor!
At the moment she is feeding once at night, once in the morning, once/twice in afternoon depending on how much shes eaten and then at bedtime.

Should I try and stop the nightfeed first before any others?

or should I just start bottlefeeding a mix of expressed and cows milk (one feed at a time) changing the quantities until it is just cows milk?
And how much milk do lo's actually need at 12 mos?

So many questions, I really don;t have a clue what I'm doing! that was always the best thing about bf for me you don't really have to think about it just do Grin

also She is blw so perhaps doesn't eat as much as some at every meal but is definately eating a fair amount of solids

tia!

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Wigeon · 26/09/2010 18:57

Don't panic! It doesn't get that complicated. I stopped BF (DD was ebf) at 12 months. I cut down veeery gradually so as to not get mastitis (which I'd got twice before). So I dropped one feed for a couple of weeks, then dropped another feed for a couple more weeks etc, to allow my breasts to catch up with the reducing demand. Up to you which feeds you drop in what order.

Now your DD is 12 months you don't need to give her any formula at all if you choose - you can just give her cows milk to drink (warm or cold). I really wouldn't bother faffing about with half breast / half cows - my DD was perfectly happy with 100% cow!

I think the official advice is they need about two-thirds of a pint a day, but calcium in food (eg yoghurt, cheese sauces, milk breakfast cereal) all counts too, and some children might want a bit more. I gave my DD a whole tommee tippee beaker of milk to drink twice a day, and sometimes a bit to drink with meals. Maybe you could try that as a sort of half-way between a bottle and an open cup?

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