Hello all,
My DS is 10 months old and I'm trying to get him to drink less from the breast. I'm not entirely sure when I would like to completely stop with BFing but I'm thinking between the ages of 12-18mths. He eats 3 solid meals a day and has recently started to have a lot more snacks too. He will drink diluted juice from a sippy cup when it's offered (although I wouldn't say he drinks a lot) yet he still demands the breast. Admittedly, some days he can go from mid-morning to early evening without it but this is usually when we're out and about and I suppose he's distracted. He still wakes during the night and the hours he wakes are always completely random. I have been trying to stop feeding him through the night by trying to just cuddle him to sleep or giving him the breast but pulling him off mid-feed. This is working to some extent- either the cuddling works or he allows me to put him back to bed after his mini-feed (either way he's still waking 2-3 times a night!)
This morning I fed him at 6am, he ate breakfast at 7 then went to sleep from 8-9.30. At around 10 am he was flinging himself at my boobs so I let him drink as we were about to nip out. He had some baby crisps and a couple of rice cakes then at 11.30 he started to get sleepy and was rooting around for milk again. How can I reduce these feeds?
Also, when I do decide to wean him off the breast, what should I give him and how? He has never had a bottle, should I start to offer him one or just give him his sippy cup? It would just seem weird giving him his bedtime milk from a sippy cup though, wouldn't it? I honestly have no idea how to do this??! 
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Any help or tips would be greatly appreciated.