Time to drop last feed?

[Pook]

Hi all

DD is nearly 13 months and at the moment has a breast feed last thing before bed. Usually falls asleep or relaxes so much is virtually asleep when she's put into her cot.

I'm thinking of dropping this final feed, which really seems to be more about nodding off than feeding. I love it (feel quite sad really as have LOVED feeding her), but am thinking about having another baby and part of me craves a bit of complete horomonal normality before I get pregnant again. Of course, the other part of me would go on forever and forever....

Soooo...my question really is what kind of bedtime routine do others have, and what experiences have been of dropping this last feed. At the moment, she obviously doesn't have teeth brushed between boob and bed. I'd like to introduce that. Also, would love to read to her before she drifts off. Would it make sense to get dh to do the bedtime bit for a while until she gets used to a new routine?

Any thoughts would be appreciated!

Hi pook - I had a bit of a different scenario because I ended up dropping the evening feed before the morning feed (dd was about 20 months).

But what I did for months before dropping it was I moved the feed out of the bedroom and gave it downstairs, then we brushed teeth, then I (or dp) would read a story, and then dd would go to bed. Over time dd became less and less interested in the feed and more interested in running about doing stuff! So dropping it just happened naturally for us.

I ended up getting pg whilst still giving the morning feed, and dropped that a few weeks ago (I'm now 10 weeks pregnant). Again dd just lost interest.

If you want to prompt dropping the evening feed I definitely recommend moving away from using it as a put to sleep or making drowsy routine. Then you may find it just happens without you doing much more. Good luck! And all the best with ttc - it's so much fun anticipating a second go at the whole baby thing.

Thanks so much for your post, Pidge.
It seems so obvious to start giving the last feed downstairs for a while, but it hadn't occurred to me. Seem to have serious lack of ability to think these days! What a good idea. Think will start trying fairly soon (maybe just a few more feeds, then a few more