If I give my 1yo 2 BFs a day, will he need more milk on top?

[MegBusset]

I'm going to keep BFing DS past one year, but vaguely wanted to drop down to just morning and bedtime, so that in the daytime I don't always have to be around (expressing has never really worked for me).

Will the 2 BFs a day give him enough milk so he can have water/juice in the daytime? Or will he need some kind of milk in the daytime? He is allergic to cow's milk so I guess it would have to be some kind of soya formula, if he did?

Since she was about 11 months I have been giving DD BF morning & night - I replaced the afternoon feed with a soya yogurt which she still has now at 15 months.

Haven't had any issues - phased the daytime BF out slowly - only giving if she demanded it - probably took about 2 weeks to dissapear.

Having said that DD is not petite so I don't worry too much about missing calories iyswim

Hi MegBusset.

I asked my HV about this as I am doing the same. DD is 13 months and I breastfeed first thing in the morning and at bedtime.

She does have milk otherwise - yogurt, in cereal, or as a drink, but I don't worry too much about it - my HV told me twice a day was enough and not to give any formula on top of this, just water as most of the calories should come from food now.

In fact, when I was still feeding four times a day at 10 months my HV actually wondered if this would stop her from eating enough as she said that was a lot of milk for this stage (she didn't need to worry, DD could eat for England!).

Hope this helps!