Previously posted under Behaviour...whoops!
I'm after some advice\reassurance please.
My ds is 11 months today. For the last 2/3 months he has had a breastfeed first thing, last thing and a bottle of formula in the afternoon. He also has 3 meals a day. Over the last week he has began really resisting the breast at night and hasn't fed at all the last couple of nights. I think his nap routine may be changing a bit, so from today I am going to keep him up longer before both his morning and afternoon naps and also give him his afternoon bottle before his afternoon nap. This may help a bit sort his routine a bit. However, I'm wondering if he is just naturally weaning himself of the breast. And this is where I'm getting confused! If he doesn't want breast before bed, should I replace it with a bottle - even if he is still sleeping through. Part of me thinks that maybe he just doesn't need any milk before bed, the other part is thinking that all babes have milk before bed!! Also, we're told 20oz of milk a day up to at least 12 months, but would it really matter if he's 11 months? Should I just get him straight on to cow's milk?
Sorry this is so long, but any advice\experiences would be much appreciated.