Hi,
I’m hoping someone might be able to help. I have a 13 month old son (our first child) who I breast fed exclusively until 6 months when we introduced solids. From that point, he drank water from a munchkin sipping cup, but never had a bottle. As we were in lockdown most of his life, I always just fed him from my breast. He’s now down to just one breast milk feed which I do before bed, about 2 hours after his dinner. He has small sips of cows milk from his cup at mealtimes (I introduced this when he turned 1 a month ago) but isn’t very keen on it. He’s gradually getting more used to it, but doesn’t drink significant quantities of it.
I’m now 8 weeks pregnant with our second child and would like to think about weaning him onto cows milk entirely. He’s a big strong boy with a varied diet and healthy appetite, and I’d like to give my boobs a rest before the next one comes along!!
I just don’t know how to do this. He doesn’t accept much milk from his cup and I know he’d be taking on a lot less milk overall if I stopped the breast feed before bed. Has anyone had a similar transition to make? If i’d bottle fed him it would have made this much easier, but there doesn’t seem any point introducing a bottle now. I’m also loathed to start expressing and mixing cows milk with breast - I just can’t bear the hassle! Any advice on how I might make this transition would be so appreciated. Any brilliant beakers / tricks to try?!? Or do I just have to wait until he drinks more cows milk at meal times of his own accord?
Thank you so much in advance for any advice you can share!