Breastfeeding weaning - water/cows milk?

[megthemum]

Hi all, my DD is 11 months and as of two days ago we’ve dropped another breastfeed that means we’re feeding 3x a day. Routine is breastfeed on waking, breakfast around 9, lunch 12/1, breastfeed 3/4, dinner 6ish and feed 7ish at bedtime. Hoping to drop the last daytime feed before she starts at nursery and think I’ll try and wean completely by Christmas.

I give her water with her meals, but should I give her water inbetween meals now too? Shall I introduce one drink of cows milk? All the advice around water is sips with meals (she drinks more than sips!) but that sounds like early days weaning, and cows milk shouldn’t be a main drink before 1 which of course it won’t be but I can’t see anywhere if now is an okay time to give it as a drink at all even once a day. It’s not as if I’ve dropped a feed in order to replace it with cows milk but surely a drink of milk or water is better than her not drinking at all if I’ve dropped a feed?

Thank you x

Bump

Paedetrician told me once baby was on 3 meals and I dropped some of the day feeds, to make sure I give water throughout the day. So yes, give baby a drink.

Yes I would offer water between meals if you’re dropping daytime feeds. She probably won’t take it yet though

Are you going to swap the mid-afternoon BF for a snack and a cup of Cow’s Milk? She probably won’t take much of the milk though either.

@786BoobyMum thank you, don’t know why it’s not said that clear here!

@BunnyRuddington thank you! I’ve given her her water bottle the last few days and she loves it 😂I haven’t so far, I’ve been giving her a little bit of milk at lunchtime and she’s not interested at all 🙈 maybe I’ll try it with a snack mid afternoon instead!