10.5 month old no longer wants milk after weaning from the breast
Tried posting in the breastfeeding sub with no luck.
I went away for a bachelorette trip last wknd and decided it would be a good time to wean from the breast. I had tried weaning around 6 months and she would not take a bottle or straw cup. Mastered straw cups over the last few months and even replaced 2 regular “snacky” nursing sessions with expressed milk in a cup. Before this trip she was having a big nursing sesh morning and night (both sides) and like 3 minutes before both naps.
My husband could only get her to take 10-14 oz/day each of the 3 days I was gone. She was completely content but just not interested in guzzling milk the way my bottle fed babies did.
Same thing when I got home- content, only whined for the breast once the night I got home. Wet diapers. Poops.
I did call the pediatrician to ask if this was okay and she said she wants her getting at least 20 oz. I didn’t have enough time to get into details but this baby eats A LOT. I have 4 kids and she took to food the earliest and the most. 3 meals a day since 7 months and 3 meals & 2 snacks since 9 months. Every meal has meat, fruit, veggies and carbs. She also usually has 3oz water with each meal and I did try subbing the water for milk and she didn’t want it.
My mother’s intuition after having 4 kids tells me she’s fine and has an extremely balanced diet but of course I do still worry and am concerned so just seeing if any other parents have experienced an early weaning situation like this?
To add- I’m still pumping twice a day and have only been getting 3oz total per pump… leads me to believe I wasn’t making much anymore.