How many times a day does LO nurse now? I swear my DD is trying to wean...she can go 6 hours straight without showing any desire to nurse...longer if we aren't at home. It makes me sad because she's only going to be 10 months tomorrow and I worry a little that it's too soon.
At her 9 months checkup she hadn't gained very much weight but her pedi assured me she was fine and said there was no need to supplement so I'm not, but I just need to know that even if she's only nursing 3-4 times a day she's ok.
ETA she eats 3 good meals a day...she loves food!
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She was down to four times a day by 10m. She also loved solid foods and was eating three solids meals a day. By 11m, she dropped to 3x/day with a bottle of BM midday. Once she hit a year, we dropped the midday bottle of BM and she just gets a cup of WCM whenever she wants it, but still nurses in the AM and before bed.
Every kid is different. DD cut down her nursing drastically around 9m. She went from 5x/day, 15-20 minute sessions, to 4x/day, 5-8 minute session. I trusted in her that she knew what she needed. As long as your D is having wet diapers and seems satisfied, let her nurse as much or little as she pleases!
I'm in exactly the same boat... Lo is still in the lean side and was previously in the 50+% for weight and is now only about 15%... My pedi wasn't concerned. Like you, op, lo eats 3 great solid meals a day and gets really maybe 2 good nursing sessions where I feel like he empties my boob. He just is so interested in other things to even want to nurse. I nurse him every 4-5 hours but he's not hungry at those times...
I called the nurse the other day to ask and she said I think about breast milk as his "drink" rather than his meals now... Which sort of made sense. I still hates this feeling that he's weaning though!! I totally relate. I maybe get 4 sessions in a day but like you I think he would nurse less if I didn't offer it...
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DS at 10 months nurse 3-5x a day. He has been eating table foods since about 9 months,and eats a ton.
I nurse him in the morning, before nap time, and before bed. If he "asks" to nurse more than that, I let him.
I doubt your DC is actually trying to wean, just changing nursing patterns.