Planning ahead for 1 year

caeraRose · April 2013

Right now, DD is 9 1/2 months old, but I've started wondering about how food works after 1 year. I'm currently a full time student, but will hopefully be getting a job shortly after graduation next month. Right now I pump, and send milk with her to day care.

How does that work after she turns 1? Do I remember that babies aren't supposed to have bottles after 1? Should we be encouraging her to learn how to use a sippy cup? Or will she just switch to mostly solid foods during the day, and then nursing at home?

Basically, I'm wondering whether she will still need breastmilk at day care after she turns 1, and if so, whether she'll still be using a bottle, or if she will need to start using a sippy cup.

mb314 · April 2013

My DS is only 7 months, so I don't have all the answers. However, my pediatrician suggested at our 6 month check up that I start trying out a sippy cup now. So far, we haven't had success, but I'm going to continue to try it out.

blu-eyedwife · April 2013

The fabulous thing about breastfeeding is that you can decide what you want to do after she turns one.

If you want to send breastmilk into daycare, you can!

If you want to send water or milk instead, you can!

If you want to nurse at h

tokenhoser · April 2013

I returned to work at a year and DS just went to water or WCM in a sippy cup. He nursed A LOT when we were together, and I tolerated feeding him at night until 18 months mostly because I thought he needed the breast milk. It worked for us. He wasn't a

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