I always wondered how weaning works. Does the baby just decided to not nurse one day? Or is it gradual? How do you know how much to feed and to nurse? It's so confusing and there's no rule book! What ended up happening in our case was a gradual breastfeeding decline. Almost as soon as Sam turned one, he would refuse to nurse at certain times and that's when I realized he just doesn't want to eat then. So I followed his cue and nursed only when he was willing. That scheduling turned out like this:
8:00-8:30 AM: Even though Sam wakes up sometime between 7 and 8, I don't feed him until 8 or 8:30 because he did nurse recently in the early AM, which I'll discuss in a second.
9:00 AM: Breakfast time. Sam eats oatmeal cereal mixed with vegetables or fruits. Then he munches on some dry cereal or cut up fruit.
12:00 PM: He gets a yogurt and a drink. Lately he takes just a few sips of breastmilk or water and that's it. He doesn't go for drinking all that much so we have to sneak it in.
3:00 PM: A baby jar of either fruits and vegetables. Snack of corn pops, veggie straws, teensy fruits, Gerber's puffs, etc. Try to get him to drink some more breastmilk or water.
5:30 PM: We enjoy a good breastfeeding/reunion time.
6:30-7:00 PM: Suppertime. Sam usually eats what I make for supper (some of it). Otherwise I defrost some soup, or he has bread and cheese.
7:45-8:00 PM: Bedtime nursing.
12:00-12:30 AM: I breastfeed him before I go to bed. This is a dreamfeed. I don't wake him up for it.
5:30 AM: Breastfeeding.
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