Hi there
My dd has just turned 9mo. For the past couple of months she has been having 3 breastfeeds a day - morning, lunchtime and evening. She has never drunk from a bottle, but I introduced a sippy cup of water around 7 months, and she has become increasingly interested in that. She loves solids and eats 3 good meals a day. I am planning to wean her off the breast to a sippy cup at 1 year of age.
The thing is, she has started rejecting her evening breastfeed. She just isn't interested - can't be bothered to wait for the let down, pulls off, and then starts crying if I persist. So one night about a week ago I gave her some cow's milk in her sippy cup (rather than just let her not have a feed), and she drank it - not very much, maybe 50ml. I know that in the US cow's milk before 1 is a big no-no, but here in Australia breasfed babies are allowed to drink a bit of cow's milk out of a sippy cup after 6 months.
Since then I have tried several times to give her her evening bf but she just doesn't want it. I also tried giving her formula in her sippy cup but she didn't want that either. But when I give her cow's milk in her sippy cup she guzzles it down!
I'm just not sure what to do. She seems to have self-weaned off that feed, but she is only 9 months old. Oh I should just mention - I think she is taking A LOT of milk at her morning and lunchtime breastfeeds, and she seems very hydrated etc, so I'm not particularly worried about the quantity of milk she is getting.
Anyone else been in a similar situation or have any insight?
Thanks for reading
Emma